Atta-ur-Rahman
(Urdu عطاالرحمان; September 1942), PhD
Sc.D., NI, FRS, FPAS, is a Pakistani organic chemist who is currently serving
chief scientific adviser in the administration of Prime Minster Imran Khan. At
this capacity he is currently overseeing acquisition and development of
Covid-19 vaccines as a response of Covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan.
After
studying chemistry at the University of Karachi, Atta-ur-Rahman travelled to
Cambridge where he received PhD and later Sc. D IN organic chemistry. He also
has received honorary doctorates from University of Bradford and Asian
Institute of Technology, with research focused on Bio-organic chemistry,
Synthetic chemistry and Natural product chemistry. He started teaching as a
associate professor in 1974 at the University of Karachi and worked as
postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tubingen as part of the German
Academic Exchange. He serves as the patron of Ebrahem Jamal Research Institute
of Chemistry and Professor emeritus of Chemistry at the Karachi University.
Atta-ur-Rahman is an expert in the field of natural product chemistry in South
Asia, with over 1142 publications in
several fields of organic chemistry including 775 research publications,
43 international patents, n70 chapters in books and 254 books published largely
by major U.S. and European presses. He serves as the Editor in Chief of several
peer reviewed journals including the Current Medicinal Chemistry and Current
Organic Chemistry. He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society since July 2006
and has served as the President of Pakistan Academy of Sciences. In recognition
of his contributions in the field of organic chemistry, he has been conferred
with four Government of Pakistan civil awards including Nishan-e-Imtiaz (2002),
Hilal-I-lmtiaz (1998) , Sitara-i-Imtiaz(1991) and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1983)
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