Faculty Profiles

Dr. Hammad Ismail

Designation : Assistant Professor (Tenured )
Specialization : Biochemistry / Molecular Biology

Email : [email protected]


Dr. Hammad Ismail is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Gujrat from last four years. Formally, he worked as Associate Quality control Manager in the Head office of Pepsi Cola International. He is graduated from GCU Lahore and he has completed his PhD at the age of 28 from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan in the subject of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology. He has also equipped with the international research experience by working within research group at the Institute of Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast, UK. He has published more then 70 research articles in reputed International Journals along with 03 book chapters. Recently he has won the International research grant for his research on Alzheimer’s Disease from the International Foundation Science.

  • Plant Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Animal Disease Modeling, Genetic transformation of plants, Biological activity of natural and synthetic compounds

  • PhD,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
  • M. Phil,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
  • B.Sc. (Hons) ,Goverment College University , Lahore
  • F.Sc.,Dera Ghazi Khan Board
  • Matriculation,Dera Ghazi Khan Board
  • Research Publication Award   2019-University of Gujrat
  • Research Publication Award   2016-University of Gujrat
  • Research Publication Award   2017-University of Gujrat- 2nd highest number of publications
  • Research Publication Award   2018-University of Gujrat
  • Coordinator   2016 to 2019-Hayatatian Society for Biochemists and Biotechnologist, University of Gujrat, Pakistan
  • Vice President   2009-G.C.U Biological Society Government College University Lahore, Pakistan
  • President   2015-Biochemists Association Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Coordinator   2021-2023 Departmental Biochemistry and Biotechnology Society
Student Name DegreeTitle Status / Completed Year
Muhammad Irfan Ph.D Synthesis of indigenous plants gum based nanoparticles and their role in pharmaceutics  Synthesis of indigenous plants gum based nanoparticles and their role in pharmaceutics 2023
Rabia Iqbal MS Synthesis of iturin based selenium nanoparticles for their potential applications in textile industry  Synthesis of iturin based selenium nanoparticles for their potential applications in textile industry 2023
Vaneeza Ali MS Synthesis, characterization and invitro biological evaluation of selenium based nanoparticles of Cassia fistula seed  Synthesis, characterization and invitro biological evaluation of selenium based nanoparticles of Cassia fistula seed 2023
Laiba Amjad MS Evaluation of therapeutic effects of Cassia fistula seed based selenium nanoparticles against diabetes mellitus  Evaluation of therapeutic effects of Cassia fistula seed based selenium nanoparticles against diabetes mellitus 2023
Mariyam Nasarullah MS Synthesis and invitro biological evaluation of Cydonia oblonga hydrogel assisted selenium nanoparticles  Synthesis and invitro biological evaluation of Cydonia oblonga hydrogel assisted selenium nanoparticles 2023
Shahid Naseem Ph.D Effect of abiotic stress on the biochemical properties of hydroponically grown Lactuca sativa L.  Effect of abiotic stress on the biochemical properties of hydroponically grown Lactuca sativa L. 2023
Muhammad Rashid Ph.D Gene identification and extinction analysis of HCV in district Gujrat, Pakistan  Gene identification and extinction analysis of HCV in district Gujrat, Pakistan 2022
Amna Mahmood MS   2021
Hafiza Aqsa Ashraf MS   2021
