Biography and Academic Experience
Dr. Nawaz received his PhD degree from Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2014. He also worked with Prof. Herbert Sixta on a collaborative project for 3 months in Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University, Espoo, Finlandand also attended several international conferences and visited several countries such as New Zealand, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, South Korea, Poland and Brazil. After returning to his home country, Pakistan, hejoined as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Education Lahore, Pakistan from April 2015 to April 2016. Then he moved to Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) Beijing in May, 2016 and was engaged as a postdoctoral researcher until January 2019. Then he moved to Beijing Forestry University and worked as a senior research associate on “Talent Induction Program Category-A” in College of Materials Science and Technology from January 2020 to March 2023. He has published over 45 research articles and some of which are published in top leading international journals such as ACS Nano, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Bioresource Technology, Analytical Chemistry and Carbohydrate Polymers etc. Currently, he has joined School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huaiyin Normal University as a Professor of Chemistry.
Research Interest:
Green conversion of sustainable and renewable biomass (cellulose/lignin) into smart fluorescent materials for environment-responsive applications.
Participated in Scientific research projects
1. Structural Design, Synthesis and Application of Cellulose-based Solid Fluorescent Materials (01/01/2018 to 31/12/2021), Project No. 51773210 (Participant)
2. Understanding the interaction between the main components of lignocellulose and its clean in situ removal from solution and its mechanism (01/01/2022 to 31/12/2025), Project No. 22178028 (Participant)
3. Basic Research on Oriented Separation of Agricultural Straw Components and Construction of Functional Adsorbent Materials (01/01/2023 to 31/12/2026), Project No. U22A20422 (Participant)
Representative Papers
1. Cellulose-based Fluorescent Material for Extreme pH Sensing and Smart Printing Applications.Haq Nawaz, Sheng Chen, Xun Zhang, Xin Li, Tingting You, and Feng Xu. ACS Nano, 2023,17, 3996-4008.
2. Rheological characteristics of novel cellulose/superbase-derived ionic liquid solutions and coagulation process towards regenerated cellulose films.Xiaoyu Wang, Xin Li, Wenqiu Zheng, Zongwei Guo, Haq Nawaz, Tingting You, Feng Xu. Green Chemistry, 2023,25, 1597-1610
3. Cellulose-based Environment-friendly Smart Materials for Colorimetric and Fluorescent Detection of Cu2+/ Fe3+ ions and Their Anti-counterfeiting Applications. Haq Nawaz, Sheng Chen, Xin Li, Xun Zhang, Xueming Zhang, Jia-Qi Wang, Feng Xu.Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 438, 135595.
4. Highly efficient pretreatment using alkaline enhanced aqueous deep eutecticsolvent to unlock Populus deltoides for high yield of fermentable sugars: Synergistic removal of lignin and mannan. Haichao Li, Xin Li, Tingting You, Deqiang Li, Haq Nawaz, Jiankang Zhang, Feng Xu. Bioresource Technology. 2022,351,126993.
5. Anisotropic cellulose nanofibril aerogels fabricated by directional stabilization and ambient drying for efficient solar evaporation.Li, Junying; Chen, Sheng; Li, Xueqian; Zhang, Jiankang; Nawaz, Haq; Xu, Yanglei; Kong, Fangong; Xu, Feng. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022,453,139844.
6. Lead In Drinking Water: Adsorption Method and 1 Role of Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks for Its Remediation: A Review. Khalil Ahmad, Habib-ur-Rehman Shah, Haq Nawaz, Asif Ayub, Muhammad Ashfaq. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022,368, 133010.
7. Recent studies on cellulose-based fluorescent smart materials and their applications: A comprehensive review. Haq Nawaz, Xun Zhang, Sheng Chen, Tingting You, Feng Xu. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021,267, 118135.
8. Cellulose-based Fluorescent Sensor for visual and versatile detection of Amines and Anions.Haq Nawaz, Weiguo Tian, Kunfeng, Jin, Ruonan Jia, Tiantian Yang, Jun Zhang. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020,387, 121719.
9. Visual and precise detection of pH values under extreme acidic and strong basic environments by cellulose-based superior sensor. Haq Nawaz, Weiguo Tian, Jinming Zhang, Ruonan Jia, Tiantian Yang, Jian Yu, Jun Zhang, Analytical Chemistry,2019, 91, 3085−3092.
10. Cellulose-Based Sensor Containing Phenanthroline for the Highly Selective and Rapid Detection of Fe2+ Ions with Naked Eye and Fluorescent Dual Modes.Haq Nawaz, Weiguo Tian, Jinming Zhang, Ruonan Jia, Zhangyan Chen, Jun Zhang. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 2114-2121.
Honors and awards
Talent Induction Program: Category A:College of Material Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China (2020-2022)
Postdoctoral Fellowship (President’s International Fellowship Initiative, PIFI)
CAS Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics (KLEP), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing, China (2017-2019)
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Young International Scientists)
Chinese Academy of Sciences Fellowships for “Young International Scientists”CAS Key Laboratory of Engineering Plastics (KLEP), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing, China (2016-2017)
CNPq-TWAS Postgraduate Fellowship
Full Ph.D. (48 months) fellowship funded by Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Developments (CNPq) Institute of Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil (2010-2014)
International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP)
6 Month scholarship under International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) funded byHigher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) for University of Oxford, UK.
