Mansoor Ur Rehman Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor, Tel: +92-051-9064-2157 Physics Department, Quaid-i-Azam University, Fax: +92-051 9064 2040 Islamabad, Pakistan E-mail: [email protected]

Education

Ph.D. University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA, 2011 Dissertation Title: “Realistic Inflation Models and Primordial Gravity Waves” Advisor: Professor Qaisar Shafi GPA: 4.0/4.0

M.Phil. High Energy Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2003. Dissertation: “Parton Distributions and Their Symmetries” Advisor: Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy Grade: A

M.Sc. Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2001. Grade: A

Competitive Awards & Fellowships

• Theodore Wolf Prize for best Ph.D. dissertation in Physical and Life Sciences at the University of Delaware, (2012) • University of Delaware Dissertation Fellow Award (2010) • University of Delaware Professional Development Award (2011 & 2010) • University of Delaware Physics Dept Travel Grant Award (2011 & 2010) • University of Delaware Competitive Fellow Award (2009) • Daicar-Bata Highest Graduate GPA Prize in Ph.D at University of Delaware (2008) • World Laboratory Scholarship in M.Phil at Quaid-i-Azam University (2002) • Merit Scholarship in M.Sc at Quaid-i-Azam University (2000)

Research Interests

Inflationary Cosmology, Primordial Gravity Waves & Non-Gaussianity, Dark Matter, Black Holes, Supersymmetry, Supergravity, Grand Unified Theories, Model Building, Sparticle Spectroscopy.

Research Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher, Departement Physik, Universität Basel, Switzerland, October 2011- 2012

Visiting Scientist, National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan, September 2011

Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, USA, September 2006 – August 2009

M.Phil. Research, Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2002 – 2003

Research Students Supervised

Ali Shahbaz (M.Phil student, completed in 2013) “Generalized Higgs Inflation”,

Muhammad Waqas (M.Phil student, completed in 2014) “Radiative Corrections & Precision Cosmology”, QAU, Islamabad

Sara Anum (M.Phil student, completed in 2014) “Primordial Non-Gaussianity from Inflationary models”,

Umer Zubair (M.Phil student, completed in 2015) “Inflation in Supersymmetric SU(5)”,

Muhammad Akram, Umer Jamil, Sahib Noor, Muhammad Azeem, Asif Nawaz, Abdur-Rehman, Saira Yasmin.

Research Students Co-supervised

Ommair Ishaque [Master student at Karachi University, completed in 2014], Advisor: Prof. Intikhab Ulfat)

“Inflationary Cosmology”, (M. Phil students, Muhammad Nadeem Ahmed, Noor Ul Ain & Mohammad Nisar at NCP; Advisor: Prof. Riazuddin & Dr. Jamil Aslam)

“Inflation with Higgs and Coleman-Weinberg Potentials” (Undergraduate student Eric Sabo & Teodor Stanev; Advisor: Prof. Qaisar Shafi ), University of Delaware, USA

“Standard Model Higgs Mass Bounds” (Undergraduate student Kyle Bloecker; Advisor: Prof. Qaisar Shafi), University of Delaware, USA

Current Research Students

Fariha Vardag [PhD student at QAU, Islamabad] Kunza [PhD student at QAU, Islamabad] Atif Masood [PhD student at QAU, Islamabad] Jawad khan [M.Phil student at QAU, Islamabad] Amna Ejaz [M.Phil student at QAU, Islamabad] Mubasher Ahmed [M.Phil student at QAU, Islamabad]

Teaching Experience

At Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

Course Instructor: PHYS-301 [Methods of Mathematical Physics], PHYS-502 [Sub-atomic Physics II], PHYS-721 [General Relativity and Cosmology], PHYS-307& PHYS-304 [Classical Mechanics I&II], PHYS-601 [Methods of Mathematical Physics], PHYS-701 [Group Theory], PHYS-711 [Particle Physics], PHYS-203 [Thermal & Statistical Physics], PHYS-616 [Statistical Physics]

At Universität Basel, Switzerland

Teaching Assistant for “Höhere Quantenmechanik-FS 2012” (Advanced Quantum Mechanics), February 2012 – May 2012

