Dr. Shagufta is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. She attended the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Stephenson Life Science Research Centre, University of Oklahoma, USA, and Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands, as a postdoctoral research associate. She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry (2008) from Central Drug Research Institute/Lucknow University, India under prestigious fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),  Government of India. She also worked as a visiting professor at Wayne State University, USA. Her research area include organic and medicinal chemistry, and heterogeneous catalysis for organic transformations. She is involved in the design and development of novel chemical entities for cancer treatment.