Biography
Dr. Sharif completed his Ph.D. in the field of General
Relativity and Cosmology. He has the diversity in his research work. He has
published some work on symmetries, energy problem, gravitational collapse, black
holes and some alternative theories of general relativity. He has also
published some work on accelerating universe through different models of dark
energy in modified theories of gravity in addition to general relativity. Recently,
he has found some solutions through geometric decoupling technique to discuss
compact objects in general relativity as well as in modified theories of
gravity. He has published 713
research papers in journals of international repute with total IF 1804. His work has largely been cited and
total citation is more than 18500.
His h-index is 63 and i10-index is 454. He has delivered more than 133 lectures in different workshops,
seminars and conferences at local and international level.
He has successfully
completed two postdoctoral Fellowships in S. Korea as well as UK and also completed
nine Research Projects. He has been
on top of Research Productivity Award by PCST since its inception 2001. He has
been awarded Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqui Prize & Gold Medal for his good quality
research during 2002. He has been awarded civil awards like Izaz-Fazeelat (2007) and Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (2008), twice Best University Teacher Award (2008 and
2016) by HEC and Pakistan Academy of
Sciences Gold Medal (2009). He has also been awarded twice Best Research Paper Award by HEC (2009
and 2015). He has been conferred the title of HEC Distinguished National Professor by HEC during 2010 and has
also been elected Fellow, PAS during
the same year. Recently, he has been included among World's Top 2%
researchers in Stanford University list (2020-2024).
He has served University of the Punjab for more than 28
years including 6 years as a Chairman, Department of Mathematics and
more than 3 years as a Dean, Faculty of Science He has been serving as a
Head, Department of Mathematics and
Statistics, The University of Lahore
since June 15, 2022. He has visited number of countries to deliver
lectures and also as a Research Fellow as well as Associate Member of TWAS. He
has been Editor of the proceedings and Journals. He has been member of
different international societies and acting as a referee for a number of international
journals. He has been supervising MPhil and PhD students and has produced 32 PhD and 88 MPhil scholars. Some more MPhil/PhD research scholars are in
progress. He has organized a number of successful National/International
Symposium/ Conferences/Seminars on Relativity (Last updated: July 11, 2024).
Education
SrNo. |
Year |
Degree |
Board/University |
1 |
1992 |
Ph.D. |
Quaid-i-Azam University |
2 |
1987 |
M.Phil. |
Quaid-i-Azam University |
3 |
1985 |
M.Sc. |
Quaid-i-Azam University |
Experience
SrNo. |
From |
To |
Category |
Designation |
Organization |
1 |
April 03, 2019
| June 14, 2022 |
Academic Experience |
Dean, Faculty of Science |
University of the Punjab |
2 |
May 16, 2013
| May 15, 2019 |
Academic Experience |
Chairman, Department of Mathematics |
University of the Punjab |
3 |
April 28, 2008
| June 14, 2022 |
Academic Experience |
Tenured Professor |
University of the Punjab |
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