<p> Profile Summary</p><p>Name: Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) NASIM ZAFAR</p><p>Date of Birth 13th March 1947</p><p>Date of Joining 25th October 1973 QAU, Islamabad</p><p>Date of Joining 10th April 2008 COMSATS, Islamabad</p><p>Address: Department of Physics COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad, Pakistan.</p><p>E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]</p><p>PRESENT POSITION</p><p>Advisor, Department of Physics COMSATS CIIT, Islamabad</p><p>ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS</p><p>Degree Year Institution Division Distinctions Matric 1961 Govt.Girls High 1st Merit Scholarship School Gujrat</p><p>F.Sc. 1963 Govt.College for 1st Merit Scholarship Women Gujrat 1st Position in Board</p><p>B.Sc. 1965 Lahore College for 1st Merit Scholarship Women Lahore 1st Position in University </p><p>M.Sc. 1967 Govt. College 1st Roll of Honour Lahore</p><p>Ph.D. 1972 University of Cambridge, UK.</p><p>1 RESEARCHH THESES WRITTEN</p><p>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.</p><p>FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION</p><p> Experimental Semiconductor Physics</p><p> Experimental Nuclear Physics</p><p>CAREER OBJECTIVES</p><p> 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.</p><p> To educate and prepare through effective teaching and research leadership qualified scientists for the future.</p><p> To transfer technological knowledge via collaborations with industries and other research organizations.</p><p>TEACHING/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE</p><p>1. Research Assistant at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK. 1972.</p><p>2. Lecturer in Physics at University of Karachi, Karachi from: 29-01-1973 to 24-10-1973.</p><p>3. Assistant Professor of Physics at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad from: 25-10-1973 to 28-09-1991.</p><p>4. Associate Professor of Physics at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad from: 29-09-1991 to 26-11-1999.</p><p>5. Professor of Physics at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad from: 27-11-1999 to 12-03-2007.</p><p>6 Advisor in the Department of Physics, CIIT, Islamabad from: 10-04-2008 to date.</p><p>2 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Over 40 research publications in International Journals and Conferences.</p><p>ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE</p><p>Undertaken a number of administrative and technical responsibilities for the organization and development of Experimental Physics at the department of Physics at QAU.</p><p>Member Board of Faculty of Natural Sciences Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.</p><p>Member Academic Council Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (1989-2007).</p><p>Assistant Editor, “Semiconductor News”, a quarterly journal of Pakistan Society for Semiconductor Science and Technology in continuous publication since 1992.</p><p>Chairperson Department of Physics QAU, Islamabad (1999-2001).</p><p>MEMBER OF SOCIETIES/BOARDS</p><p>1. Member Selection Committee for Pakistan, Rhodes Trust Scholarship (2001-2007).</p><p>2. Member Selection Board, Federal Public Service Commission, Islamabad </p><p>(since 1980 on several occasions). </p><p>3. Member Selection Board Punjab Public Service Commission. </p><p>4. Member Selection Board, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad.</p><p>5. Member Oxford and Cambridge Society, Pakistan</p><p>6. Life Member of Pakistan Society for Semiconductor Science and Technology (PS3T).</p><p>7. Life Member of The Pakistan Institute of Physics (PIP).</p><p>8. Member Pakistan Physical Society (PPS).</p><p>3 Summary of Work at COMSATS (2008-2009)</p><p>1. Publications during the Period 2008-2009:</p><p> Deep Levels in GaAs/Al0.78 Ga0.22 As Hetrostuctures.</p><p>Umar S. Qureshi, Nazir A. Naz, M. Naeem Khan, Nasim Zafar and M.Zafar. Iqbal. Physica B 401- 402, 266 (2008).</p><p> An Insight into the High Temperature Performance SiC Bipolar Junction Transistor. </p><p>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. </p><p>2. MS Thesis Guided:</p><p>Name of the Student : Sumair Sajjad Title of Thesis: Characteristics of SiC BJTs at High and Low Temperatures </p><p>3. Participation in National/International Conferences:</p><p>1. SESAME 7th Users Meeting, Cairo University, Egypt From 17 – 22 Nov 2008.</p><p>2. PIP International Conference, Department of Physics, UET Lahore From 23 – 26 Feb, 2009. </p><p>Future Academic Plans for 2011</p><p>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.</p><p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>5</p>