Name: Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) NASIM ZAFAR

Profile Summary

Date of Birth 13th March 1947

Date of Joining 25th October 1973 QAU, Islamabad

Date of Joining 10th April 2008 COMSATS, Islamabad

Address: Department of Physics COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad, Pakistan.

E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

PRESENT POSITION

Advisor, Department of Physics COMSATS CIIT, Islamabad

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Year Institution Division Distinctions Matric 1961 Govt.Girls High 1st Merit Scholarship School Gujrat

F.Sc. 1963 Govt.College for 1st Merit Scholarship Women Gujrat 1st Position in Board

B.Sc. 1965 Lahore College for 1st Merit Scholarship Women Lahore 1st Position in University

M.Sc. 1967 Govt. College 1st Roll of Honour Lahore

Ph.D. 1972 University of Cambridge, UK.

1 RESEARCHH THESES WRITTEN

Degree Title Supervisor M.Sc. To Study the Neutron Induced Prof. Dr. Tahir Hussain Univ. of Punjab-1967 Reactions in Silver and Gold Nuclear Research Laboratory, Govt. College Lahore. Ph. D. The Reactions np YNK in the Prof. Dr. W. W. Neale Univ. of Cambridge-1972 Range 3-8 GeV/C Cavendish Laboratory, Univ. of Cambridge, UK.

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION

 Experimental Semiconductor Physics

 Experimental Nuclear Physics

CAREER OBJECTIVES

 To conduct research aimed at characterization studies on semiconductor materials, both elemental and compounds such as Si, GaP, ZnSe and InP. Research work on heterostructures has also been undertaken.

 To educate and prepare through effective teaching and research leadership qualified scientists for the future.

 To transfer technological knowledge via collaborations with industries and other research organizations.

TEACHING/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1. Research Assistant at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK. 1972.

2. Lecturer in Physics at University of Karachi, Karachi from: 29-01-1973 to 24-10-1973.

3. Assistant Professor of Physics at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad from: 25-10-1973 to 28-09-1991.

4. Associate Professor of Physics at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad from: 29-09-1991 to 26-11-1999.

5. Professor of Physics at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad from: 27-11-1999 to 12-03-2007.

6 Advisor in the Department of Physics, CIIT, Islamabad from: 10-04-2008 to date.

2 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Over 40 research publications in International Journals and Conferences.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Undertaken a number of administrative and technical responsibilities for the organization and development of Experimental Physics at the department of Physics at QAU.

Member Board of Faculty of Natural Sciences Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Member Academic Council Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (1989-2007).

Assistant Editor, “Semiconductor News”, a quarterly journal of Pakistan Society for Semiconductor Science and Technology in continuous publication since 1992.

Chairperson Department of Physics QAU, Islamabad (1999-2001).

MEMBER OF SOCIETIES/BOARDS

1. Member Selection Committee for Pakistan, Rhodes Trust Scholarship (2001-2007).

2. Member Selection Board, Federal Public Service Commission, Islamabad

(since 1980 on several occasions).

3. Member Selection Board Punjab Public Service Commission.

4. Member Selection Board, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad.

5. Member Oxford and Cambridge Society, Pakistan

6. Life Member of Pakistan Society for Semiconductor Science and Technology (PS3T).

7. Life Member of The Pakistan Institute of Physics (PIP).

8. Member Pakistan Physical Society (PPS).

3 Summary of Work at COMSATS (2008-2009)

1. Publications during the Period 2008-2009:

 Deep Levels in GaAs/Al0.78 Ga0.22 As Hetrostuctures.

Umar S. Qureshi, Nazir A. Naz, M. Naeem Khan, Nasim Zafar and M.Zafar. Iqbal. Physica B 401- 402, 266 (2008).

 An Insight into the High Temperature Performance SiC Bipolar Junction Transistor.

A. S. Bhatti, Sumair Sajjad, Fahad Bhopal, Nasim Zafar and Muhammad Nawaz A Paper Presented at: 2009 International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS), University of Maryland, USA.

2. MS Thesis Guided:

Name of the Student : Sumair Sajjad Title of Thesis: Characteristics of SiC BJTs at High and Low Temperatures

3. Participation in National/International Conferences:

1. SESAME 7th Users Meeting, Cairo University, Egypt From 17 – 22 Nov 2008.

2. PIP International Conference, Department of Physics, UET Lahore From 23 – 26 Feb, 2009.

Future Academic Plans for 2011

CIIT has invested heavily in the department of Physics, both in terms of money and man power. However, during my two years stay, as an Advisor in the department, I feel that the quality of research at the graduate level program is not what is expected of a leading university. Greater efforts should be made to further invigorate research productivity in order to bring greater Visibility at national and international levels.

Having taught an undergraduate course to the electronics students last semester, I also realized that the content and level of the courses need up-grading and re- structuring. Organization and introduction of good experiments in the Teaching Laboratories is also needed. This cannot be achieved overnight but a beginning has to be made.

As an academician and having a long experience in teaching and research at graduate and undergraduate level, I feel that this is the avenue where I can contribute 4 significantly and effectively in the months to come as an Advisor in the department of Physics. I would like to see a strong undergraduate program which can thus serve as an input for our research laboratories. I have already started re-organizing the teaching labs in our BS programs. Writing good “instruction manuals” will be done. Both the courses and the teaching labs would be co-ordinated for meaningful teaching.