Fatima MS Determination of the antidepressant activity of methanolic extract of Thymus vulgaris  Determination of the antidepressant activity of methanolic extract of Thymus vulgaris 2021
Romeesha Iftikhar MS Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of methanolic extract of Thymus vulgaris  Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of methanolic extract of Thymus vulgaris 2021
Zaryab Mubashar MS Evaluation of high trans fatty acid diet on kidney associated non-alcoholic fatty acid liver disease  Evaluation of high trans fatty acid diet on kidney associated non-alcoholic fatty acid liver disease 2021
Hajra Khan MS Study of trans fatty acid uptake in heart and its effects in animal model  Study of trans fatty acid uptake in heart and its effects in animal model 2021
Dania Khalid MS   2020
Saad Bin Ayub MS   2020
Samra Akram MS   2020
Neelam Nawaz MS   2019
Hajira Liaquat MS   2019
Iqra Zafar MS   2019
Ali Asad Ullah MS   2018
Tayyaba Rashid MS   2017
Bushra Ansari MS   2017
  • Member program team of Self-Assessment Reports (SAR) Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Gujrat
  • Two-Days Symposium under the title “Biosafety and Risk Assessment on 5-6 October 2017 at the University of Gujrat
  • In charge Departmental Admission Committee
  • Organizing ISESCO Women in Science Conference
  • Mentoring Career Counselling for the session 2017-2019 organized by leads group of Colleges
  • Chief Adjudicator in Kasouti-19 organized by Hayataiyan Quiz Society, University of Gujrat
  • Real time PCR hand on Training as a Resource Person organized by International Islamic University Islamabad
  • One Day Hands-on Training on EndNote as a resource person on 15th November 2019 under the umbrella of the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Gujrat
  • Member of Board of Studies (BOS), Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Gujrat
  • Organized a One-Day 3rd Hands on Training Workshop of EndNote as a Resource Person on 26th January 2023, at the University of Gujrat.
  • Judge for the National Expansion Plan of NICs, an initiative of the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) at the Business Incubation Center University of Gujrat Hafiz Hayyat Campus
  • Completed course Introduction to R, Intermediate to R, Introduction to the Tidyverse, Data Manipulation with dplyr, Joining Data with dplyr and Introduction to statistics in R from the platform of DataCamp (7th May 2023 to 4th June 2023)
  • Attended the 3 ECTS credits course
  • Attended
  • Attended
  • 1. Fatima Tuz Zahra, Aamer Saeed, Atteeque Ahmed, Hammad Ismail, Muhammad Umar Ijaz and Fernando Albericio “Synthesis of amantadine clubbed N-aryl amino thiazoles as potent urease, ?-amylase & ?-glucosidase inhibitors, kinetic and molecular docking studies” Rsc Advances, August 2023 DOI:
  • 2. Mahmood, K., Akhter, Z., Perveen, F., Bibi, M., Ismail, H., Tabassum, N., Yousaf, S., Ashraf, A. R. & Qayyum, M. A. “Synthesis, DNA binding and biological evaluation of benzimidazole Schiff base ligands and their metal (II) complexes ” Rsc Advances, April 2023 DOI:
  • 3. Arshad, N., Parveen, U., Channar, P. A., Saeed, A., Saeed, W. S., Perveen, F., Javed, A., Ismail. H., Mir, M. I., Ahmed, A., Azad, B. & Khan, I. “ Investigation of newly synthesized bis-acyl-thiourea derivatives of 4-nitrobenzene-1,2-diamine for their dna binding, urease inhibition, and anti-brain-tumor activities ” Molecules, March 2023 DOI:
  • 4. Ujan, R., Mahmood, H. M. K., Channar, P. A., Ejaz, S. A., Saeed, S., Saeed, A., Saeed, A., Rafiq, M., Channar, K. A., Indher, H. A. B., & Ismail, H. “N-(5-acetyl-4-methylthiazol-2-yl) arylamide derivatives as multi-target-directed ligands: design, synthesis, biochemical evaluation and computational analysis” Journal Of Chemical Sciences, December 2022 DOI:
