Rasul Jan

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Mohammad Rasul Jan
Born24 June 1952
NationalityPakistani
Alma mater University of Peshawar
University College Cork
University College Dublin
New Mexico State University
Arizona State University
Known for Contribution in Electroanalytical chemistry,
Awards Fulbright Award (2003)
Pride of Performance in Science (2010)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2016)
Scientific career
Fields Analytical chemistry
Institutions University of Poonch
University of Peshawar
University of Malakand

Muhammad Rasul Jan is a Pakistani chemist in the field of analytical chemistry. He served as Vice-Chancellor of University of Malakand from 14 April 2008 till 1 October 2012. He also served as Vice-Chancellor at University of Peshawar and currently he is serving as Vice-Chancellor at the University of Poonch in Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir. [1] He has published extensively in national and international journals and has supervised many M.Phil. and PhD scholars in the field of Analytical Chemistry.

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Education and life

He was born in the village of Ningolai in Kabal of Swat District, Pakistan and studied Chemistry at the University of Peshawar, obtaining an M.Phil. Dr.Jan obtained his PhD from University College Cork, followed by three years Post-Doctoral work in the University College Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland. Returning to Pakistan in 1985, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of Peshawar as assistant professor. In 1999 he was appointed as head of the Department of Environmental Sciences. He held a Fulbright Program fellowship at the New Mexico State University in 2003. He worked in Bio-Design institute at Arizona State University, United States. He was awarded Pride of Performance (2010) and Sitara-e-Imtiaz (2016) in Science by the President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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References

  1. "VICE CHANCELLOR | University of Peshawar". www.upesh.edu.pk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.