Irshad Hussain is among the founding members of SBA School of Science & Engineering (SBASSE), LUMS, and has led the Chemistry department during its formative years, which has now been upgraded to the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering. He completed MSc in Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and PhD (Chemistry, Nanomaterials) from the University of Liverpool, UK. Prior to joining LUMS, Dr. Hussain spearheaded research and development program in Nanobiotechnology at National Institute for Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Faisalabad, and developed a Nanotech group/facility that is now one among the few leading Nanobiotech groups in Pakistan. He has published over 150 research articles in prominent journals including Nature Materials, Science Advances, Nature Communications, Chem Soc Rev, Angew Chem Int Ed, Advanced Materials, J Am Chem Soc, Small, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Applied Energy Materials, ChemSusChem, Chem Commun, Langmuir and Nanoscale etc. His primary research interests include synthesis and applications of metal/metal oxide nanoparticles in biomedical sciences, renewable energy technologies, environmental remediation and catalysis. In order to sustain his research group at LUMS, Dr. Hussain has received several National/International competitive research grants, as Principal Investigator, well over 1 million USD, notably a joint Pak-US project funded by Pakistan Higher Education Commission (HEC) & US National Academy of Sciences, Pak-German joint project funded by DAAD, funding from Global Challenge Research Fund (EPSRC, UK) and a Pak-China collaborative project funded by Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) and National Natural Science Foundation, China.

Dr. Hussain has developed several effective research collaborations with the leading nanomaterials groups in USA, Europe, China, Saudi Arabia (KAUST) and several National Institutions in Pakistan and have visited many of these institutions as a visiting faculty notably UMass (Amherst, USA), EPFL (Switzerland), Cambridge (UK, as a Charles Wallace Fellow), KAUST (Saudi Arabia) and several universities in China. In 2017 & 2019, he has served as a Foreign Professor at Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.

Dr. Hussain has served as the Chair of National Nanotech Experts Panel at Pakistan Council for Science & Technology in 2015 and as the member of the National Core Group of Chemistry and Chair of the National Core Group of Nanotechnology formed by the PM Task Force on Science & Technology (2020-22). He has also been awarded 02 Gold Medals in Chemistry by Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) in 2007 (Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman Gold Medal) & 2014 (PAS Gold Medal).

Dr. Hussain is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and a Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences.

For more information, his professional profile can be viewed at Wikipedia, LinkedIn, Google Scholar, and ResearchGate etc. He is also available on Facebook and Twitter (DrIrshadSadhana).
 

