简介
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Raza Shah (Tamgha-i-Imtiaz and Khwarizimi International Award Laureate) is a prominent Pakistani scientist and clinical studies based researcher with extensive expertise in the areas of nano-science, drug delivery systems, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, traditional and modern therapeutics, and translational medicine, with strong experience in linking animal model findings to human clinical outcomes.
Being a chemist he completed his doctoral research in 2003 under a sandwich program at Max-Planck Research Institute for Polymer Mainz, Germany and H.E.J., International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi, followed by two Post-Doctoral researches 1st at Geneva University Switzerland (2004) and the 2nd at Max-Planck Research Institute for Polymer Germany (2007). He received an honorary degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) from University of Karachi in 2025.
He joined the ICCBS in 2004 and currently serve as Director, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) and General Manager, Center for Bioequivalence and Clinical Research (CBSCR) at the University of Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Shah is also serving as the UNESCO Chair on Medicinal and Bio-organic Natural Product Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan; Visiting Professor at Guangxi Normal University and Hunan University of Traditional Medicine and as well the Guest Professor at Nankai University in China. He is also the Advisor at International Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Registry, China.
Dr. Shah has authored over 560 peer-reviewed publications, holds multiple national and international patents, and as Principal Investigator has led 29 BE/BA studies and 6 international Phase I–III randomized clinical trials, including double-blind, placebo-controlled studies conducted under ICH-GCP guidelines. His research spans drug delivery systems, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, traditional and modern therapeutics, and translational medicine, with strong experience in linking animal model findings to human clinical outcomes. Moreover, he has been supervised/co-supervised up to 51 Ph.Ds. and 62 M.S/M.Phil. scholars.
He received the many prestigious international and national awards like;
*Hajra Biloo Gold Medal National Research Award by the Health Research Advisory Board (2025),
*Khwarizmi International Award (KIA), from Ministry of Science Research & Technology Iran and earning the distinguished title of Khwarizmi International Laureate (2024).
*He has declared top scientist for the year 2019 by the directorate of Science and technology government of KPK.
*He also received the Civil award Tamgha-i-Imtiaz from the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (2015),
*Dr. M. Raziuddin Siddiqi Prize (Gold Medal) by Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2015),
*Avicenna Science & Innovation Award by Brain Trust UK (2015), the Atta-ur-Rahman gold medal (2006),
*Abdus Salam award (2006), and was selected TWAS Young Affiliate in 2010 by Third World Academy of Sciences.
