Shahid Iqbal

I am a dedicated teacher with over 12 years of experience teaching chemistry, specifically biochemistry and food chemistry, across intermediate to postgraduate levels. My professional approach emphasizes innovative teaching methods that foster active learning and critical thinking among students. In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I am an accomplished researcher specializing in food biopolymers and colloids, bringing over eight years of research experience. I have successfully collaborated on interdisciplinary projects within diverse teams across various countries.

I am a dedicated teacher with over 12 years of experience teaching chemistry, specifically biochemistry and food chemistry, across intermediate to postgraduate levels. My professional approach emphasizes innovative teaching methods that foster active learning and critical thinking among students. In addition to my teaching responsibilities, I am an accomplished researcher specializing in food biopolymers and colloids, bringing over eight years of research experience. I have successfully collaborated on interdisciplinary projects within diverse teams across various countries.

1. Ronggang Pan, Shahid Iqbal**, Ni Wang, Haozhi Chen, Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Wajid Rehman, Xiao Dong Chen***, Peng Wu* (2025). Alteration in rheological and digestive properties of O/W emulsions using controlled aggregation of konjac glucomannan and xanthan gum in aqueous phases. Journal of Food Engineering 392, 112475.
2. Haozhi Chen, Shahid Iqbal*, Ronggang Pan, Hongyu Zhu, Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Xiao Dong Chen**, Peng Wu*** (2026). Enhanced rheology and lipid absorption modulation in oil-in-water emulsions by aggregation of pea protein isolate and peach gum microspheres. Journal of Food Engineering 403, 112742
3. Imtiaz Ahmed, Shahid Iqbal*, Aziz Khan, Farzana Fatima, Hidayatullah Mahar, Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto** (2025). Advances in fluorescent probes for hydrogen sulfide detection: Applications in food safety, environmental monitoring, and biological systems. Microchemical Journal 215, 114188.
4. Haozhi Chen, Shahid Iqbal*, Peng Wu**, Ronggang Pan, Ni Wang, Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Wajid Rehman, Xiao Dong Chen***(2024). Enhancing rheology and reducing lipid digestion of oil-in-water emulsions using controlled aggregation and heteroaggregation of soybean protein isolate-peach gum microspheres. Int J Biol Macromol, 273(Pt 1), 132964.
5. Shahid Iqbal*, Azhar Ayyub, Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Wajid Rehman (2025). Designing Smart and Sustainable Edible Packaging Materials from Biopolymers, Proteins, and Polysaccharides (Chapter 5) in: Green Materials for Active Food Packaging, pp. 131-196.
6. Ronggang Pan, Shahid Iqbal**, Ni Wang, Peng Wu*, Haozhi Chen, Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Xiao Dong Chen***Alteration in Rheological and Digestive Properties of O/W Emulsions using Controlled Aggregation of Konjac Glucomannan and Xanthan Gum in Aqueous Phases. Food Hydrocolloids, 110795.
7. Azhar Ayyub, Baoshan Li*, Kamran Tahir, Xiao Dong Chen, Shahid Iqbal** et al. (2024). Impact of chitosan/metal oxide-based blends on the rheology, stability, and microstructures of oil-in-water emulsions. Journal of Food Engineering, 273, 132964.
8. Shahid Iqbal, Ping Zhang, Peng Wu* Anlei Ge, Timothy V. Kirk* and Xiao Dong Chen (2023). Impact of fat content on the modulation of viscosity, microstructure and enzymatic hydrolysis of UHT milk during simulated gastrointestinal digestion. International Journal of Dairy Technology, 77(1), 59-70
9. Shahid Iqbal*, Musa Kaleem Baloch, Shakil Abbas, Malik Jehanzeb Khurram, Rizwan Ahmed Xiao Dong Chen**. Rheological alteration in W/O emulsions using controlled aggregation and heteroaggregation of cellulose ethers with protein and polysaccharide in aqueous phases. Food Hydrocolloids, 146, 109261.
10. Shahid Iqbal, Ping Zhang, Peng Wu*, Renpan Deng & Xiao Dong Chen**; Impact of amylose from maize starch on the microstructure, rheology and lipolysis of W/O emulsions during simulated semidynamic gastrointestinal digestion; International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 57, 3578– 3588 (2022).
11. Shahid Iqbal, Ping Zhang, Peng Wu*, Quanyi Yin, Khemayanto Hidayat, Xiao Dong Chen**; Modulation of viscosity, microstructure and lipolysis of W/O emulsions by cellulose ethers during in vitro digestion in the dynamic and semi-dynamic gastrointestinal models; Food Hydrocolloids, 128, 107584 (2022).
12. Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Noor ul Ain Hira, Zhinan Fu, Mingwei Wang*, Adeel Halepoto, Santosh  Khanal, Shahid Iqbal, Hidayatullah Mahar, Martien Abraham Cohen Stuart, and Xuhong Guo*; Control and Preparation of Quaternized Chitosan and Carboxymethyl Chitosan Nanoscale Polyelectrolyte Complexes Based on Reactive Flash Nanoprecipitation. ACS Omega, 6, 38, 24526- 24534 (2021).
13. Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Mingwei Wang, * Zhiyao Qi, Noor ul ain Hira, Jiahui Jiang, Hongsen Zhang, Shahid Iqbal, Junyou Wang, Martien Abraham Cohen Stuart, and Xuhong Guo*; Pickering Emulsions Based on the pH-Responsive Assembly of Food Grade Chitosan; ACS Omega, 6, 17915−17922 (2021).
14. Rizwan Ahmed, Noor ul ain Hira, Mingwei Wang, Shahid Iqbal, Jiang Yi, Yacine Hemar. Genipin, a natural blue colorant precursor: Source, extraction, properties, and applications. Food Chemistry 434, 137498 (2024).
15. Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Noor ul ain Hira Bhutto, Hidayatullah Mahar, Santosh Khanal, Mingwei Wang, Shahid Iqbal, Yuting Fan, Jiang Yi. Recent trends in co-encapsulation of probiotics with prebiotics and their applications in the food industry. Trends in Food Science & Technology 156 104829, (2025).
16. Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Noor ul ain Hira Bhutto, Mingwei Wang, Shahid Iqbal. Curcumin-loaded Pickering emulsion stabilized by pH-induced self-aggregated chitosan particles: Effects of degree of deacetylation and molecular weight. Food Hydrocolloids, 147, 109422 (2024)
17. Rizwan Ahmed Bhutto, Noor ul ain Hira Bhutto, Shahid Iqbal, Salim Manoharadas, Jiang Yi *, Yuting Fan (2024). Polyelectrolyte nanocomplex from sodium caseinate and chitosan as potential vehicles for oil encapsulation by flash nanoprecipitation. Food Hydrocolloids, 150, 109666.
18. Wajid Rehman, Asra Rehman, Liaqat Rasheed, Rafaqat Hussain, Shahid Iqbal, Abdul Saboor, Abdullah F. AlAsmari, Fawaz Alasmari and Momin Khan (2024). Carya Illinoinensis-mediated Green Synthesis and Antimicrobial Screening of Zirconium Oxide Nanoparticles: The Promising Antimicrobial Agent. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery, 21 (17), 3998 – 4004.
19. Yousaf Khan, Aneela Maalik*, Wajid Rehman*, Rafaqat Hussain, Shoaib Khan, Mohammed M. Alanazi, Hanadi H Asiri, Shahid Iqbal; Identification of novel oxadiazole-based benzothiazole derivatives as potent inhibitors of a-glucosidase and urease: Synthesis, in vitro bio-evaluation and their in silico molecular docking study; Journal of Saudi Chemical Society 27, 101682, (2023).
20. Saeed Anwar, Wajid Rehman*, Rafaqat Hussain, Shoaib Khan, Mohammed M. Alanazi, Nawaf A. Alsaif, Yousaf Khan, Shahid Iqbal, Adeela Naz and Muhammad Ali Hashmi. Investigation of Novel Benzoxazole-Oxadiazole Derivatives as Effective Anti-Alzheimer’s Agents: In Vitro and In Silico Approaches. Pharmaceuticals, 16 (909), 1-28(2023).
21. Ping Zhang, Shahid Iqbal, Renpan Deng, Xu Duan, Xinhua Han, Xiao Dong Chen*, Peng Wu**; Impact of elderly Gastrointestinal alterations on gastric emptying and enzymatic hydrolysis of skim milk: An in vitro study using a dynamic stomach system; Food Chemistry, 402, 134365 (2023).
22. Farzana Fatima*, Musa Kaleem Baloch, Osaid Ullah, Muhammad Asghar, and Shahid Iqbal**. Postharvest quality and shelf life of mango (Mangifera Indica l.) fruit: as affected by the degree of exposure to sunlight. The Sciencetech, 3 (4) (2022).
23. Shahid Iqbal, Ping Zhang, Peng Wu*, Anlei Ge, Fangzi Ge, Renpan Den, Xiao Dong Chen**; Evolutions of rheology, microstructure and digestibility of parboiled rice during simulated semidynamic gastrointestinal digestion; LWT - Food Science and Technology, 148, 111700 (2021).
24. Anlei Ge, Shahid Iqbal*, Xiao Dong Chen**; Alteration in rheology and microstructure of O/W emulsions using controlled soy protein isolate-polysaccharide aggregation in aqueous phases; Journal of Food Engineering, 110872 (2021).
25. Anlei Ge, Shahid Iqbal*, Timothy V. Kirk, Xiao Dong Chen; Modulating the rheological properties of oil-in-water emulsions using controlled WPI-polysaccharide aggregation in aqueous phases; Journal of Food Engineering, 297, 110488 (2021).  
