Journal of Analytical Chemistry

Dr. Atteeque Ahmed is an Assistant Professor at SA-CIRBS, International Islamic University Islamabad, and a specialist in synthetic and medicinal organic chemistry. He earned his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, with part of his doctoral research conducted at the University of Minnesota, USA, under the International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP). His doctoral work focused on the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of heterocyclic scaffolds and related compounds. Dr. Ahmed has authored more than 22 peer-reviewed publications (including Q1 and Q2 journals) with a strong record as first author and an h-index of 9. He has also contributed as a route-scouting organic scientist for international pharmaceutical projects and developed green chemistry indicators for process optimization. His teaching portfolio includes courses such as Organic Polymer Chemistry, Retrosynthetic Analysis, and Chemistry of Heterocycles. He is passionate about advancing sustainable synthetic methodologies and mentoring young researchers in drug design and bioactive compound development.

• Synthetic and Medicinal Organic Chemistry
• Drug design and discovery
• Green chemistry

1. Specialization in synthetic and medicinal organic chemistry

2. Research focus: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of heterocyclic scaffolds and related compounds

3. Contributions to route-scouting organic chemistry for international pharmaceutical projects

4. Development of green chemistry indicators for process optimization

5. Taught courses: Organic Polymer Chemistry, Retrosynthetic Analysis, Chemistry of Heterocycles, Special Organic Materials, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry

1. ​​​​Synthesis of sulfonamide, amide and amine hybrid pharmacophore... (Bioorg. Chem., 2019)
2. Exploring Amantadine Derivatives as Urease Inhibitors (Molecules, 2021)
3. Design and Discovery of 3-Ethylaniline Hybrid Imino-Thiazolidinone... (Biomolecules, 2022)
4. Innovative Pivaloyl Fixed 1,3-Thiazole-2-imines as Multitarget Inhibitors (ChemistrySelect, 2025)
5. Synthesis and Evaluation of Thiazolyl Coumarin Drug Conjugates (Scientific Reports, 2025 – Accepted)
6. Novel adamantyl clubbed iminothiazolidinones as promising elastase inhibitors: design, synthesis, molecular docking, ADMET and DFT studies RSC Advances, 2022
7. Synthesis, Single Crystal XRD, In-Silico and In-Vitro Studies of Alkyl Substituted Acyl Thiourea as Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitor
8. Synthesis of small size adamantane-linked aminothiazoles as potent inhibitors of urease, α-glucosidase and carbonic anhydrase and their molecular docking studies
9. Novel pyrazoline linked acyl thiourea pharmacophores as antimicrobial, urease, amylase and α-glucosidase inhibitors: design, synthesis, SAR and molecular docking studies
10. 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
11. Synthesis of amantadine clubbed N-aryl amino thiazoles as potent urease, α-amylase & α-glucosidase inhibitors, kinetic and molecular docking studies
12. Exploration of newly synthesized amantadine-thiourea conjugates for their DNA binding, anti-elastase, and anti-glioma potentials
13. N-Adamantanyl-2-(2-(phenyl) hydrazone)-3-oxobutanamides endowed with dual inhibitors of urease and α-glucosidase: Design, synthesis, and computational studies
14. Acyl Pyrazole Sulfonamides as New Antidiabetic Agents: Synthesis, Glucosidase Inhibition Studies and Molecular Docking Analysis
15. Synthesis, Glucosidase Inhibition, and In Silico Modeling Analysis of Highly Fluorinated 2-Imino-1,3-thiazolines in Search of Potent Antidiabetic Agents