Dr Muhammad Hanif

Associate Investigator

Towards Low Energy Tech - Hardware for Future Computing

Phone:

+64 9 923 6833

Address:
SCIENCE CENTRE Building 302
Level 10, Room 1033
23 Symonds Street
Auckland 1010
New Zealand

• m.hanif@auckland.ac.nz

Biography

Dr Muhammad Hanif received his PhD from the University of Vienna (Austria). After a brief stint as an assistant professor at the COMSATS University Islamabad (Pakistan), he started his research career as an Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship at the University of Auckland (New Zealand), where he is currently a Senior Research Fellow.

Research interests

Dr Hanif's research is underpinned by molecular design and synthetic inorganic chemistry. Over the years, most of his research has been focused on the design and functionalisation of organometallic compounds. The metal centres most commonly used are Ru(II), Os(II), Rh(III), Ir(III), resulting in compound classes which in some cases have shown significant potential as anticancer agents. More recently, Dr Hanif has been investigating metal complexes as molecular spintronics and photosensitisers.

Dr Hanif's research has been recognised by prestigious awards including Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship (from the Austrian Science Fund); and Sir Charles Hercus Fellowship (from the Health Research Council NZ) and 2021 Alan Sargeson Lectureship Award (by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute).