Sonia Zulfiqar is an associate professor of chemistry, at The American University in Cairo. She earned her PhD in the field of polymer/materials chemistry. She has vast teaching and research experience at renowned international universities/institutes like: Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (Germany) University of Delaware (United States) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea) University of Nizwa (Oman) Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria) King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) POLYMAT, University of Basque Country (Spain) Quaid-i-Azam University, CIIT and NUST (Pakistan) Zulfiqar served as an affiliate member of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in the United States. She has received many prizes and medals in her career. In recognition of her outstanding contribution in the field of chemistry, she has been conferred the Civil Award “Tamgha-e-Imtiaz” by the President of Pakistan in 2012. She has also been awarded the prestigious and highly competitive Marie-Curie grant from European Commission under 7th Framework Programme (FP7). Zulfiqar was nominated by the European Commission as a Marie Curie Fellow and selected by the Council for Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings to participate as a visiting scientist to the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, 2015, Germany.

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polymers,  Inorganic –Organic Nanocomposite Materials,  Nanoblends,  Polymeric Ionic Liquids,  Climate Change,  Nanoporous Materials for CO2 Capture and Water Treatment,  Inorganic Nanomaterials for Solar Cell Applications