Dr. Zareen Akhtar is serving as Professor at the Chemistry Department of Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. She obtained her doctoral degree from University of Cambridge, UK. Her research interests include synthesis and characterization of ferrocene derivatives, ferrocene based materials and transition metal complexes. She is among the top 10 female Productive Scientists of Pakistan according to Pakistan Council for Science and Technology 2015. She is a Fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Society and a Member of the Chemical Society of Pakistan.