26. Shahid Iqbal, Peng Wu*, Timothy V. Kirk, Xiao Dong Chen**; Amylose content modulates maize starch hydrolysis, rheology, and microstructure during simulated gastrointestinal digestion; Food Hydrocolloids, 110, 106171 (2021).
27. Shahid Iqbal*, Azhar Ayyub, Haroon Iqbal, and Xiao Dong Chen; Protein microspheres as structuring agents in lipids: potential for reduction of total and saturated fat in food products; Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 101(3), 820-830 (2020).
28. Shahid Iqbal*, Xiao Dong Chen, Timothy V. Kirk, He Huang*; Controlling the rheological properties of W1/O/W2 multiple emulsions using osmotic swelling: Impact of WPI-pectin gelation in the internal and external aqueous phases; Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 185, 110629 (2020).
29. Shahid Iqbal*, Zichong Xu, He Huang*, Xiao Dong Chen; Controlling the rheological properties of oil phases using controlled protein-polysaccharide aggregation and heteroaggregation in water-in-oil emulsions; Food Hydrocolloids, 96, 278-287 (2019).
30. Shahid Iqbal*, Zichong Xu, He Huang, Xiao Dong Chen; Structuring of water-in-oil emulsions using controlled aggregation of polysaccharide in aqueous phases; Journal of Food Engineering, 258, 3444 (2019).
31. Yuqing Wang, Jiawei Yu, Zhe Wang, Shahid Iqbal, Wei Zhang*, Zhengbiao Zhang*, Nianchen Zhou*, and Xiulin Zhu; Real-time near-infrared fluorescence reporting the azoreductase-triggered drug release. Polymer Chemistry, 11(3), 734-743 (2020).
32. Muhammad Akhlaq*, Shahid Iqbal, Amanullah, Muhammad Adeel, Muhammad Imran; Preparation and Characterization of Stabilized Diclofenac Sodium W/O Microemulsion. Latin American Journal of Pharmacy, 37(7),1478-1482 (2018).
33. Shahid Iqbal, Javeria Batool, Mahvish Ajaz, Nida Ambreen, Muhammad Akhlaq*; Impact of Egg White Protein on the Quality and Stability of Corn Oil-in-Water Emulsion; Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 39(06), 911-918 (2017).
34. Shahid Iqbal*, Musa Kaleem Baloch, Gulzar Hameed, Rubina Naz; Impact of Lipophilic Surfactant on the Rheology and Stability of Water-in-Soybean Oil Emulsion; Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 38, 198- 206 (2015).
35. Shahid Iqbal, Musa Kaleem Baloch, Gulzar Hameed, Rubina Naz, Muhammad Akhlaq, Wajid Rehman*; Investigation the physicochemical properties and stability of W/O Emulsion; Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 36, 204-210 (2014).
36. Muhammad Akhlaq*, Abid Hussain, Satar Bakhsh, Abdul Shakoor, Muzammil Ahmad Khan, Shahid Iqbal, Shumaila Kiran; Skin Port: A Novel Route for Drug Delivery; Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, Gomal University, D.I. Khan, 12, 176-84 (2014).
37. Shahid Iqbal, Musa Kaleem Baloch*, Gulzar Hameed, and Arjamand Bano; Impact of Various parameters over the Stability of Water-in-vegetable Oil Emulsions; Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 34, 1-11 (2013).
38. Shahid Iqbal, Musa Kaleem Baloch, Gulzar Hameed, and David Julian McClements*; Controlling the microstructure of W/O/W multiple emulsions by osmotic swelling and internal protein gelation; Food Research International, 54, 1613–1620 (2013).
39. Shahid Iqbal, Gulzar Hameed, Musa Kaleem Baloch, and David Julian McClements*; Structuring lipids by aggregation of acidic protein microspheres in W/O Emulsions; LWT - Food Science and Technology, 51, 16-22 (2013).
40. Shahid Iqbal, Gulzar Hameed, Musa Kaleem Baloch, and David Julian McClements*; Structuring of lipid phases using controlled heteroaggregation of protein microspheres in water-in-oil emulsions; Journal of Food Engineering, 115, 314–321 (2013).
41. Shahid Iqbal, Gulzar Hameed, Musa Kaleem Baloch, and David Julian McClements*; Formation of Semi-Solid Lipid Phases by Aggregation of Protein Microspheres in Water-in-Oil Emulsions; Food Research International, 48, 544–550 (2012).
42. Musa Kaleem Baloch*, Gulzar Hameed, Shahid Iqbal, Arjamand Bano and Wajid Rehman; Extension of the Taylor Equation for Oil- Water-Surfactant System and Investigating the Impact of Surfactant Concentration over the Quality of Emulsion; Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 32, 498 -506 (2011).
43. Md Abdullah, Shahid Iqbal* et al. (2025). Recent Advances in Sericin Protein: Extraction Methods, Functional Properties, and Biomedical, Cosmetic, and Food Applications. Environmental Research (Submitted, September 22, 2025).