Bina Shaheen Siddiqui
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CitizenshipPakistani
Awards
- Dr. Abdus Salam Prize in Chemistry (1986)
- Nishan-e-Azmat-e-Ilm Plaque, Karachi University (1989)
- Nishan-e-Azmat-e-Danish Plaque, Karachi University (1993)
- Nishane- Danish Plaque, Karachi University (1998)
- First Prize of the National Book Foundation (1997)
- Star Woman of the Year Award and Gold Medal by Star Girls and Women’s Foundation (1997)
- Tamgha-i-Imtiaz, Government of Pakistan (2000)
- Khwarizmi Award by the President of Islamic Republic of Iran (2001)
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the Govt. of Pakistan (2004)
- Distinguished National Professor (HEC)
InstitutionsH.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
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Bina Shaheen Siddiqui is a Pakistani chemist and the Director of the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry at the University of Karachi.[1] Siddiqui graduated from the University of Karachi with an MPhil in 1978.[2] In 1980, she graduated from the same university with a PhD in organic chemistry.[1]
She specialises in the chemical components of Pakistan's indigenous plants.[3] She was elected to The World Academy of Sciences in 1989,[4] and was elected a Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 1997.[1][5] She is also a Fellow of the Chemical Society of Pakistan.[6]
