Dr Imran Ali

Associate Professor

Educational Qualification

Outstanding Achievements

1. World recognized academician and researchers.

2. Total Citation: 4,100

3. Total Publications: 275

4. Outstanding Publications: Nature and Chemical Reviews (ACS) with Impact Factor more than 40.

5. Five Books (Published by International Publishers, viz., Marcel Dekker, Inc., USA; Taylor & Francis, USA; John Wiley & Sons, USA; John Wiley & Sons, UK; Elsevier, The Netherlands).

6. Several Encyclopaedia and Book Chapters.

7. International Research Collaborations with leading Scientists in 11 countries.

8. Section Editor, Current Drug Therapy, Bentham Science Publishers, USA.

9. Ex-Editor of Science Jet Journal.

10. On Editorial Board of ten International Journals.

11. Guest Editor, special issue of Current Cancer Drug Targets (Impact Factor 5.0) on ‘Nano Drugs: Novel Agents for Cancer Chemo-Therapy’ (Bentham Press, USA).

12. Reviewersfor research articles of more than 50 International Journals.

13. Research & Teaching experience of about 22 years.

14. Visiting Consultant in 2009 and 2011 at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, OMAN, Visiting Scientist in 2004 and 2006 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Visiting Professor at King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2011.

15. Life members of 1) Chromedia News, Chromedia Chromatographers Community, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2) Indian Science Congress Association, 3) Indian Society of Analytical Scientists, 4) Chromatographic Society of India, 5) Indian Association for Cancer Research 6) American Nano Society.

16. Khosla Research Award-1987 by IIT, Roorkee.

17. Research Advisor, American Biographical Institute, Inc., USA.

Utility of the Research Work and Publications:

18. Books: As reference sources for students, academicians, researchers, clinicians and the Government regulatory authorities all over the world.

19. Research Papers are being used for various industries globally. In India, Reliance Clinical Research Services, Mumbai, Indico Remedies Ltd., Mumbai, Poly Peptide Lab., Mumbai, Prochrome India Ltd., Mumbai, Cipla Pharma Ltd., Mumbai are some of the beneficiaries.

On Editorial Boards 

• J. Recent Patents on Nanomedicine,Bentham Science Publishers, USA. 
• Advances in Analytical Chemistry, Scientific & Academic Publishing, USA. 
• Journal of Solid Tumors, Science Education Press, Canada.
• Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer, Netherlands.
• Archives of Environmental Science, Environmental Protection Science Group, China.
• Gazi University Journal of Science, Gazi University, Turkey. 
• Egyptian Pharmaceutical Journal, Academy of Scientific Research & Technology, The National Centre for Information & Documentation, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.
• International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, 73023 Victoria Island, Lagos, Nairobi. 
• Medical Practice and Reviews, 73023 Victoria Island, Lagos, Nairobi. 
• International J. Genuine Traditional Medicine, Association of Genuine Traditional Medicine South Korea.  

International Recognition
My research work in Bio-Analytical and Environmental Chemistry areas for pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and metal ion speciation; by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and capillary electrophoresis (CE); is internationally recognized. The adsorption technologies developed for the removal of pesticides, dyes and toxic metal ions from wastewater are of utmost importance. I have published about two hundred articles including books, encyclopedia/book chapters, reviews, technical reports and papers. The highlights of my research work include publications in Nature and Chemical Reviews of more than 40 Impact Factor. I have developed methods and books, which are being used worldwide as standard reference sources for research and development. I have authored the following four books published by International Publishers:

1. V.K. Gupta Imran Ali, Environmental water: Advances in treatment,  remediation and recycling, Elsevier, The Netherlands (2012), ISBN is 978-0-444-59399-3. 
2. Imran Ali, Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein and V.K. Gupta, Nano Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis: Pharmaceutical and Environmental Analyses, Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, USA (2009), ISBN: 978-0-470-17851-5. 
3. Imran Ali and Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, Instrumental Methods in Metal Ions Speciation, Taylor & Francis Ltd., New York, USA (2006), ISBN: 0-8493-3736-4. 
4. Imran Ali and Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein, Chiral pollutants: Distribution, toxicity and analysis by chromatography and capillary electrophoresis, Johan Wiley & Sons, New York, USA (2004), ISBN: 0-470-86780-9. 
5. Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein and Imran Ali, Chiral separations by liquid chromatography and related technologies, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, USA (2003), ISBN 0-8247-4014-9.

I have also taken one patent Smart solvent saving HPLC reservoir.

 1.         Imran Ali and V.D. Gaitonde, Smart solvent saving HPLC reservoir, IPO, New Delhi, 46/DEL/2012.

International Collaborations

1. Prof. Dr. Klaus Kümmerer Environmental Chemistry Leuphana University Lüneburg, Scharnhorststraße 1/C13 21335 Lüneburg GERMANY  

2. Prof. A. Grahn Biotech AB, Box 133, 439 23, Onsala SWEDEN 

3. Prof. M.G. Schmid Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Karl-Franzens University of Graz, Universitätsplatz, Graz AUSTRIA

4. Prof. G. Gubitz Department of Analytical Chemistry Janus Pannonius University, Ifùsàg ùtca 6, H-7624 Pècs HUNGARY

5. Prof. G. Bazylak Department of Pharmaco-Bromatology & Molecular Nutrition Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz POLAND

6. Professor Li Fong YAU Department of Chemistry National University of Singapore REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

