DR. TARIQ YASIN
(Principal Scientist)
Advanced Polymer Laboratory,
Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS),
P.O Nilore, Islamabad.
Telephone : +92-51-2207380-4  Ext



 PERSONAL

 Name : Dr. Tariq Yasin
 Address : Advanced Polymer Laboratory,
Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS),
P.O Nilore, Islamabad.
 Telephone : +92-51-2207380-4  Ext :
 Fax : +92-51-2208070
 E-mail : yasintariq@gmail.com
yasintariq@yahoo.com



 EDUCATION

 Ph.D. : Ph.D. Polymer Chemistry (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China)
 M.Sc. : M.Sc. Organic Chemistry (Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad)
 M.Sc. : B.Sc. Chemistry, Zoology, Botany (Government College, Abbottabad)



 RESEARCH INTERESTS

 1 Polymer Synthesis; Polymer and Radiation Processing; Polymer Composites; Material Development



 AWARDS

 1 Merit scholarship from Matric to M.Sc.
 2 Science and Technology scholarship for Ph.D.
 3 Research Productivity Allowance for the year 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06



 EMPLOYMENT PARTICULARS

 1 Worked as Scientific Officer in NCD, Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Islamabad, from March, 1989 to Nov, 1994.
 2 Worked as Senior Scientific Officer in NCD, Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Islamabad, from Dec 1994 to September 2000.
 3 Presently working as Principal Scientist at Pakistan institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences.



 PARTICIPATION IN IAEA CONTRACTS / TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROJECTS

 1 IAEA Research Contracts 1990-1993
 2 IAEA Technical Cooperation Project, PAK/8/009 (1990-1992), entitled "Cable and Wire Irradiation"
 3 IAEA Technical Cooperation Project, PAK/8/010 (1994-1996) entitled "Cable and Wire Irradiation"
 4 IAEA CRP, 1994-1996
 5 IAEA Technical Cooperation Project PAK/8/016 (2002-2003), entitled "Development of formulation of Radiation Sterilizable High Quality Syringes, Infusion Sets and Medical Suitability Monitoring"



 PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSES / FELLOWSHIP / WORKSHOPS / MEETING

 1 IAEA/RCA/UNDP Regional Training Course on “Radiation Curing of Surface Coatings,” Sydney, Australia, 17 Feb.-1 Mar. 1991.
 2 IAEA/RCA/UNDP Regional Training Course on "Electron Beam Irradiation Technolgy", Shanghai, China, 26 Aug.- 6 Sep. 1991.
 3 IAEA Fellowship on "Radiation Crosslinking of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber with Polyfunctional Monomers," TRCRI, Takasaki, Japan, June 27, 1995-September 21, 1995.
 4 IAEA/RCA Regional Workshop on "Radiation Processing of Natural Polymers for Healthcare Applications", 22-26 July 2002 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
 5 Scientific visit under the IAEA Technical Cooperation Project PAK/8/016, at Queensland University and Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 17th to 29th August 2003.
 6 IAEA/RCA Meeting on "Modification of Natural Polymers through Radiation Processing" from 13th -17th December, 2004 in Manila, Philippines.
 7 IAEA/RCA Regional Training Course on "Recyclable Radiation Processed Polymeric Products", Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 9-13 May 2005.
 8 2nd Research Coordination Meeting on Controlling of Degradation Effects in Radiation Processing of polymers, 11 - 15 July 2005, Madrid, Spain.
 9 Training of single screw extruder at Brabender company, Duisburg, Germany, from 6-10 February 2006 under IAEA technical cooperation project PAK/8/016.
 10 IAEA/RCA meeting on "Health Care Stimuli Responsive Radiation Processed Materials" from 26-30 June 2006 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
 11/td> 3rd Research Coordination Meeting on Controlling of Degradation Effects in Radiation Processing of polymers, 04-08 December 2006, Daejeon, South Korea.
 12 RCA Regional Planning Meeting on Radiation Processing Applications For Health and Environment from 23-27 April 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.



 RESEARCH PROJECT FROM MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 1 Co-investigator of the project entitled "Development of High Speciality Flame Retardant, Radiation Resistant Wire Insulation for use in Defense, Automotives, Aeronautics and Construction Industries", financed by Ministry of Science and Technology worth rupees 7.16 million for the year 2002 – 2004.
 2 Prepared a project entitled "Development of Advanced Polymer Materials", funded by Government of Pakistan worth rupees 180.5 million for the year 2004 – 2007.
 3 Chief Investigator of IAEA funded project entitled "Controlling of Degradation Effects in Radiation Processing of Polymers" for 2004-07.



 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

 1 Thermal Stability studies of Gamma Irradiated LDPE: Improvement by Irganox1010
S. Ahmed, T. Riffat and Tariq Yasin, J. Anal. and Envir. Chem. Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 9, 1995.
 2 Metallocene Catalyzed Propylene Polymerization and Copolymerization Fan Zhi-qiang, Zhang Yong-hui, Wang Qi, Tariq Yasin and Feng Lin-xian Preprints of National Symposium on Polymer, Hefei, October, p. a278, 1997.
 3 Propylene Polymerization Catalyzed by Novel Unbridged Substituted Bisindenyl Zirconium Complex       Fan Zhi-qiang, Tariq Yasin, Wang Qi, Tao Ruo-yuan and Feng Lin-xian Preprints of Polymerization and Polymerization Engineering Catalyzed by Metallocene, Hangzhou, September, p. 42-43, 1998.
 4 Propylene Polymerization with Unbridged Zirconocenes Tariq Yasin, Fan Zhi-qiang Wang Qi, Tao Ruo-Yuan and Feng Lin-xian Preprints of 2nd East Asian Polymer Conference, Hong Kong, 12-16 January, p.178-179, 1999.
 5 Syntheses of Substituted Indan-1-ones and Indenes Tariq Yasin, Fan Zhi-qiang and Feng Lin-xian Chemical Research in Chinese University, No. 3, 15, p. 281-285, 1999.
 6 The Influence of Substituents in Metallocene on Propylene Polymerization Tariq Yasin, Fan Zhi-qiang and Feng Lin-xian Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, No. 5, Vol. 17, p. 477-481, 1999.
 7 A Comparative Study on Racemic and Meso Ansa-zirconocenes as Catalyst for Propylene Polymerization Fan Zhi-qiang, Tariq Yasin, Wang Qi, Zhu Yin-bang and Feng Lin-xian Preprints of 6th Pacific Polymer Conference, Guangzhou, December, p.59, 1999.
 8 Study on Chiral Zirconocene/MAO/SiO2 Catalyst for Isospecific Polymerization of Propylene Fan Zhi-qiang, Zhu Yin-bang, Xu Jun-ting, Tariq Yasin, and Feng Lin-xian Preprints of National Symposium on Polymer, Shanghai, May, p. a321, 1999.
 9 Effect of Polymerization Temperature on Propylene Polymerization with Cs-symmetric Metallocene Catalyst Fan Zhi-qiang, Tariq Yasin and Feng Lin-xian Chinese Chemical Letters, Vol 11, No.2, p. 167-170, 2000.
 10 Copolymerization of Propylene with 1-Octene by rac-Me2Si(2,4,6-Me3-Ind)2ZrCl2/Methyl Aluminoxane       Zhi-qiang Fan, Tariq Yasin and Feng Lin-xian Journal of Polymer Science: Part A: Polymer Chem., Vol. 38, 4299-4307,  2000.
 11 A chapter entitled “Study on Propylene Polymerization using Unbridged Metallocenes Catalysts Zirconocenes”, has been contributed in a book entitled “Advances on Organometallic Catalyst and Olefin Polymerization in China and Germany”, edited by Junquan Sun  and Christoph Janiak, Chemical Industry Press, Beijing, China (2001).
 12 Stereochemical Control in Propylene Polymerization Catalysed by Unbridged Metallocene Catalysts Zhu Yin-bang, Fan Zhi-qiang Tariq Yasin, and Feng Lin-xian Chinese Journal of Polymer Science, No. 4, Vol. 19, p. 407-413, 2001
 13 Propylene Polymerization Catalyzed by bis(R3-indenyl) Zirconium Dichloride/Aluminoxane-Synthesis of the Metallocenes and Influence of Solvents Tariq Yasin, Fan Zhi-qiang, Zhu Yin-bang and Feng Lin-xian Chemical Research in Chinese University, No. 4, 17, p. 445-451, 2001.
 14 Radiation Vulcanization of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber with Polyfunctional   Monomers Tariq Yasin, Shamshad Ahmed, Fumio Yoshii and Keizo Makuuchi Reactive and Functional Polymers, 53, 173-181, 2002.
 15 Effect of p-Donor in Unbridged Metallocene Catalyst for Propylene Polymerization Tariq Yasin, Fan Zhiqiang and Feng Linxian European Polymer Journal, No. 39, p. 903-907, 2003.
