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Dr. AFAQ AHMAD

Associate Professor

  •  Merit Scholarship in B. Sc. (1987-1989)
  •  Merit Scholarship in M. Sc. (1989-1991)
  •  Runner up Position (Badminton) at QAU Islamabad (1989-1991)
  •  Infaq Scholarship in M. Phil. (1993-1995)
  •  HEC Scholarship in Ph. D. (2004-2007)
  •  Research Productivity Award 2011
  •  Performance based Honorarium & increment 2012
  •  Performance based Honorarium & increment 2013
  •  Research Productivity Award 2012
  •  Research Productivity Award 2013
  •  Performance based increment 2014

Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics,
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
 
E-MAILS: aafaq.cssp@pu.edu.pk, draafaq@gmail.com

2007 Ph. D. (Theoretical Physics), Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
Ph. D. Thesis Title: Interferences in the Photo-detachment of negative ion systems
1995 M. Phil. (Solid State Physics), CSSP Punjab University Lahore ............. (67%) First Division
M. Phil. Thesis Title: Reductive perturbation Methods and their Applications in the study of Non- linear Wave Propagation
1991 M. Sc. (Physics), Quid-e-Azam University Islamabad, ............. (72%) First Division
1989 B. Sc. (Physics, Math A & B), Govt. Islamia College Civil Lines Lahore, (73%) First Division
1987 F. Sc, (Pre-Engineering), Govt. Islamia College Kasur............. (65%) First Division
1985 Metric (Science), Govt. Model High School Kasur............. (80%) First Division

1. A life member of KSS (Khwarzimic Science Society), 2. A life membership PIP (Pakistan Institute of Physics). 3. A life membership and Secretary of SMSE (Society of Materials Science and Engineering)

I have been working as a lecturer in the Punjab education department in various colleges since from 1995 to 2004. I worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of physics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology from 2007 to 2009 and from 2009 to 2014, I worked as Assistant Professor in the Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore Pakistan, where onward from 2014, I am working as Associate Professor. The detailed of my work experience is as under:

1995-1996 Physics Lecturer at Govt. Post Graduate College Chakwal, Pakistan
1996-1998 Physics Lecturer at Govt. Degree College JSK Sheikhupura, Pakistan
1998-2001 Physics Lecturer at Govt. MAO College Lahore, Pakistan
2001-2004 Physics Lecturer at Govt. Islamia College Kasur, Pakistan
2004-2007 HEC PhD Scholar at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing China
2007-2009 Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore, Pakistan
2009-2014 Assistant Professor in the Center of Excellence in Solid state Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan.
2014-Date Associate Professor in the Center of Excellence in Solid state Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan.

1. Faculty Orientation Program 2009, 22-26 June 2009 held at Human Resources Development Center Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan.
2. The 4th International Symposium on Quantum Optics, 3-4 August 2009 held at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad.
3. 1st National Conference on Radiation, Particles and matter, 22-24 December 2009 held at GC University Lahore Pakistan.
4. One Day National Meeting on Nanotechnology Research in Pakistan, August 03, 2010, held at Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Quid-e-Azam Campus Lahore.
5. PIP Conference-2011, 28-30 March, 2011 held at Department of Physics, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.
6. NUST Conference on Applications and Methods of Physics 2011, November 21-22, 2011 held at National University of Science and Technology (NUST) under Centre for Advanced Mathematics and Physics (CAMP) Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.
7. International Conference on Nanomaterial and Nano-ethics ICNN-2011, December 01-03, 2011 held at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Lahore, Pakistan.
8. International Scientific Spring – 2012, March 05th - 09th, 2012 held at National Centre for Physics Shahdrah Valley Road, Islamabad.
9. 2nd International Workshop on Materials Modeling and Simulations (IWMMS-2012), May 21-24, 2012 held at Department of Physics, University of Malakand Chakdara, Dir, KPK.
10. One day Workshop on Laser and Nanotechnology, June 14, 2012 held at Department of Physics, UET Lahore.
11. International Conference on Condensed Matter Physics and Engineering, 27-29 Dec. 2012, held at Department of Physics, Bahauddin Zakria University Multan.
12. 3rd International Workshop on Materials Modeling and Simulations (IWMMS-2013), July 3-6, 2013 held at Department of Physics, University of Malakand Chakdara, Dir, KPK.
13. International Conference on Solid State Physics (ICSSP13), December 1-6, 2013, held at Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore.
14. International Conference on Impact of Nano-science on Energy Technologies (NanoSET 2014), March 19-21, 2014, held at Department of Physics, CIIT Lahore.
15. 2nd National Conference on Physics & emerging sciences, April 07-08, 2014, held at Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad.
16. 5th Physics Colloquium, on November 12, 2014, held at Department of Physics, CIIT Lahore.
17. 7th International Meeting on Particles and Fields, on April 01-04, 2015, held at CHEP, University of the Punjab Lahore.
18. One Day Symposium on Nanotechnology, on April, 21, 2015, held at Department of Physics, UET Lahore
19. 3rd National Workshop on Modeling and Simulation of Materials Using Density Functional Theory, on 4-6 Nov. 2015, held at PINSTECH Islamabad.
20. International Conference on Solid State Physics (ICSSP’ 15) Lahore, Dec. 13-17, 2015.
21. 8th International Meeting on Particles and Fields, on April 20-22, 2016, held at Department of Physics, COMSATS Lahore.
22. International Conference on Computational Physics, April 09, 2017, held at Department of Physics, University of Lahore.

SUPERVISING Ph. D. THESES:

1. Aneeza Iftikhar (PHD1303) ( Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan)
Thesis title: DFT CALCULATIONS of Ru AND Rh BASED HEUSLER ALLOYS
2. Najam Ul Arfeen (PHD1403) ( Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan)
Thesis Title: Theoretical investigations of thermodynamic properties of Cd substituted Zn-Chalcogenides
3. Ariba Salah (PhD1504) ) ( Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan)
4. Hafiza Bushra Munir (PhD1605) ( Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan)
5. Muhammad Aamir Iqbal (PhD1606) ( Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan)
6. Maryam Ajmal (PhD1702) ( Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan)
7. Abu Bakar (PhD1704) ( Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan)
8. Muhammad Saad Tariq Mirza (PhD1708) ( Center of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan)
Co-Supervised Ph. D. Students:
9. Ghulam Murtaza (03-01-2012) (Department of Physics, Hazara University, Pakistan) Thesis Title: First Principles Study of Optoelectronic Properties of Cubic
Perovskites
10. Amin-ur-Rehman (13-06-2012) (Department of Physics, Hazara University, Pakistan)
Thesis Title: Photo-detachment of Linear Negative Ions Systems
11. Muhammad Hanif (Department of Physics, Hazara University, Pakistan) (2015) Proposed Thesis Title: Photo-detachment of negative ions near spherical surfaces
12. Bukhtiar Ul Haq (Department of Physics, University Technology Malaysia (UTM)) (2015)
Proposed Thesis Title: Study of doping effect of transition metals (Ni, Mn, Co,
Fe, V, and Cr etc.) in ZnO.
Co-Supervising Ph. D. Students:
13. Marryam Nawaz (Department of Physics, University of the Punjab Lahore Pakistan)

 

SUPERVISED M. PHIL THESES

The following M. Phil student’s theses have supervised:
Session 2008-2010
1. Sadia Ashiq (SSP0802, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Bond length calculation of a diatomic anion and its classical limit using two center model.
2. M. Asif Toseef (SSP0810, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Theoretical investigation of structural and Optical properties of Sc1-xYxN.
3. Farooq Khan (SSP0823, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Interferences in photo-detachment of Non-linear triatomic anion.
Session 2009-2011
4. Bakhtiar ul Haq (SSP0915, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Characterization of Co doped ZnO based diluted magnetic semiconductors (DMS).
5. Marayam Nawaz (SSP0903, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Photo-detachment of hetero-nuclear diatomic anions near a reflecting wall.
6. M. Hanif (SSP0909, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Photo-detachment of hetero-nuclear diatomic anions using closed-orbit theory.
7. M. Fahim Afsar (SSP0916, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Analysis of Floquet Formulation of Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory.
Session 2010-2012
8. Ayesha Amjad (SSP1001, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Photo-detachment of Hydrogen Halide Anions near a wall.
9. Tayyiba Fiazi (SSP1004, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Photo-detachment of H- near a dielectric thin film.
Sanober Kanwal (SSP1013, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Interferences in photo-detachment of a tri-atomic negative ion near a reflecting wall.
11. Muhammad Ashraf (SSP1019, PU Lahore)
Thesis title: Bandgap tailoring in ZnO with addition of 3d transition metal ions.
Session 2011-2013
12. Salman Ahmad (SSP1109, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Cr-doped PbS alloys.
13. Aneela Arshad (SSP1105, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Structural and Optical Properties of BP, BSb, and their alloys.
14. Farhan Shabir (SSP1106, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Structural and Optical Properties of XZrO3 (X=Ba, Sr, Pb) perovskite crystals.
15. Qandeel Fida (SSP1107, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Photo-detachment spectroscopy of H- near a dielectric slab.
16. Ali Asad (SSP1117, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Pressure dependent Structural and Optical Properties of XSe (X=Zn, Cd).
Session 2012-2014
17. Hafsa Naz (SSP1209, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Polarization-dependent photo-detachment of Hydrogen negative ion near metal surface
18. Muhammad Saad Tariq Mirza (SSP1212, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Structural and Electronic properties of cubic pervoskites XZrO3 (X=Ba, Sr, Pb) under pressure: A DFT Study
19. Ghazanfar Nazir (SSP1213, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Optical Properties of cubic pervoskites XZrO3 (X=Ba, Sr, Pb) under pressure: A DFT Study
Session 2013-2015
20. Hafiza Bushra Munir (SSP1315, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Structural and Magnetic Properties of BiXO3 (X = Fe, Cr, Mn)
21. Muhammad Saad Tanvir (SSP1311, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Photo-detachment Of H- near a Non-absorbing Metal Surface
Abdul Muteen (SSP1323, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Photo-detachment of in a soft microcavity
23. Anam Lashari (SSP1303, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Photodetachment of H- in a Circular Microcavity
24. Ariba Salah (SSP1306, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Influence of a Gradient Electric Field on H- : A semi-classical Description
25. Maryam Ajmal (SSP1301, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Photodetachmnet Cross Section of Hydrogen Negative Ion below Threshold Energy
26. Rafia Ifikhar (SSP1302, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Semi-classical description of Fullerene C60 and Metallic Clusters
Co-supervised the following M. Phil student’s theses:
27. Mr. M Musharaf Ansari (CHEP, PU, Lahore), thesis title: Photo-detachment of H-near an elastic wall using theoretical imaging method (2009).
28. Mr. Azmat Iqbal (CHEP, PU, Lahore), thesis title: Photo-detachment of H- near an elastic wall using closed orbit theory (2009).
Session 2015-2017
29. Abu Bakar (SSP)
Thesis Title: First Principles Study of Elastic and Mechanical Properties of AlZr3, AlCu3, and AlCu2Zr
Session 2013-2015
30. Bilal Adeel Kazmi (SSP1305, PU Lahore)
Thesis Title: Structural and Electronic Properties of Zn1-xCdxSe
Supervising the following M. Phil student’s theses:
Session 2015-2017
31. Ameer Hamza (SSP 1501)
32. Kiran Sijawal (SSP 1516)
33. M. Rizwan (SSP 1519)
34. Shafaq Naseer (SSP 1503)
35. Shaista Itefaq (SSP 1507)