Muhammad Ashraf

(He, Him, His)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Chemistry

Office: FIP 245C
Office Hours: 10 am-12 pm
Email: muhammad.ashraf@ubc.ca

Courses & Teaching

Chemistry 213: Organic Chemistry; Chemistry 223: Introduction to Organic Chemistry; Chemistry 235: Organic Chemistry Laboratory; Chemistry 327: Introduction to Materials Chemistry; Chemistry 318: Principles of Catalysis; Chemistry 330: Advanced Organic Chemistry; Chemistry 528: Nanomaterial Characterization; Chemistry 527: Nanomaterials;
Chemistry 517: Electrochemistry.

Biography

How I got here:

• M. Phil. @ University of Malakand, Pakistan
• Ph.D. @ King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA
• Postdoc @ University College Dublin, Ireland
• Postdoc @ University of British Columbia, Canada

Starting point (hometown):

• Swat, KPK, Pakistan

Websites

• Google Scholar
• SolarSpec: Solar Energy Conversion and Spectroscopy Group

Degrees

PhD in Chemistry

Research Interests & Projects

Development of Organic Photocatalyst Materials to Broaden the Use of Sustainable Photocatalysis in Organic Synthesis.

Selected Publications & Presentations

• M Ashraf, R Ali, N Ullah, I Khan, S Ahmad, S Wooh, W Tremel*, U Schwingenschlögl* and M N Tahir* “Bandgap Engineering of Melon using Highly Reduced Graphene Oxide for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Evolution”
  Adv. Mater.  2023, 35, 2301342.
• Ashraf, N. Ullah, I. Khan, M. N. Tahir*, S Ahmad *, W. G. Tremel*, “Photoreforming of Waste Polymers for Sustainable Hydrogen Fuel and Chemicals Feedstock: Waste to Energy”
  Chem. Rev. 2023, 123, 8, 4443–4509. http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00602

Professional Services/Affiliations/Committees

Guest Editor for the special issue of Journal Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049)