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Driving sustainable energy: The role of polyoxometalates (POMs) in photoelectrochemical hydrogen production Coordination Chemistry Reviews Ameen S., Tahir A., Haq T.U., Khan A.A., Butt M.T.Z., Hussain I., Hussain S.Z., Rehman H.U., 2025
Benchmarking stable Electrocatalysts for green hydrogen production: A chemist perspective Coordination Chemistry Reviews Munir A., Abdul Nasir J., Haq T.U., Iqbal J., Hussain I., Qurashi A., 2024
Polymeric coating doped with nanomaterials for functional impact on different substrates Scientific Reports Shahzadi P., Majeed M.A., Ibrahim S., Asif S., Kalsoom R., Hussain I., 2024
A superporous and pH-sensitive hydrogel from Salvia hispanica (chia) seeds: stimuli responsiveness, on-off switching, and pharmaceutical applications RSC Advances Khatoon M., Ali A., Hussain M.A., Haseeb M.T., Sher M., Alsaidan O.A., Muhammad G., Hussain S.Z., Hussain I., Bukhari S.N.A., 2024
A superabsorbent and pH-responsive copolymer-hydrogel based on acemannan from Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis M.): A smart material for drug delivery International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Irfan J., Ali A., Hussain M.A., Haseeb M.T., Alsahli T.G., Naeem-ul-Hassan M., Tulain U.R., Hussain S.Z., Hussain I., Azhar I., 2024
Advances in selective electrochemical methanol upgrading and energy-saving hydrogen production: Mechanism, progress, and prospects International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Arshad F., Tahir A., Haq T.U., Qayyum S., Hussain I., Sher F., 2024
Chemical modification of Aloe vera leaf hydrogel for efficient cadmium-removal from spiked high-hardness groundwater International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Irfan J., Ali A., Hussain M.A., Abbas A., Haseeb M.T., Naeem-ul-Hassan M., Azhar I., Hussain S.Z., Hussain I., 2024
Efficient utilization of melon peels to produce ethanol: a step toward sustainable waste management Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery Chaudhary A., Hussain I., Ahmad Q.-U.-A., Hussain Z., Akram A.M., Hussain A., 2024
Unprecedented Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production via Covalent Triazine Frameworks Constructed from Fused Building Blocks Angewandte Chemie - International Edition Sun R., Yang X., Hu X., Guo Y., Zhang Y., Shu C., Yang X., Gao H., Wang X., Hussain I., Tan B., 2024
Nuclear-Targeting Peptides for Cancer Therapy ChemBioChem Yi X., Hussain I., Zhang P., Xiao C., 2024
Preparation of Hierarchical Porous Monoliths With High Surface Areas by a Solvent Knitting Strategy Macromolecular Rapid Communications Zhong Z., Peng X., Gao H., Hussain I., Wang X., Tan B., 2024
Conjugated cross-linked phosphine as broadband light or sunlight-driven photocatalyst for large-scale atom transfer radical polymerization Nature Communications Fang W.-W., Yang G.-Y., Fan Z.-H., Chen Z.-C., Hu X.-L., Zhan Z., Hussain I., Lu Y., He T., Tan B.-E., 2023
Continuous conducting architecture developed by supporting Prussian blue analogue on metal-organic framework derived carbon-doped manganese- oxide nanorods for high-performance sodium-ion batteries Journal of Alloys and Compounds Ullah I., Saeed R., Inayat A., Zubair M., Wu X., Duran H., Haider A., Pope M.A., Hussain I., 2023
Fabrication of highly effective aramid fiber-based polypropylene composite membranes for desalination Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering Mustafa K., Iqbal N., Ahmad S., Hussain I., Musaddiq S., 2023
Emulsion-derived porous carbon-based materials for energy and environmental applications Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Mudassir M.A., Kousar S., Ehsan M., Usama M., Sattar U., Aleem M., Naheed I., Saeed O.B., Ahmad M., Akbar H.F., Ud Din M.A., Ansari T.M., Zhang H., Hussain I., 2023
Electronic and Structural Modification of Three-Dimensional Porous NiCo@NF as a Robust Electrocatalyst for CO<inf>2</inf> Emission-Free Methanol Upgradation to Boost Hydrogen Co-production Energy and Fuels Arshad F., Tahir A., Haq T.U., Duran H., Hussain I., Sher F., 2023
Surfactin-Conjugated Silver Nanoparticles as an Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Agent against Pseudomonas aeruginosa ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Rahman L., Sarwar Y., Khaliq S., Inayatullah N., Abbas W., Mobeen A., Ullah A., Hussain S.Z., Khan W.S., Kyriazi M.-E., Hussain I., Kanaras A.G., Rehman A., 2023
Isostructural Nanocluster Manipulation Reveals Pivotal Role of One Surface Atom in Click Chemistry Angewandte Chemie - International Edition Dong C., Huang R.-W., Sagadevan A., Yuan P., Gutierrez-Arzaluz L., Ghosh A., Nematulloev S., Alamer B., Mohammed O.F., Hussain I., Rueping M., Bakr O.M., 2023
CARBOXY-FUNCTIONALIZED POLYSACCHARIDE MEDIATED GREEN SYNTHESIS OF ANTIMICROBIAL SILVER NANOPARTICLES Cellulose Chemistry and Technology Hussain M.A., Shaheen A., Hussain S.Z., Hussain I., Haseeb M.T., Muhammad G., 2023
Diagnosis and monitoring of hepatocellular carcinoma in Hepatitis C virus patients using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy Ali S., Naveed A., Hussain I., Qazi J., 2023
