Dr Yusra Safa
Assistant Professor
Department of ChemistryEmail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Experience
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Dec 2011- to date, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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Jun 2011- Nov 2011, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Honor and Awards
Research productivity award by Pakistan Council of Science and Technology in 2012.Memberships
Member of Chemical Society of Pakistan
Graduate Students / Postdocs /Undergraduate Students/ Honour Students
BS students year
4 2012
3 2013
4 2014
2 2015
3 2016
4 2017
3 2018
MS students
01 2013
02 2015
02 2016
01 2017
02 2018
Brief Statement of Research Interest
Adsorption and Bioremediation of environmental pollutants such as heavy metals, synthetic dyes using
Agro-industrial wastes and modeling of sorption systems. Treatment of waste water through various adsorption technologies. Biodegradation of dye stuff. Processing, treatment and characterization of biomass using sophisticated instrumental techniques. Synthesis and Characterization of organic compounds, Biocomposites and Polymers.
Publications
1. |
YUSRA SAFA & HAQ NAWAZ BHATTI |
Asian Journal of Chemistry |
Factors Affecting Biosorption of Direct Dyes from Aqueous Solution. https://scholar.google.com.pk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Factors+Affecting+Biosorption+of+Direct+Dyes+from+Aqueous+Solution&btnG= |
Vol. 22, No. 9 (2010), 6625-6639 |
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2010 |
0.247 |
2. |
YUSRA SAFA & HAQ NAWAZ BHATTI |
African Journal of Biotechnology ISSN 1684–5315 |
Adsorptive removal of direct dyes by low cost rice husk: Effect of treatments and modifications. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajb/article/view/93359 |
Vol. 10(16), pp. 3128-3142 |
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2011 |
0.44 |
3. |
YUSRA SAFA & HAQ NAWAZ BHATTI |
Desalination ISSN: 0011-9164 |
Kinetic and thermodynamic modeling for the removal of Direct Red-31 and Direct Orange-26 dyes from aqueous solutions by rice husk. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916411000518 |
Vol. 272 (2011) 313–322 |
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2011 |
5.527 |
4. |
YUSRA SAFA & HAQ NAWAZ BHATTI |
Chemical Engineering Journal ISSN: 1385-8947 |
Adsorptive removal of direct textile dyes by low cost agricultural waste: Application of factorial design analysis. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138589471001199X |
Vol 167 (2011) 35–41 |
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2011 |
6.21 |
5. |
YUSRA SAFA & HAQ NAWAZ BHATTI |
Chemical Engineering Research and Design ISSN: 0263-8762 |
Biosorption of Direct Red-31 and Direct Orange-26 dyes by rice husk: Application of factorial design analysis. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263876211002279 |
Vol 89 (2011) 2566-2574
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2011 |
2.538 |
6. |
Yusra Safa, Haq Nawaz Bhatti, Ijaz Ahmad Bhatti and Muhammad Asgher |
THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ISSN: 1939-019X |
Removal Of Direct Red–31 And Direct Orange–26 By Low Cost Rice Husk: Influence Of Immobilisation And Pretreatments. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cjce.20473 |
Vol 89 (2011) 1554-1565 |
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2011 |
1.356 |
7. |
Haq Nawaz Bhatti and Yusra Safa |
Desalination and Water Treatment ISSN: 1944-3994 |
Removal of anionic dyes by rice milling waste from synthetic effluents: equilibrium and thermodynamic studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19443994.2012.698823 |
Vol 48 (2012) 267–27 |
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2012 |
1.631 |
8. |
Yusra Safa, and Haq Nawaz Bhatti |
Environmental Engineering and Management Journal ISSN: 1582-9596 |
SORPTION–DESORPTION (TWO STEP KINETIC) STUDY OF DIRECT DYES FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS USING LOW COST AGRO-INDUSTRIAL WASTE |
Accepted
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2013 (Accepted
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1.008 |
9. |
S. Zaheer, H. N. Bhatti, Sana Sadaf, Yusra Safa, and M.Zia-ur-Rehman |
The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences ISSN: 1018-7081 |
BIOSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF SUGARCANE BAGASSE FOR THE REMOVAL OF FORON BLUE E-BL DYE FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS. https://scholar.google.com.pk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=BIOSORPTION+CHARACTERISTICS+OF+SUGARCANE+BAGASSE+FOR+THE+REMOVAL+OF+FORON+BLUE+E-BL+DYE+FROM+AQUEOUS+SOLUTIONS.&btnG= |
Vol 24(1) 2014, 272-279 |
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2014 |
0.422 |
10. |