7. Prof. Hassan Y. Aboul-Enein The National Research Centre Dokki, Cairo - 12622 EGYPT 

8. Prof. Salma M. Z. Al-Kindy Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat OMAN

9. Prof. Dr. Mohd Marsin Sanagi Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science Universiti Teknologi Malaysia MALAYSIA

10. Dr. Diana Wesselinova Institute of Parasitology and Experimental Pathology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - 1113, Sofia BULGARIA

11. Dr. Zeid A. Al-Othman Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA

12. Norikaju Nagae ChromaNik Technologies Inc. 6-3-1 Namiyoke, Minato-ku, Osaka JAPAN 

Research Area and Expertise

1. Research Areas:

Development of Chiral and Anti-Cancer Drugs, Simple and Chiral Environmental and Pharmaceutical Analyses, Water Treatment and Water Quality. 

2. Instrumentation Expertise: 

High Performance liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC),   Capillary Electrophoresis (CE), Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), Flame Photometry (FP), UV-Visible Spectroscopy and others.

3. Research Experience:

• 22 Years after Ph.D.

4. Teaching Experience:

• 18 Years at graduate and post-graduate levels.

5. International Working Experience:

• Scientist from 1st Feb., 2000 to 17th June 2003 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Visiting Scientist in 2005 and 2006 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Visiting Consultant at Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
• Visiting Professor at King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Research Projects and Ph.D. Thesis Supervised

Research Projects:

1. Monitoring of arsenic in ground water of Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh using remote sensing and GIS techniques - Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi (On-going).
2. Assessment of water quality of 22 metropolitan cities of India - CPCB, New Delhi, (Completed).
3. Racemization of antifungal agents enantiomers with benzylic proton at physiological pH - Uttrakhand State Council for Science & Technology, Dehradun (Completed).

Ph.D. Thesis Supervised:

1.  Evaluation of chromatographic methods for analyses of simple and chiral drugs in human plasma, Afzal Hussain, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2010. 
2. Development of liquid chromatographic methods of simple and chiral drugs in biological samples, Iqbal Hussain, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 2010. 
3. Studies on racemization of anti-fungal agents enantiomers with benzylic proton at physiological pH – Bhavtosh Sharma, 2010 (H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India). 
4. Chromatographic methods development for analysis of amino acids and their PTH- and DNP- derivatives – Shilpi Aggarwal, 2009 (Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India). 
5. Chromatographic analyses of some drugs in biological samples - Uma Negi, 2009 (H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India). 
6. Analysis of water pollutants using chromatographic techniques- Archna Badoni, 2008 (H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India). 
7. Removal of some toxic substances from wastewater using inexpensive alternatives to carbon - V.K. Saini, 2007 (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India). 
8. Analysis of some drugs in wastewater using chromatographic techniques - H.V. Pant, 2004 (H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, India). Presently, six Research Scholars are working under my supervision for their Ph.D. degrees.

Lectures Delivered

1. Pesticides and water quality, India water week, CWC, 10-14, April, 2012, New Delhi, India. 

2. Smart Applications of Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis, Part – I, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 22^nd June, 2011. 

3. Role of HPLC in Chiral Drugs Development, Indian Drugs Manufacturers Association (IDMA) and Association of Pharmaceutical Analysts (APA), 11^th Pharmaceutical Analysts Convention, Hyatt Regency, Mumbai, 11^th Oct. (2008). 

4. Chiral Chemistry, Dr. D.N. Patkar Memorial Seminar, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 10^th Oct. (2008). 

5. Liquid Chromatography – Tool for Chiral Assessment, Dr. D.N. Patkar Memorial Seminar, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, 10^th Oct., (2008). 

6. An Introduction of Capillary Electrophoresis, Workshop on Chromatographic Techniques, 10^th Sept., 2007, Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi, India.  

7. Scientific Education: A Sustainable Future to Develop India, N.S.S. Workshop, Mussorrie, Sponsored by Uttrakhand State Science Congress, Dehradun, 11 Aug., 2007. 

8. In vitro and in vivo racemization of optically active drugs, First Uttrakhand State Science Congress, Dehradun, 10-11 Nov. (2006).  

9. Water quality and health: An urgent need of awareness, at several villages of District Hardwar, Uttrakhand (2005).  

10. Analysis of pesticides in water, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India (2004).  

11. Health and metal ion speciation, National Symposium on advanced instrumental methods of analysis, 18-19 December, Dehradun, India (2004). 

12. Advances in metal ion speciation by capillary electrophoresis, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India (2003).  

13. Chirality: A challenge to the environmental Scientists, National Symposium on advanced instrumental methods of analysis, 7-8 June, 2002, Dehradun, India (2002).  

14. HPLC and drugs development, King Faisal Specialist and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2001).

Major Techniques Used                                                                                                   

 1. Chromatography

• High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Gas Chromatography (GC)
• Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)

2. Spectroscopy

• UV - Visible
• Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)
• AAS-FIAS

 3. Electrophoresis

• Paper Electrophoresis
• Capillary Electrophoresis

4. Sample Preparations

• Liquid-Liquid Extraction
• Solid Phase Extraction

5. Flame Photometry

6. Total Organic and Inorganic Carbon Analyzer (TOC & IOC)

7. Conductivity Meter

8. Turbidity Meter

9. Dissolved Oxygen Meter

10. pH Meter