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Dr. Nilufar
Nahar

Four decades at the Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka. Research into anticancer and antidiabetic plant extracts, pesticide residues and persistent organic pollutants, and the chemistry of plant polysaccharides and dietary fibres.

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Dr. Nilufar Nahar speaking at the lectern during the inaugural ceremony of an international conference on recent advances in chemistry
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of an international conference on recent advances in chemistry.
163
Peer-reviewed publications
200+
Conference papers
19
Ph.D. students supervised
42
Years at the University of Dhaka
Overview

Dr. Nilufar Nahar spent four decades at the University of Dhaka, rising from Lecturer in 1976 to Professor in 1993, and building a research programme spanning medicinal plants, environmental contaminants and carbohydrate chemistry.

She holds a Ph.D. (1987) and M.Sc. (1985) from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala, and a first M.Sc. (1972) and B.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Dhaka. She was a Fellow of IUPAC and its National Representative for Division VII, Chemistry and Human Health.

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Career

Forty-two years at the University of Dhaka

  1. 1976
    Lecturer
  2. 1982
    Assistant Professor
  3. 1989
    Associate Professor
  4. 1993
    Professor
  5. 2018
    Retirement
Recognition

Awards & honours

All awards
  • 2018

    Pothikrit Distinguished Scientist Award

    Chandra Shekhar-Mina Trust Fund

  • 2016

    Justice Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal

    For contribution of research in own field

  • 2011

    Bangladesh Chemical Society Award

    Outstanding contribution in chemistry as a woman scientist in Bangladesh

  • 1999

    Outstanding Scientist Award

    Bangladesh Chemical and Biological Society of North America

Dr. Nilufar Nahar being presented with a commemorative crest at a seminar marking World Environment Day
Honoured at a seminar on World Environment Day, Department of Chemistry.
Dr. Nilufar Nahar speaking from a panel table at a chemistry conference
Her work

A record of the work

The publications, research and supervision collected here document four decades in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Dhaka — 163 peer-reviewed papers, six major research grants, and generations of postgraduate students.

163 publications Students supervised