Yusra Safa |
Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan ISSN: 0253-5106 |
Biosorption of Eriochrome Black T and Astrazon FGGL blue using Almond and Cotton seed Oil Cake Biomass in a Batch Mode. https://scholar.google.com.pk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Biosorption+of+Eriochrome+Black+T+and+Astrazon+FGGL+blue+using+Almond+and+Cotton+seed+Oil+Cake+Biomass+in+a+Batch+Mode.&btnG= |
Vol. 36, No. 4, 2014 614-623 |
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2014 |
0.327 |
11. |
Yusra Safa |
Desalination and Water Treatment ISSN: 1944-3994 |
Utilization of mustard and linseed oil cakes: novel biosorbents for removal of acid dyes. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19443994.2015.1007087 |
(2015) 1–12 |
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2015 |
1.631 |
12. |
Misbah Sultan,Atif Islam, Nafisa Gull, Haq Nawaz Bhatti, Yusra Safa |
Journal of Applied Polymer Science ISSN: 1097-4628 |
Structural variation in soft segment of waterborne polyurethane acrylate nanoemulsions. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/app.41706 |
41706 (2015) 1-10 |
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2015 |
1.866 |
13. |
Yusra Safa, Haq Nawaz Bhatti, Misbah Sultan & Sana Sadaf |
Desalination and Water Treatment ISSN: 1944-3994 |
Synthesis, characterization and application of wheat bran/zinc aluminium and tea leaves waste/ zinc aluminium biocomposites: kinetics and thermodynamics modeling. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19443994.2016.1160439 |
(2016) 1-10 |
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2016 |
1.631 |
14. |
Sheikh A. AHMAD , Mahmood AHMED , Muhammad . QADIR, Muhammad. SHAFIQ , Yusra SAFA, Nazish AWAN , Shabnam SHAHZAD, Amir ALI , Momina FEROZ & Zia Ullah KHOKHAR |
Latin American Journal of Pharmacy ISSN: 0326 2383 |
Simultaneous Determination of Diloxanide Furoate, Metronidazole Benzoate, Methyl Paraben and Propyl Paraben by UPLC-DAD in Pharmaceutical Suspension. https://scholar.google.com.pk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Simultaneous+Determination+of+Diloxanide+Furoate%2C+Metronidazole+Benzoate%2C+Methyl+Paraben+and+Propyl+Paraben+by+UPLC-DAD+in+Pharmaceutical+Suspension.&btnG= |
Vol, 35(7): 1626-33, 2016 |
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2016 |
0.372 |
15. |
Ismat bibi, Nosheen Nazar, Munawar Iqbal, Shagufta Kamal, Haq Nawaz, Shazia Nouren, Yusra Safa,,Kashif Jilani, Misbah Sultan, Sadia Ata, Fariha Rehman and Mazhar Abbas. |
Advanced Powder Technology ISSN: 0921-8831 |
Green and eco-friendly synthesis of cobalt-oxide nanoparticle: Characterization and photo-catalytic activity. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921883117302121 |
Vol,28 (2017) 2035-2043 |
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2017 |
2.659 |
16. |
Shazia Nouren, Haq Nawaz Bhatti, Munawar Iqbal, Ismat Bibi, Shagufta Kamal, Sana Sadaf, Misbah Sultan, Abida Kausar and Yusra Safa |
Chemosphere ISSN: 0045-6535 |
By- product identification and phytotoxicity of Biodegraded Direct Yellow 4 dye. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653516316150 |
169 (2017) 474-484 |
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2017 |
4.028 |
17. |
Ismat Bibi, Aneela Sultan, Shagufta Kamal, Shazia Nouren, Yusra Safa, Kashif Jalani, Misbah Sultan, Sadia Atta, and Fariha Rehman |
Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering ISSN: 0256-1115 |
Extraction and quantification of phenolic compounds from Prunus armeniaca seed and their role in biotransformation of xenobiotic compounds. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11814-016-0275-3 |
Vol, 34(2), 392-399 (2017) |
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2017 |
2.006 |
18. |
Saadia R. Tariq Farah Iqbal and Yusra Safa |
Baghdad Science Journal ISSN: 2078-8665 |
An efficient of Sansevieria trifasciata plant as biosorbent for the treatment of metal contaminated industrial effluents. https://scholar.google.com.pk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=An+efficient+of+Sansevieria+trifasciata+plant+as+biosorbent+for+the+treatment+of+metal+contaminated+industrial+effluents.&btnG= |
Vol. 14(1) 2017 |
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2017 |
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19. |
Misbah Sultan, Yashfa Nazar, Aumera Khursheed, Muhammad Imran and Yusra Safa |
Chemical Science International Journal ISSN: 2456-706X |
Synthesis and Characterization of Cellular Polyurethane as Redox Catalyst. https://scholar.google.com.pk/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Synthesis+and+Characterization+of+Cellular+Polyurethane+as+Redox+Catalyst.&btnG= |
Vol. 19(4)1-7, 2017 |
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2017 |
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