Hello from, and welcome to, Tuba!
Hi folks!
I am Tuba Iftikhar, a researcher in postdoctoral training with assoc, prof. Mali Husby Rosnes. I hail from the historically and agriculturally rich land of Gujrat, Pakistan. Following the conventional scientific path to extend my practical knowledge of chemistry, I moved to Germany for my doctoral studies in Prof. Kögerler’s research group at RWTH Aachen and Forschungszentrum Jülich which successfully led me to earn my Ph.D.
I worked as an experimental chemist to target the synthesis of organo-functionalized derivatives of heterometallic PolyOxoMetalates (POMs) for the investigation of their single-molecule magnetic (SMM) behavior and catalytic properties.
My Postdoctoral training is based on the Research Project ‘‘Recyclable Catalysts for Sustainable Polymers from CO2 and Bio-based Epoxides’’ ReCat4Polymer which is funded by the Trond Mohn Foundation and the University of Bergen. I would aim to focus on the development of recyclable catalysts for the production of sustainable polymers, where CO2 and bio-based epoxides will be used as raw materials. POMs are considered the key components for developing such suitable and recyclable catalysts.