At University of Delaware, USA

Course Instructor PHYS 201-010, Introductory Physics I (Jan 04 – Feb 07)

Teaching Assistant, September 2005 - August 2006 [Introduction to Thermal Physics (PHYS- 310), Introduction to Electricity & Electronics (PHYS245), Fundamentals of Physics II (PHYS208)]

Participation in Conferences/Schools

• New light in Cosmology from the CMB, Summer School & Workshop, July-August- 2013, ICTP, Italy. • 2013 BCVSPIN Summer School, Hangzhou, China • Phenomenology 2011 & 2010 Symposium, May, 2011 & 2010, University of

3 Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. • American Physical Society April, Meeting 2010, Feb 13-16, 2010, Washington D.C, USA. • TASI 2009, June 1-26, 2009, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. • 34th International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2008), University of Pennsylvania, USA. • Summer School on Particle Physics, 2005, ICTP, Italy. • 3rd Workshop on Particle Physics 2004, Department of Physics QAU Islamabad.

References

• Professor Qaisar Shafi, University of Delaware, USA • Professor Stefan Antusch, University of Basel, Switzerland • Professor Pervez Hoodbhoy, Aitchison College, Lahore, Pakistan

Talks, Seminars and Lectures

 “Realistic Inflation Models Face Precision Cosmology”, January-2014, NUST, Islamabad,  “Seeking Observable Gravity Waves in Models of Supersymmetric Hybrid Inflation”, SUSY 2012, 20th International Conference on Supersymmetry and Unification of Fundamental Interactions, Peking University, Beijing, China, August 14, 2012  “Higgs-Matter Tribrid Inflation” PLANCK 2012, FROM THE PLANCK SCALE TO THE ELECTROWEAK SCALE, Warsaw, Poland, June 29, 2012  “Lectures on Inflationary Universe” 37th International Nathiagali Summer Colleges (INSC), Nathiagali, Pakistan, June 25-July 07, 2012.  “Standard Model Higgs inflation”, Seminar at Departement Physik, Universität Basel, Switzerland, November 10, 2011  “Lectures on Non-Minimal Inflation” Departement Physik, Universität Basel, Switzerland, October, 2011  “Primordial Gravity Waves in Realistic Models of inflation” National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan, September 29, 2011  “Higgs Inflation and Primordial Gravity Waves”, Phenomenology 2011 Symposium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. May 09, 2011.  “Higgs Inflation, Quantum Smearing and the Lower Bound on r”, Phenomenology 2010 Symposium - PHENO 2010, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. May 10, 2010.  “Elementary Particles and Modern Cosmology”, invited talk at Physics Department, Millersville University, April 07, 2010.

4  “Supersymmetric Hybrid Inflation Redux”, American Physical Society April Meeting 2010, Feb 13-16, Washington D.C.  “Minimal Supersymmetric Hybrid Inflation, Flipped SU(5) and Proton Decay” student talk at University of Delaware, February 23, 2010.  “Susy Hybrid Inflation in the Light of WMAP5” student talk at TASI 2009, University of Colorado at Boulder, June 12, 2009.  “Importance of Quantum Corrections during Inflation” student talk at University of Delaware, April 13, 2009.

Publications

1. “Simplified Smooth Hybrid Inflation in Supersymmetric SU(5)”, Mansoor Ur Rehman, Umer Zubair, Phys.Rev. D91 (2015) 103523 [arXiv:1412.3602 [hep-ph]].

2. “R-Symmetry Breaking in Supersymmetric Hybrid Inflation”, Mathew Civiletti, Mansoor Ur Rehman, Eric Sabo, Qaisar Shafi, Joshua Wickman Phys.Rev. D88 (2013) 103514 [arXiv:1303.3602 [hep-ph]].