Au/TiO<inf>2</inf> thin film with ultra-low content of gold: An efficient self-supported bifunctional electrocatalyst for oxygen and hydrogen evolution reaction Catalysis Today Tahir A., ul-Haq T., Zubair U., Rafique F., Munir A., Haik Y., Hussain I., ur Rehman H., 2023
Use of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy to differentiate between cirrhotic/non-cirrhotic HCV patients Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy Ali S., Naveed A., Hussain I., Qazi J., 2023
Amine-Impregnated Porous Organic Polymers with Chemisorption Sites for Highly Efficient CO<inf>2</inf> Chemical Conversion under Ambient Conditions ACS Applied Polymer Materials Ouyang H., Song K., Hussain I., Tan B., 2023
Geotechnical Assessment of Rock Slope Stability Using Kinematic and Limit Equilibrium Analysis for Safety Evaluation Water (Switzerland) Rahman A.U., Zhang G., A. AlQahtani S., Janjuhah H.T., Hussain I., Rehman H.U., Shah L.A., 2023
Nanoscale Surface Functionalization Based on Heterogeneous Self-Assembled Monolayers for Molecular-Scale Electronics ChemPlusChem Khalid H., Tian L., Yu X., Hussain I., Hu W., 2023
Green synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles by Neem extract as multi-facet therapeutic agents Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 2020
A smart drug delivery system based on Artemisia vulgaris hydrogel: Design, on-off switching, and real-time swelling, transit detection, and mechanistic studies Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 2020
A proactive model on innovative biomedical applications of gold nanoparticles Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) 2020
Influence of W-doping on the optical and electrical properties of SnO<inf>2</inf> towards photocatalytic detoxification and electrocatalytic water splitting Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2020
Controlled development of higher-dimensional nanostructured copper oxide thin films as binder free electrocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2020
Bactericidal Effect of 5-Mercapto-2-nitrobenzoic Acid-Coated Silver Nanoclusters against Multidrug-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2020
Screening and stability testing of commercially applicable Heliotropium crispum silver nanoparticle formulation with control over aging and biostability Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) 2020
A stimuli-responsive, superporous and non-toxic smart hydrogel from seeds of mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris): stimuli responsive swelling/deswelling, intelligent drug delivery and enhanced aceclofenac bioavailability RSC Advances 2020
Controlled engineering of nickel carbide induced N-enriched carbon nanotubes for hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions in wide pH range Electrochimica Acta 2020
Nanosilver Mitigates Biofilm Formation via FapC Amyloidosis Inhibition Small 2020
Synthesis of surface functionalized hollow microporous organic capsules for doxorubicin delivery to cancer cells Polymer Chemistry 2020
Citric acid crosslinking of mucilage from Cydonia oblonga engenders a superabsorbent, pH-sensitive and biocompatible polysaccharide offering on-off swelling and zero-order drug release Journal of Polymer Research 2020
Fabrication and Characterization of Thiolated Chitosan Microneedle Patch for Transdermal Delivery of Tacrolimus AAPS PharmSciTech 2020
Sol-Gel Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica-Iron Composite: Kinetics, Equilibrium and Thermodynamics Studies for the Adsorption of Turquoise-Blue X-GB Dye Zeitschrift fur Physikalische Chemie 2020
Sodium hyroxyethylcellulose adipate: An efficient and reusable sorbent for cadmium uptake from spiked high-hardness ground water Arabian Journal of Chemistry 2020
Controlled Assembly of Cu/Co-Oxide Beaded Nanoclusters on Thiolated Graphene Oxide Nanosheets for High-Performance Oxygen Evolution Catalysts Chemistry - A European Journal 2020
Development of gold nanoclusters based direct fluorescence restoration approach for sensitive and selective detection of pesticide Applied Nanoscience (Switzerland) 2020
Ultrasmall Co@Co(OH)<inf>2</inf> Nanoclusters Embedded in N-Enriched Mesoporous Carbon Networks as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation ChemSusChem 2019
Porous hypercrosslinked polymer-TiO <inf>2</inf> -graphene composite photocatalysts for visible-light-driven CO <inf>2</inf> conversion Nature Communications 2019
Seasonal variation???s effect on antidiabetic activity of silver nanoparticles Bioinspired, Biomimetic and Nanobiomaterials 2019
Fabrication of Emulsion-Templated Poly(vinylsulfonic acid)-Ag Nanocomposite Beads with Hierarchical Multimodal Porosity for Water Cleanup Langmuir 2019
Magnetic Hierarchically Macroporous Emulsion-Templated Poly(acrylic acid)-Iron Oxide Nanocomposite Beads for Water Remediation Langmuir 2019
Metal Nanoclusters: New Paradigm in Catalysis for Water Splitting, Solar and Chemical Energy Conversion ChemSusChem 2019
Fabrication of PLA incorporated chitosan nanoparticles to create enhanced functional properties of cotton fabric Pigment and Resin Technology 2019
Biosurfactant coated silver and iron oxide nanoparticles with enhanced anti-biofilm and anti-adhesive properties Journal of Hazardous Materials 2019