Dr. Mariya al-Rashida is a synthetic chemist and has expertise in the area of organic synthesis. She completed Ph.D. in chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan in 2011. Her area of expertise is synthetic and computational medicinal chemistry. She is currently working towards the synthesis of metalloenzyme inhibitors (carbonic anhydrase, and ecto-nucleotidases). She is an Associate Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Chemistry, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University), Lahore, Pakistan. She has published more than 60 research articles with a cumulative Impact Factor > 150 in various peer review international journals. She has been the recipient of many awards including the prestigious CSP Gold Medal Award for Chemist Under 40.
