Bina Shaheen Siddiqui

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Bina Shaheen Siddiqui
Citizenship Pakistani
Awards
  • Dr. Abdus Salam Prize in Chemistry (1986)
  • Nishan-e-Azmat-e-Ilm Plaque, Karachi University (1989)
  • Nishan-e-Azmat-e-Danish Plaque, Karachi University (1993)
  • Nishane- Danish Plaque, Karachi University (1998)
  • First Prize of the National Book Foundation (1997)
  • Star Woman of the Year Award and Gold Medal by Star Girls and Women’s Foundation (1997)
  • Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, Government of Pakistan (2000)
  • Khwarizmi Award by the President of Islamic Republic of Iran (2001)
  • Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the Govt. of Pakistan (2004)
  • Distinguished National Professor (HEC)
Scientific career
Institutions H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry

Bina Shaheen Siddiqui is a Pakistani chemist and the Director of the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry at the University of Karachi. [1] Siddiqui graduated from the University of Karachi with an MPhil in 1978. [2] In 1980, she graduated from the same university with a PhD in organic chemistry. [1]

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She specialises in the chemical components of Pakistan's indigenous plants. [3] She was elected to The World Academy of Sciences in 1989, [4] and was elected a Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 1997. [1] [5] She is also a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Pakistan. [6]

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