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National Institute of Lasers and Optronics

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Dr. Manzoor Ikram, Professor
PhD. Quantum Optics (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
MSc. Nuclear Engineering (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
MSc. Physics (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
Research Interest: Quantum Informatics, Entanglement, Atomic Coherence Effects and Atomic Clock
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Dr. Muhammad Saleem (Principal), Professor
Ph.D. Laser Spectroscopy (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (Islamia University, Bahawalpur)
Research Interest: Laser spectroscopy/Bio-medical optics
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Dr. Ali Nadeem, Professor
Ph.D. Laser spectroscopy (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (Karachi University, Karachi)
Research Interest: Laser spectroscopy, Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms, Generation of nano particles using lasers, Rydberg atoms for quantum information
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Dr. Ramiz ul Islam, Professor
Ph.D. Quantum Optics (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
Research Interest: Quantum Foundations, Quantum Information, Quantum State Engineering
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Dr. Muhammad Anwar, Professor
Ph.D. Laser Cooling and Trapping (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (Government College, Punjab University, Lahore)
Research Interest: Laser cooling and trapping of Cs atoms, Optical dipole trap and optical lattices, Rydberg blockade and QUBITS, Atomic Clocks, Atomic Coherence Effects, and Bose-Einstein Condensation
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Dr. Ashiq Hussain Dogar, Professor
Ph.D Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
MS Nuclear Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (Government College Lahore)
Research Interest: Laser matter interaction, ion-solid interaction, accelerator physics, atomic and molecular physics.
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Dr. Muhammad Faisal, Professor
Ph.D. Laser Physics (Technical University Graz, Austria)
M.Sc. Physics (Peshawar University, Peshawar)
Research Interest: Fiber bragg grating based sensors, Fibre optics, Laser cooling and trapping of atoms, Bose Einstein Condensation (BEC), Atom Chips, Cold collisions of neutral atoms.
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Dr. Sami ul Haq, Professor
Ph.D. Laser Spectroscopy (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
MS Nuclear Engineering (PIEAS)
M.Sc. Physics (Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan)
Research Interest: Emission and Absorption spectroscopy
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Dr. Hina Ali, Professor
MPhil leading to Ph.D. Biotechnology (Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Biochemistry (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
Research Interest: Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology and Plant pathology.
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Dr. Babar Manzoor Atta, Professor
Ph.D. Plant Breeding and Genomics (University of Sydney, Australia)
M.Sc. (Hons.) Plant Breeding and Genetics (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
Research Interest: Agriphotonics
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Dr. Rahat Ullah, Professor
Ph.D. Biophotonics (Technical University Vienna, Austria)
MS Nuclear Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (University of Peshawar)
Research Interest: Biophotonics, Laser tissue interaction
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Dr. Izhar Ahmad, Professor
Ph.D. Femto-second lasers (Max-Plank Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany)
MS Nuclear Power (NED University, Karachi)
M.Sc Physics (Punjab University, Lahore)
Research Interest: High field Physics, Short-pulse lasers, Optical Parameric Amplification
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Dr. Sabih D Khan, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (Kansas State University, USA)
MS Nuclear Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
B.Sc. Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science (University of Engineering and Technology Lahore)
Research Interest: Ultrafast measurements, Femtosecond lasers, attosecond science, nuclear engineering, accelerator physics, experimental quantum optics, non-linear optics, materials engineering
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Dr. Tanveer Ashraf, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Semiconductor Physics (Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria)
MS Information Technology (PIEAS, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (Islamia University, Bahawalpur)
Research Interest: Semiconductor Physics, Thin film growth and Characterization, LED and LD structure growth & characterization.
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Dr. Abdul Waheed, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Applied Laser Spectroscopy (University of Birgen, Norway)
M.Phil. Atomic and Molecular Physics (University of Birgen, Norway)
M.Sc. Physics (University of Peshawar)
Research Interest: Applied Laser Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Atomic Physics and Optics.
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Dr. Zulfiqar Ali, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P.R. China)
PGTP, Nuclear Power (CHASCENT, Chashma Nuclear Power Generating Station)
M.Sc. Physics (Bahauddin Zikriya University, Multan)
Research Interest: Nanotechnology, Device fabrication, optronics.
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Dr. Attaullah Shah, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Materials Science (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
MS Materials Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (University of Peshawar)
Research Interest: Wide bandgap semiconductors, Oxide nanostructures
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Dr. Zahid Ali, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Materials Science (Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea)
MS Materials Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Material Science (Bahauddin Zikriya University, Multan)
Research Interest: Semiconductor nanostructures, Energy Science, Optoelectronic Devices
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Dr. Tauseef Asim, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Metamaterials (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
MS Nuclear Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
Research Interest: Plasmonics and metamaterials
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Dr. Bilal Khan, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
MS Nuclear Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
Research Interest: Biophotonics, Raman spectroscopy, Dengue virus infection, Fluorescence spectroscopy
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Dr. Shahzad Anwar, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Bio-Physics (University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China)
MS Nuclear Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (Punjab University, Lahore)
Research Interest: Bio-physics, bio-photonics, laser tissues interactions, photo-dynamic therapy
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Dr. Muhammad Imran, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics, (PIEAS, Islamabad)
M.Phil. Physics (PIEAS, Islamabad)
Research Interest: Quantum optics, quantum communication, quantum cryptography, quantum imaging and atomic clocks
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Dr. Taj Muhammad Khan, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Applied Physics (Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Ireland)
MS Nuclear Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (University of Peshawar)
Research Interest: High power laser matter interaction and laser ablation of metals and semiconductors, Atmospheric-pulsed laser deposition (APLD) and vacuum-PLD, Nanoplasmonic surface coatings for SERS application, Development of plasma assisted APLD for hard coating, Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) and Laser-triggered plasmas nanofabrication and surface modification, Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), Electrospun composite nanofibers for EMI shielding, Photolithography and ICP-Reactive Ion Plasma Etching
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Dr. Farwah Narjis, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Biotechnology (NIBGE, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
M.Phil. Biotechnology (NIBGE, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad)
DVM Veterinary Subjects (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad)
Research Interest: Biophotonics
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Dr. Hafiz Zahid Shafi, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals)
MS Materials Engineering (PIEAS, Islamabad)
B.Sc. Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science (University of Engineering and Technology Lahore)
Research Interest: Materials Science & Engineering, Nano technology, Surface modification by thin films & coatings, Membranes based desalination, Antifouling Coating
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Dr. Aziz Ul Rahman, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia)
MS Medical Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Applied Physics (University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore)
Research Interest: Laser Tissue Interaction, Hyperspectral Autofluoresence Imaging, Unsupevised Unmixing, Deep UV integrating sphere light sources, Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, Machine learning and artificial intelligence
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Dr. Haroon Aman, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
MS Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
Research Interest: Optical Sensing, Nanoscale Thermometry, Nanoscale Magnetometry
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Dr. Imran Shahid, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Control Science and Engineering (USTC, China)
Research Interest: Network control system, Electronics, Large scale systems, Distribution control systems, adaptive optics.
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Dr. Muhammad Mumtaz, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
M.Phil. Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (Punjab University, Lahore)
Research Interest: Laser-matter interaction, THz Spectroscopy
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Dr. Rashad Rashid, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (University of Hong Kong)
M.Phil. Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (Punjab University, Lahore)
Research Interest: 2D materials, ferro-electrics, chemical vapour deposition
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Dr. Saddam Hussain Malik, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Signal Processing/Control Systems (PIEAS University, Islamabad, Pakistan)
Research Interest: Investigation of Nonlinear effects in 1D & 2D digital systems, overflow and quantization degradation, interference effects in digital filters, stability of neural networks.
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Dr. Muhammad Zakria, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
M.Phil. Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (University of Peshawar)
Research Interest: Defects in semiconductor hetrostructures, excitons, 2D material interfaces in multilayer thin films, nanofibers.
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Dr. Sadiq Nawaz Khan, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (Shanxi University, China)
M.Phil. Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (University of Peshawar)
Research Interest: Ultracod atomic physics
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Dr. Muhammad Amir Israr, Associate Professor
PhD Laser Spectroscopy (PIEAS University, Islamabad, Pakistan)
Research Interest: Emission and absorption spectroscopy
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Dr. M. Ilyas, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics (Portland State University, USA)
M.Phil. Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
M.Sc. Physics (Azad Jammu & Kashmir University, Muzafarabad)
Research Interest: Topological quantum computing, Quantum topology and Topological materials
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Dr. Muhammad,Ahsan Mahmood, Associate Professor
Ph.D. Physics, (PIEAS University, Islamabad, Pakistan)
M.Phil. Physics (Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad)
Research Interest: High Power Laser matter interactions, Laser driven ion acceleration, laser plasma studies
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