 16 The Effect of Various Polyfunctional Monomers on Radiation Crosslinking of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber Tariq Yasin, Shamshad Ahmed and Muhammad Fuzail Presented at International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology, Bhurban, 16-18 June, 2003.
 17 Effect Polyfunctional Monomers on Physical Properties of Acrylonitrile-butadiene Rubber under Electron beam Irradiation Tariq Yasin, Shamshad Ahmed, Fumio Yoshii and Keizo Makuuchi Presented in 12th International Congress of radiation Research, ICRR 2003, 17-22 August 2003, Brisbane, Australia.
 18 Development of Polyolefin Based Radiation Crosslinked and Flame Retardant Formulations for wire Insulations, Shamshad Ahmed, Muhammad Fuzail and Tariq Yasin Presented in 12th International Congress of radiation Research, ICRR 2003, 17-22 August 2003, Brisbane, Australia.
 19 Adsorption of Lead Ion on Gamma Irradiated Chitosan Flakes, Munir Ahmed, Tariq Yasin, Shamshad Ahmed & Nasir Khalid Presented in 12th International Congress of radiation Research, ICRR 2003, 17-22 August 2003, Brisbane, Australia.
 20 Isothermal crystallization of metallocene-based polypropylene with different isotacticity and regioregularity, Xu Jun Ting, Guan Fang Xiao, Tariq Yasin, Fan Zhi Qiang Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 90, No. 12, p. 3215-3221, 2003.
 21 Influence of gamma radiation on hindered phenols in ldpe, paraffin oil and paraffin wax, Shamshad Ahmed, Tariq Yasin, A. Ghaffar Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 68, p. 925-931, 2003.
 22 Effect of Acrylonitrile Content on Physical Properties of Electron Beam Irradiated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber Tariq Yasin, Shamshad Ahmed, Fumio Yoshii and Keizo Makuuchi Reactive and Functional Polymers, Vol. 57, p. 113-118, 2003.
 23 Synthesis of Unbridged Metallocene Catalyst for Propylene Polymerization Tariq Yasin, Fan Zhiqiang and Feng Linxian European Polymer Journal, No. 40, p. 517-522, 2004.
 24 Protection of LDPE Wire Insulation by Hindered Phenol (Irganox-1010) and Hindered Amine Tinuvin 770 Blend with Irgafos 168 Against Damage from Ionizing Radiation, Shamshad Ahmed, Muhammad Fuzail and Tariq Yasin Presented in 1st RCM of the CRPF2.20.39 held in Vienna, 8-11 December 2003 and published in the IAEA book entitled Controlling of Degradation Effect in radiation Processing of polymers.
 25 Effect of Concentration of Polyfunctional Monomers on Physical Properties of Acrylonitrile-butadiene Rubber under Electron Beam Irradiation Tariq Yasin, Shamshad Ahmed, Munir Ahmed and Fumio Yoshii Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 73, Issue 3, p. 155-158, 2005.
 26 Effect of temperature on the isospecific propylene polymerization catalyzed by rac-dimethylsilylbis (2,4,6-trimethyl-1-indenyl)zirconium dichloride/methyl aluminoxane Tariq Yasin,  Zhiqiang Fan and Linxian Feng Polyhedron, Vol. 24, Issue 11, p. 1262-1268, 2005.
 27 Influence of radiation on some physio-chemcial properties of gum acacia Tariq Yasin and Shamshad Ahmed Presented in 2nd RCM of the CRPF2.20.39 held in Madrid, 11-15 July 2005 and published in the IAEA book entitled “Controlling of Degradation Effect in radiation Processing of Polymers&rdquo.
 28 Mitigation of degradation by different class of antioxidants in LDPE expose to ionizing radiations Tariq Yasin, Zafar Iqbal Zafar and Shamshad Ahmed Presented in 3rd RCM of the CRPF2.20.39 held in Daejeon, South Korea, 04-08 December 2006 and published in the IAEA book entitled “Controlling of Degradation Effect in radiation Processing of Polymers&rdquo.