  • 5. Sajid, M., Khan, M.R., Ijaz, M.U., Ismail, H., Bhatti, M.Z., Shah, S.A., Ali, S., Tareen, M.U., Alotaibi, S.S., Albogami, S.M., & Batiha, G.E.-S. “Evaluation of phytochemistry and pharmacological properties of Alnus nitida ” Molecules, July 2022 DOI:
  • 6. Abbasi, M. A., Nazir, M., Siddiqui, S. Z., Shah, S. A. A., Saleem, R. S. Z., Shahid, M., Mirza, B., & Ismail, H. “Synthesis Of Some N-(Un/Substituted-Phenyl)-2-(4-Phenyl-1-Piperazinyl) acetamides as possible antibacterial and anticancer agents with mild cytotoxicity ” Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal, May 2022 DOI:
  • 7. Koukab, S., Rashid, N., Ahmad, I., Nadeem, H., & Ismail, H. “Synthesis, in-silico studies, and in-vitro bio-evaluation of new bi-thiacoumarins ” Journal Of Molecular Structure, April 2022 DOI:
  • 8. Mehmood, S., Faheem, M., Ismail, H., Farhat, S. M., Ali, M., & Asghar, M.M. “Breast cancer resistance likelihood and personalized treatment through integrated multiomics ” Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, April 2022 DOI:
  • 9. Rafique, B., Kalsoom, S., Sajini, A.A., Ismail, H., & Iqbal, M. “ Synthesis, characterization, biological evaluation and DNA interaction studies of 4-aminophenol derivatives: Theoretical and experimental approach ” Molecules, February 2022 DOI:
  • 10. Irfan, M., Munir, H., & Ismail, H. “Characterization and fabrication of zinc oxide nanoparticles by gum Acacia modesta through green chemistry and impregnation on surgical sutures to boost up the wound healing process ” International Journal Of Biological Macromolecules, February 2022 DOI:
  • 11. Naseem, S., & Ismail, H. “ In vitro and in vivo evaluations of antioxidative, anti-Alzheimer, antidiabetic and anticancer potentials of hydroponically and soil grown Lactuca sativa ” Bmc Complementary And Alternative Medicine, January 2022 DOI:
  • 12. Rashid, M., & Ismail, H. “ HCV extinction analysis in district Gujrat, Pakistan by using SARIMA and linear regression models” Medicine, December 2021 DOI:
  • 13. Khanzada, B., Akthar, N., Bhatti, M. Z., Ismail, H., Alqarni, M., Mirza, B., Mostafa-Hedeab, G., & Batiha, G. E. S. “Green synthesis of gold and iron nanoparticles for targeted delivery: An in vitro and in vivo stud ” Journal Of Chemistry, November 2021 DOI:
  • 14. Ijaz, M. U., Anwar, H., Iqbal, S., Ismail, H., Ashraf, A., Mustafa, S., & Samad, A. “Protective effect of myricetin on nonylphenol-induced testicular toxicity: biochemical, steroidogenic, hormonal, spermatogenic, and histological-based evidences” Environmental Science And Pollution Research, November 2021 DOI:
  • 15. Ismail, H., Ijaz, M. U., Bhatti, M. Z., Liaquat, H., Nawaz, N., Zafar, I., Nassan, M. A., Waheed, R. M., Badr, R. H., Latif, S., Malik, M. S., Dilshad, E., Waheed, M. T., & Batiha, G. E. “Effect of Phoenix dactylifera extracts on anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant, analgesic and antidepressant activities ” Wulfenia, February 2021 DOI:
  • 16. Ijaz, M. U., Ashraf, A., Ismail, H., Imran, M., Al-Ghanim, K.A., Rauf, A., Al-Misned, F., Ahmed, Z., Samad, A., Riaz, M. N., & Mahboob, S. “Administration of vaccine preservative thimerosal produces impairment in rat liver ” Brazilian Archives Of Biology And Technology, January 2021 DOI:
  • 17. Hashmi, W. J., Ismail, H., Jafri, L., & Mirza, B. “Ethnopharmacological activity of Hedera nepalensis K. Koch extracts and lupeol against alloxan-induced type I diabetes” Brazilian Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, December 2020 DOI:
