Adnan Haider

Dr. Haider has been working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences (Section of Nanomedicine) at the National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) since 31/01/2020. He also worked at the Department of Chemistry at Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan, until August 2019. He taught undergraduate and MS students. He received his Ph.D. from Kyungpook National University and his postdoctoral degree from Yeungnam University in Daegu, South Korea, in polymer science and engineering. His research focuses on electrospun nanofibers, the development of metal nanoparticles, and the synthesis of biopolymer composites for biomedical and environmental applications. Dr. Haider has served as Principal and Co-Principal Investigator on multiple competitively funded research projects and has published 98 high-impact articles, including book chapters and books. Dr. Haider's research has been well-received by the research community. His articles appear on the lists of most-cited and most-downloaded articles in the most prominent journals. Dr. Haider's current citations are 6785 with an h-index of 35 and an i10-index of 62 (07/11/2025, Google Scholar). Dr. Haider's name has been in the top 2% cited list for five consecutive years. The list is compiled by Stanford University and Elsevier. He is also the managing editor of Life and Science Journal.