Annual Report 2021
Six faculty members of UCP have achieved the 100+ impact factor score.
Dr. Sumera
Zaib
Associate Professor
Faculty of Life
Sciences
Dr. Khalida
Naseem
Dr. Muhammad
Rafiq
Professor
Faculty of Sciences
Dr. Muhammad
Zaman
Dr. Ali Faisal
Murtaza
Research Director,
Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Sciences
Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, has secured one research grants as below;
Dr. Nazish Rubab, Associate Professor, Space Science, University of Central Punjab, as a Principal
Investigator, has been awarded Rs. 4420500 for a project titled "Space Radiation and Plasma
Effects on Space Assets and determination of charging index" under HEC's National Research
Program for Universities (NRPU). This award is a recognition of the outstanding project proposal
and is the first instance of UCP winning a grant under NRPU. Kindly keep going with the hard
work for turning UCP into a leading research and entrepreneurial university.
Dr. M Babar
Khawar
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Assistant Professor
Faculty of Sciences
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Life Sciences completed PSF funded project
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Sciences
Faculty of Life Sciences completed a research project funded by Pakistan Science Foundation
(PSF) entitled "Optimization, Validation and Multiplexing of 11 CHRX-MINI STRs in Pakistani
Population" in the domain of Forensic Biotechnology.
The output of the project would be helpful as a potential tool for recovering targeted information
without moving into whole-genome profiling.
The results would further be helpful in addressing sensitivity and allelic dropout ratio in STR
genotyping.
The findings will improve the power of the Exclusion process in Mass Disaster cases where there
is no sufficient family association as the standard reference.
The complete report of the project has been submitted to Pakistan Science Foundation
on 09-06-2021.
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Guest Editorships in International Journals
The guest editorship of internationally recognized journal is the recognition of effective scholarly
research work of any researcher, which also has a positive impact on the research culture and over
all repute of the university.
Dr. Rab Nawaz Lodhi (Associate Professor at UCP Business School) has provided his services as
the Guest Editor for the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology (JHTT) for the Special
Issue on Qualitative Research in Hospitality and Tourism Management. JHTT, which was accepted
into the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) with an impact factor of 3.415.
Dr. Muhammad Rafiq (Associate Professor at UCP Engineering School) has provided his services
as the Guest Editor for the Journal of Computers, Materials & Continua (CMC) for the Special
Issue on Mathematical aspects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Analysis and
Control. The journal has an impact factor of 3.024.
Intellectual Property and Technology Commercialization
ORIC at UCP has been recognized by Higher Education Commission recently to make it more
responsive to the needs of the faculty / student and industry. In 2021 the UCP Technology
Transfer and Commercialization policy has also been implemented in order to establish a robust
framework and requisite guidelines for commercializing research at UCP. The major objective of
this policy is to transfer the intellectual property and knowledge discovery efforts of its faculty,
staff, and students into the industry so that they can make societal and economic impact. Through
industrial partnerships & collaborations, licensing, and the formation of spin-off companies, this
policy initiative will be responsible for capturing UCP's research and intellectual property potential
with industry at an early stage. The policy also endeavors to create a conducive environment
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