  • 18. Khan, A., Muhamad, N.A., Ismail, H., Nasir, A., Khalil, A.A.K., Anwar, Y., Khan, Z., Ali, A., Taha, R.M., Al?Shara, B., Latif, S., Mirza, B., Fadladdin, Y.A.J., Zeid, I.M.A., & Al?Thobaiti, S.A. “Potential nutraceutical benefits of in vivo grown saffron (Crocus sativus L.) as analgesic, anti?inflammatory, anticoagulant, and antidepressant in mice. ” Planta, October 2020 DOI:
  • 19. Sajid, M., Khan, M.R., Ismail, H., Latif, S., Rahim, A.A., Mehboob, R., & Shah, S.A. “Antidiabetic and antioxidant potential of Alnus nitida leaves in alloxan induced diabetic rats. ” Journal Of Ethnopharmacology, April 2020 DOI:
  • 20. Investigations on anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of Alnus nitida Spach (Endl). stem bark in Sprague Dawley rats “Disease Modeling ” Journal Of Ethnobiology, January 2017
  • 21. Copper (II) complexes bearing ether based ON donor bidentate Schiff bases: Synthesis, characterization, biological and electrochemical investigations “Bio-assays ” Polyhedron, January 2017
  • 22. New 1-octanoyl-3-aryl thiourea derivatives: Solvent-free synthesis, characterization and multi-target biological activities “Bioassay ” Bangladesh Journal Of Pharmacology, November 2016
  • 23. Transformation of Lettuce with rol ABC Genes: Extracts Show Enhanced Antioxidant, Analgesic, AntiInflammatory, Antidepressant, and Anticoagulant Activities in Rats “Plant Transformation” Applied Biochemistry And Biotechnology, October 2016
  • 24. Evaluation of Ajuga bracteosa for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antidepressant and anticoagulant activities “Disease Modeling ” Bmc Complementary And Alternative Medicine, September 2016
  • 25. Transformation of Lactuca sativa L. with rol C gene results in increased antioxidant potential and enhanced analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antidepressant activities in vivo “Plant Transformation” 3 Biotech, September 2016
  • 26. Phytochemical, antioxidant and hepatoprotective effects of Alnus nitida bark in carbon tetrachloride challenged Sprague Dawley rats “Disease Modeling ” Bmc Complementary And Alternative Medicine, July 2016
  • 27. Rol genes enhance the biosynthesis of antioxidants in Artemisia carvifolia Buch “Transformation and HPLC” Bmc Plant Biology, June 2016
  • 28. Synthesis, characterization, biological and electrochemical evaluation of novel ether based on donor bidentate Schiff bases “Bio-assays ” Journal Of Molecular Structure, June 2016
  • 29. Effect of rol genes on polyphenols biosynthesis in Artemisia annua and their effect on antioxidant and cytotoxic potential of the plant “Transformation and HPLC” Applied Biochemistry And Biotechnology, March 2016
  • 30. Plastids: the green frontiers for vaccine production “Vaccine Production ” Frontiers In Plant Science, November 2015
  • 31. Significance of postgrowth processing of ZnO nanostructures on antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria “Nanowires ” International Journal Of Nanomedicine, July 2015
  • 32. Evaluation of analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-depressant and anti-coagulant properties of Lactuca sativa (CV. Grand Rapids) plant tissues and cell suspension in rats “Disease Modeling ” Bmc Complementary And Alternative Medicine, June 2015
  • 33. Synthesis, biological and electrochemical evaluation of novel nitroaromatics as potential anticancerous drugs “Bio-assays ” Bioelectrochemistry, March 2015
  • 34. Synthesis, characterization, and pharmacological evaluation of selected aromatic amines. “Bio-assays ” Journal Of Chemistry, January 2015
Date TitleAgency/Organization Amount Status
2020-10-01Bioassays guided isolation and identification of anti-Alzheimer compounds from Berberis lyceumInternational Foundation of Science 1500000
  • 2nd World Congress on Pharmacology & Toxicology” on August 16-18, 2018 Rome, Italy ( )