Permanent Address: Department of Biosciences

Postal Address: Department of Biosciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Chak Shazad, Park Road Islamabad, Pakistan email address: [email protected] ZOBIA NOREEN

Academic Qualification  Masters of Philosophy Microbiology Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad Session (2006) 1st Div CGPA 4.4 Research Studies on biosorption of heavy metals by fungal biomass.  Masters of Sciences Biological Sciences (Specialization: Plant Sciences) Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad (2004) 1st Div (85.1%)  Bachelors of Sciences Botany Zoology & App. Psychology Punjab University (2002) 1st Div (70%)  HSSC Premedical (2000) 1st Div. (67%)  SSC Science (1998) 1st Div. (69.9%)

Teaching and Research Experience  Currently working as a Lecturer in Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology from June 2007 Course taught to BS students  Fundamentals of Genetics  Microbiology and Immunology  Introduction to Microbiology  Essentials of Genetics  Essential techniques in Molecular biology and Biochemistry  Protein Chemistry  Medical Microbiology  Social, ethical and legal aspects of Biotechnology  Techniques learnt as a part of research work  Microbial culturing and isolation techniques  Plasmid curing  PCR  Genomic/plasmid DNA extraction  Electrophoresis  Spectrophotometry  Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy  Worked as a Lecturer in Women’s Institute of Science and Humanities Islamabad (Department of Sciences) from Sep 2006 to June 2007

Distinctions  Roll of Honour in B. Sc.  2nd Position in M. Sc. in Department of Biological Sciences (QAU)  2nd Position in M.Phil. in Department of Biological Sciences

Research Publication: Munir, K., Noreen, Z., Yusuf, M., Faryal, R., and Hameed A. (2010). Isotherm studies for determination of removal capacity of bimetal (Ni and Cr) ions by Aspergillus niger. Pakistan Journal of Botany, 42(1): 593-604.

Conference Papers  Aspergillus niger RH 19: A Candidate for Biosorption. BICMAPE (2009). 1st CIIT Science Conference. Abbottabad, Pakistan  Isothermal studies of Chromium Biosorption by Aspergillus niger RH 19 (2009). 5th International Symposium on Biotechnology. University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan.