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Group Members

The research group

The letters before each name are that member’s group code.

Current members | Former members

Current members

Principal investigator

PhD students

  • KAKainat AhmedPhD, 2020–; writing thesis
  • MNMuhammad Naeem KhanPhD, 2022–; writing thesis
  • Maheen AslamPhD, 2023–
  • UHUm E HabibaPhD, 2025–

MS students

  • AA1Ali AhmedMS, 2024–
  • MAIMuhammad Atif IftikharMS
  • MHZMuhammad Hamza ZahidMS
  • MGMishma GillMS

BS students

  • MTMabroor Ahmad TahirSenior-year project
  • HZRRaiha Bilal UmerSenior-year project

Research assistants

  • MMMuhammad Mohsin AliResearch Assistant
  • Rabiya NadeemResearch Assistant

Former group members

Our former students have gone on to PhD and postdoctoral positions at Princeton, Johns Hopkins, Cambridge, Imperial College London, Minnesota and Purdue, among others, and to industry roles at Arvinas, Intel and Agilent.

Postdoctoral researcher
  • MHDr Maira Pasha Abdus Salam Postdoctoral Fellow, 2023–26
PhD
  • SRDr Sharon Riaz PhD 2015–20; Senior Research Scientist, Hermay Labs, with the University of Alberta
  • Dr Salma Batool PhD 2021, Co Supervised student from PMAS Arid Agriculture University; Assistant Professor, University of Central Punjab
  • FFDr Farhat Firdous PhD 2018–25; Postdoctoral Researcher, O’Brien Lab, Purdue University
  • HBDr Humera Baig PhD 2018–26; Assistant Professor, Punjab Higher Education Department
MS
  • UFHafiz Syed Usama Bin Farrukh MS 2015; PhD as DAAD Fellow, INM Saarland
  • BSBabar Shehzad MS 2015; Lecturer, TNS Beaconhouse
  • SISunniya Iftikhar MS 2016; PhD LUMS; Postdoctoral Researcher, Howard University
  • SMSafia Manzoor MS 2017; PhD, Wuhan University of Science and Technology
  • ASBAmna Saif MS 2017–19; Beaconhouse School System
  • AAHAansa Hanif MS 2018; PhD, Western Michigan University
  • UKMUmme Kalsoom MS 2018; Visiting Lecturer, GC Malakwal
  • RIRida Ibrahim MS 2017–19; PhD, Iowa State University
  • Qamar Hayat Khan MS 2017–19; PhD, Texas Christian University
  • SNADr Sana Iqbal MS 2018–20; PhD LUMS 2025; Postdoctoral Researcher, LUMS
  • ANAqsa Naseem MS 2018–20; Academic Associate, Maqsad
  • AIAmber Iqbal MS 2019–21; PhD, Iowa State University
  • KZKhushboo-e-Zahra MS 2019–21; Lecturer, KFUEIT
  • HKHina Khan MS 2020–22
  • DADelawar Ashraf MS 2020–22; PhD, University of Florida
  • RSARana Shujait Ali MS 2021–23; PhD, University of Houston
  • UGMuhammad Usama Gul Khan MS 2021–23; PhD, University of Houston
  • LSLeena Siddiqui MS 2021–23; PhD, University of Kansas
  • MZMemona Zafar MS 2022–24; PhD, University of Minnesota
  • AJAishal Jamal MS 2022–24
  • MSMohsin Shah MS 2023–25
  • MMMuhammad Mohsin Ali MS 2023–25; now Research Assistant, LUMS
  • HSHamna Saqib MS 2024–26
  • ASKAleena Shakeel MS 2024–26
BS
  • Dr Waqas Rasheed BS 2013; PhD University of Minnesota; Process Engineer, Intel
  • Dr Syed M. Usama BS 2014; PhD Texas A&M; Postdoc NIH; Assistant Professor, UTSA
  • ASAniqa Sardar BS 2014; MRes Imperial College London
  • Aatir Sohail BS 2014; Design Lead, Sastaticket.pk
  • Dr Syed Saad Imran BS 2015; PhD Princeton University; Postdoc NREL
  • MKDr Muhammad Kazim BS 2016; PhD Johns Hopkins University; Postdoc NIH
  • SADr Scheherzad Alvi BS 2016; PhD Texas A&M; Research Scientist, Agilent Technologies
  • HZDr Huda Zahid BS 2017; PhD University of Minnesota; Research Scientist, Arvinas
  • MAMuhammad Abdullah BS 2017; PhD, Michigan State University
  • AAAyesha Amjad BS 2019; PhD, Indiana University Bloomington
  • RMRimsha Irfan BS 2020; MPhil University of Cambridge; Teaching Fellow, University of Birmingham Dubai
  • SKFShikufa Mousavi BS 2021; PhD, Emory University
  • NJNawal Jafri BS 2021; PhD, Iowa State University
  • ZBZainab Batool BS 2022; PhD, UC Santa Barbara
  • SMUSyed Muhammad Umer BS 2022; PhD, University of Minnesota
  • MUMuhammad Uzair Arshad BS 2024; PhD, Michigan State University
BS students as co-researchers
  • MTMabroor Ahmad Tahir Co-researcher, summer 2026
  • HZRHadia Sajid Co-researcher, summer 2026
  • HZRZanib Tariq Co-researcher, summer 2026
  • HZRRaiha Bilal Umer Co-researcher, summer 2026
Research assistants
  • SHSumiya Iqbal Research Assistant; PhD as DAAD Fellow, University of Cologne
  • MKDr Muhammad Kazim Research Assistant, 2016
  • NZNazia Sattar Lab Instructor, 2012–13
  • SKSardaraz Khan Lab Instructor, 2014–15; Postdoc, KFUPM
Students under co-supervision
  • LALaiba Asim MS UCP 2023
  • AHAzka Habib MS UCP 2023
  • Mahnoor Zameer MS FCC University 2019
  • Rabia Hashmat MS FCC University 2019
  • Moaiza Iftikhar MA Biochemistry, UCP 2021
  • Mehwish Javed PhD, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
  • Munazzah Yaqoob PhD, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
  • Zofishan Mahmood PhD, University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Summer interns and RISE fellows
  • Muhammad Uzair Arshad Summer 2022
  • Ayesha Amjad Summers 2017 and 2018
  • Haniya Tariq Summers 2017 and 2018
  • Rimsha Irfan Summers 2017 and 2018
  • Wardah Rasheed RISE 2023, International School Lahore
  • Aized Khalil RISE 2023, Aitchison College Lahore