Muhammad Sharif (cosmologist)

Muhammad Sharif (محمد شريف)

Muhammad Sharif is addressing in a conference (2011).
Born (1962-06-15) 15 June 1962
Shujabad, Multan , Pakistan
Residence Lahore, Punjab province
Citizenship Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani people
Fields Mathematics
Alma mater Quaid-i-Azam University
Doctoral advisor Asghar Qadir
Known for Cosmology, Gravitational theories, General relativity, Mathematical sciences, Relativity, Relativistic Astrophysics
Notable awards Izaz-i-Fazeelat (2007), Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (2008), Distinguished National Professor (2010)

Muhammad Sharif (cosmologist) (Urdu: محمد شريف) (15 June 1962), TI, FPAS, is a Pakistani scientist, specialised in mathematical physics and cosmology. He is the Chairman of the Department of Mathematics, University of the Punjab (PU), Lahore.[1][2] Sharif is a Higher Education Commission (HEC) Distinguished National Professor.[1] He has been awarded the Izaz-Fazeelat and Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) by the government of Pakistan. He has been conferred with the title of "Pakistan's Top Scientist" among all the disciplines by Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) in 2015.[3][4][5]

Biography

Sharif's father earned his living through agriculture.

After graduating from The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Sharif proceeded to join the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), initially focusing to become a good mathematician. In this respect, Sharif was enrolled at (QAU) in Islamabad where he excelled in courses of mathematics and physics and received MSc Mathematics in 1985.

In the same year, Sharif pursued his M.Phil applied Mathematics, followed by PhD in Mathematical physics under the supervision of Dr. Asghar Qadir. He obtained PhD degree in 1991.

Education and career

Sharif completed a postdoctoral Fellowship in South Korea and another in the UK, successfully completing two research projects. He is a student of Pakistani mathematical physicist Dr. Asghar Qadir.

Sharif has participated and attended more than 60 International and National workshops and conferences in his field.[6][7] He has published more than 333 research papers and his work has been cited more than 3000 times by national and international researchers.[8] For his educational contributions, Sharif was awarded the Best University Teacher Award by HEC in 2008 and Gold Medal by Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 2009.[9] As of December 2014, he has supervised about fifty M. Phil and fifteen PhD students. He has been promoting research culture through organising lecture series, national and international conferences and symposiums on relativistic astrophysics.[10] He had organised an International Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics in University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakitan during 10–14 February 2015, in which people from all over the world had participated. The aim of this conference is to celebrate 100 years of Einstein's theory of general relativity.[11][12] The secretary and associate secretary of this meeting were Dr. M. Zaeem Ul Haq Bhatti and Dr. Zeeshan Yousaf, respectively.

Group Photo: International Conference on Relativistic Astrophysics, 10–14 February 2015.

Sharif along with his research collaborators made painstaking efforts to spread awareness among Pakistani young students in the field of relativistic astrophysics and cosmology. In his early career in PU, Sharif was much interested to explore mathematical models in view of Einstein general theory of relativity. To explore various interesting cosmic issues, like cosmic inflation, accelerating cosmos, etc. he along with his collaborators used alternatives gravity theories as an important tool in his analysis.[13][14]

Awards and fellowships

Research projects

Selected research papers

References

  1. 1 2 HEC Distinguished National Professors. Pakistan Higher Education Commission
  2. ↑ PU appointment as Chairman in Department of Mathematics. PU Community Center
  3. 1 2 http://nation.com.pk/E-Paper/Lahore/2015-04-12/page-13/detail-5
  4. ↑ http://educationtimes.pk/3131/dr-muhammad-sharif-nominated-pakistans-top-scientist
  5. 1 2 http://www.thefrontierpost.com/article/281586/dr-m-sharif-gets-top-scientist-award/
  6. ↑ List of participants, ICGAC11
  7. ↑ "One-day conference on Gravitation held at Punjab University. PPI News Agency
  8. ↑ Muhammad Sharif google scholar
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Prof Sharif gets Distinguished National Teacher title " The Nation, 27 November 2010.
  10. ↑ PU is thanking Sharif for his efforts in lecture series
  11. ↑ http://nation.com.pk/lahore/11-Feb-2015/brief-news-lahore
  12. ↑ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/punjab/11-Feb-2015/pu-to-celebrate-100-years-of-einstein-s-theory
  13. ↑ analysis of cylindrically symmetric self-gravitating systems in R + εR2 gravity
  14. ↑ the stability of a class of radiating viscous self-gravitating stars with axial symmetry
  15. ↑ Inductions of Fellows of the Pakistan Academy of Science, 2010.
  16. ↑ http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=216113&Cat=5&dt=1/11/2010

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