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Zunaira Naeem


Analytical Chemistry Graduate Student

Hometown
Lahore, Pakistan

Education
B.S. in Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore (2018) M. Phil in Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore (2021)

Contact
zunairanaeem@ufl.edu

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Zunaira graduated from Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan with a B.S degree in Chemistry in 2018 and an M. Phil degree in Chemistry in 2021. Her previous research focused on the synthesis of silver coordination polymers with pyridine-based ligands and their applications in catalysis and fluorescence quenching. She joined the Prentice Lab in 2023.

Awards

  • Endowment for Chemistry Summer Fellowship (University of Florida, 2026)
  • Grinter Graduate Student Fellowship Award (University of Florida, 2023-2025)

Publications

  1. Zulfiqar, S., Naeem, Z., S, Sharif, Rashid, A. Ch., Zia-Ul-Haq, M., & Moga, M. (2023). Nanomedicine Against COVID-19. In H. T. Ahmedah. et. al (Eds.), The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multidisciplinary Review of Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment (pp. 447-492). Apple Academic Press. ISBN: 9781774910504.
  2. Tingting Yan, Zunaira Naeem, Zhongling Liang, Hassan Azari, Brent A. Reynolds Boone M. Prentice, International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2024, 508, 117370. Spatial mapping of phosphatidylcholine sn-position isomers using CID of divalent metal complexes in imaging mass spectrometry.
  3. Zunaira Naeem, Tingting Yan, Julia R. Bonney, Troy R. Scoggins, Boone M. Prentice, Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 2025, 36, 2103-2116.Structural elucidation of phosphatidylcholines via radical-directed dissociation of [M + CuII + anion]+ ion types

Teaching Experience

  • TA- CHM2046L – General Chemistry Lab 2 (UF, 2023)
  • TA- CHM2096L – General Chemistry Lab 2 (UF, 2023)
  • TA- CHM2095L – General Chemistry Lab 1 (UF, 2024)

Presentations

  1. Naeem, Z., Yan, T., Bonney, J. R., Scoggins IV, T. R., Prentice, B. M., Radical-Directed Dissociation of Cuprate Lipid Ion Types, 100th FL ACS FAME, Palm Harbor, FL, September 12-14, 2025.

Posters

  1. Naeem, Z., Bonney, J. R., Yan, T., Prentice, B. M., Structural Elucidation of Metal-adducted Phosphatidylcholines via Tandem Mass Spectrometry, University of Florida Chemistry-Biology Interface Mini-Symposium, October 14, 2023.
  2. Naeem, Z., Yan, T., Bonney, J. R., Prentice, B. M., Structural Elucidation of Copper-complexed Phosphatidylcholines via Tandem Mass Spectrometry, University of Florida Graduate Student Research Day, April 2, 2024.
  3. Yan, T., Naeem, Z., Prentice, B. M., Spatial mapping of phosphatidylcholine sn-position isomers using CID of divalent metal complexes in imaging mass spectrometry, Proceedings of the 72nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Anaheim, CA, June 2-6, 2024.
  4. Naeem, Z., Yan, T., Bonney, J. R., Prentice, B. M., Structural Elucidation of Copper-complexed Phosphatidylcholines via Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Proceedings of the 72nd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Anaheim, CA, June 2-6, 2024.
  5. Naeem, Z., Yan, T., Bonney, J. R., Prentice, B. M., Radical-Directed Dissociation of Cuprate Lipid Ion Types, University of Florida Graduate Student Research Day, April 8, 2025.
  6. Naeem, Z., Yan, T., Bonney, J. R., Prentice, B. M., Radical-Directed Dissociation of Cuprate Lipid Ion Types, Proceedings of the 73rd ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Baltimore, MD, June 1-5, 2025.
  7. Tulman, S., Naeem, Z., Prentice, B. M., Spatial mapping of lipids in Type 1 Diabetes via imaging mass spectrometry, 1st Annual Undergraduate Chemistry Research Showcase, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, October 16, 2025.
  8. Naeem, Z., Guo, Y., Prentice, B. M., Structural Elucidation of Acylcarnitines via Radical-Directed Dissociation of Cupric Ion Types, Southeastern Mass Spectrometry Meeting, Wakulla Springs, FL, March 13-14, 2026.
  9. Tulman, S., Naeem, Z., Prentice, B. M., Spatial mapping of Acylcarnitines in Type 1 Diabetes via imaging mass spectrometry, Center for Undergraduate Research’s 2026 Spring Symposium, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, April 7, 2026.