3. “Pseudosmooth Tribrid Inflation” Stefan Antusch, David Nolde, Mansoor Ur Rehman JCAP 1208 (2012) 004, arXiv:1205.0809 [hep-ph]

4. “Simplified Smooth Inflation with Observable Gravity Waves.” Mansoor Ur Rehman, Qaisar Shafi Phys.Rev. D86 (2012) 027301, arXiv:1202.0011 [hep-ph]

5. “Red Spectral Tilt and Observable Gravity Waves in Shifted Hybrid Inflation.”, Matthew Civiletti, Mansoor Ur Rehman, Qaisar Shafi, Joshua R. Wickman, Phys. Rev. D 84, 103505 (2011) [arXiv:1104.4143 [astro-ph.CO]]

6. “Non-MinimalB-L Inflation with Observable Gravity Waves”, Nobuchika Okada, Mansoor Ur Rehman, and Qaisar Shafi, Phys. Lett. B 701 (2011) 520-525 [arXiv:1102.4747 [hep-ph]].

7. “Observable Gravity Waves from Supersymmetric Hybrid Inflation II”, Mansoor Ur Rehman, Qaisar Shafi, and Joshua R. Wickman, Phys. Rev. D 83, 067304 (2011) [arXiv: 1012.0309 [astro-ph.CO]].

8. “Inflation in Supersymmetric SU(5)” Shaaban Khalil, Mansoor Ur Rahman, Qaisar Shafi and Eman Ali Zaakouk, Phys. Rev. D 83:063522, (2011) [arXiv:1010.3657 [hep-ph]].

9. “Tensor to Scalar Ratio in Non-Minimal 4 Inflation”, Nobuchika Okada, Mansoor Ur Rehman, and Qaisar Shafi, Phys. Rev. D 82, 043502, 2010 [arXiv: 1005.5161 [hep-ph]].

The above work has been cited by the recent PLANCK-Collaboration-2013.

10. “Higgs Inflation, Quantum Smearing and Tensor to Scalar Ratio”, Mansoor Ur Rehman and Qaisar Shafi, Phys. Rev. D 81, 123525, 2010 [arXiv: 1003.5915 [astro-ph.CO].

This work has been cited in the following article:

‘Quantum spread’ threat to Hawking’s bet, by Anil Ananthaswamy, New Scientist Magazine, 01 February 2010.

11. “Minimal Supersymmetric Hybrid Inflation, Flipped SU(5) and Proton Decay”, Mansoor Ur Rehman, Qaisar Shafi, and Joshua R. Wickman, Phys. Lett. B 688 (2010) 75-81 [arXiv:0912.4737 [hep-ph].

12. “Supersymmetric Hybrid Inflation Redux”, Mansoor Ur Rehman, Qaisar Shafi, and Joshua R. Wickman, Phys. Lett. B 683 (2010) 191–195 [arXiv:0908.3896 [hep-ph]].

13. “Amelioration of Little Hierarchy Problem in SU(4)_c x SU(2)_L x SU(2)_R”, Ilia Gogoladze, Mansoor Ur Rehman, and Qaisar Shafi, Phys. Rev. D 80, 105002 (2009) [arXiv:0907.0728 [hep-ph]].

14. “Hybrid Inflation Revisited in Light of WMAP5”, Mansoor Ur Rehman, Qaisar Shafi, and Joshua R. Wickman, Phys. Rev. D 79, 103503 (2009) [arXiv:0901.4345 [hep-ph]].

15. “GUT inflation and proton decay after WMAP5 data”, Mansoor Ur Rehman, Qaisar Shafi, and Joshua R. Wickman, Phys. Rev. D 78, 123516 (2008) [arXiv:0810.3625 [hep-ph] ].

16. “Higgs boson mass, sparticle spectrum, and the little hierarchy problem in an extended MSSM” K. S. Babu, Ilia Gogoladze, Mansoor Ur Rehman, and Qaisar Shafi, Phys. Rev. D 78, 055017 (2008) [arXiv:0807.3055 [hep-ph] ].

17. “Supersymmetric And Smooth Hybrid Inflation In The Light Of WMAP3”, M. ur Rehman, V. N. Senoguz, and Q. Shafi, Phys. Rev. D 75, 043522 (2007) [arXiv:hep-ph/0612023].