PCMD Faculty

Dr. Saima Rasheed

Assistant Professor, IAEA-SESAME Fellow, SESAME- MAX IV Fellow
Area(s) of Research:
Structural Biology, Macromolecular Crystallography

Curriculum Vitae


Dr. Saima Rasheed completed post-doctoral training under prestigious IAEA-SESAME fellowship programme at the Laboratory for Structural Biology of Infection and Inflammation, DESY, Hamburg, Germany, and worked in the field of crystallization of bio-molecules, their structural analysis, and binding interactions of ligands with proteins by X-Ray crystallography applying synchrotron radiations based techniques. Her current research is focusing on the structural and functional study of medicinally important proteins and enzymes using X-Ray crystallography as principal technique. Dr. Saima has also represented Pakistan in 64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany. She has so far published 30 research publications with cumulative impact factor of 65 (Citations: 535; h-index; 12; i10-index: 14).

List of Publications