Research Associates
Dr. Sumera Siddique
Dr. Sumara joined the group to work on stable perovskite films. Her work has focused on mixed dimension lead perovskites as well as lead-free Bismuth perovskite films.
After FMOD: Dr. Sumera joined the LUMS Central Labs as a scientist working on photolithography and managing the clean room facilities at SBASSE.
Research Scientists
Faisal Saeed
MS Electrical Engineering, LUMS
Faisal is working on simulating perovskite solar cells, and also conducting Hall Effect Measurements on lead-free perovskite Devices
After FMOD: Faisal left the group to work as a Lab Instructor in the Department of Physics at LUMS SBASSE
Research Assistants
Mariam Arif (2023)
BS Physics LUMS
Mariam is working on studying the formation of arrays of topological defects in mixtures of nematic liquid crystals. She utilizes photolithography to fabricate devices.
After FMOD: Marian left the group in Summer 2023 to pursue a PhD in Physics at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Navaira Sherwani (2022)
BS Physics LUMS
Navaira joined the group in Summer 2021 as a Research Assistant. Her worked focused on developing soft-lithography technologies for plasmic surface enhanced Raman devices.
After FMOD: Navaira left the group to pursue a PhD in Biophysics at the University of California, Irvine
Hafiyya Malik (2018)
Research Assistant
BS Electrical Engineering LUMS
Hafiyya worked on 2-D reduced graphene oxide and explored the interaction of discotic liquid crystals with graphene flakes. Her worked involved photolighographic device fabrication, as well electronic and optical characterisation of the materials.
After FMOD: In Fall 2018, Hafiyya went on to pursue a Mater’s degree in Electrical engineering at Northeastern University, USA.
Lala Rukh (2018)
Research Assistant
BS Electrical Engineering LUMS
Lala worked as a research Assistant on the development of techniques for total internal reflection (TIRF) and polarising optical microscopy (POM). Furthermore, she developed protocols for PDMS processing.
After FMOD: In Fall 2018, Lala Rukh moved on to pursue a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of New Mexico, USA.
MS Thesis Students
Umaima Rizwan
MS Student (Physics)
Umaima worked on transition metal dichalcogenide / perovskite interface physics.
Mohsin Raza Khan
MS Student (Physics)
Mohsin joined a MS student in the Physics department. He joined the group in Summer 2019, and iresearched the development of mixed dimension Ruddleson Popper perovskties for applicaiton in perovskite solar cells.
email: 18120003@lums.edu.pk
Kaynat Alvi
MS Student (Physics)
Kaynay was MS student in the Physics department. She joined the group in Summer 2019, and is working on the electriclally switchable hybrid liquid crystal molybdenum disulphide optical devices. She used Raman spectroscopy and Photoluminescence to study the interaction of Nematic and Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals with precision transferred MoS2 flakes
Sehrish Iqbal
Research Assistant
MS Physics (LUMS)
Sehrish worked on self-assembled discotic liquid crystalline based physical gels to make stable electrolytes for dye sensitized solar cells. Furthermore, she worked on the development of stable MAPbI perovskites for moisture-stable perovskite solar cells.
After FMOD:
Kashif Boota
MS Physics (LUMS)
Kashif is an MS student at the Department of Physics. He is studying the interaction of Liquid Crystalline materials on 2-D materials for tunable quantum light applications.
After FMOD:
BS Senior year project students
Muhammad Omer Khan
BS Physics student
Omer worked on group theory, irreducible representations and linking 2D crystals with their Raman spectra.
Azka Rafey Khan (2023)
BS Physics (LUMS)
Azka worked on MoS2 – Perovskite heterostructure devices as part of her SPROJ thesis.
After FMOD: Azka went on to pursue a PhD in Physics in the US.
Haadi Masood (2022)
BS Physics (2022)
Haadi worked on developing electron beam lithography masks for soft lithography plasmonic devices.
Shahmir Khan (2023)
BS Physics (2023)
Shahmir worked on perovskite solar cells
Maryam Qaiser (2022)
BS Physics (LUMS)
Maryam studied as a BS student at the Department of Physics. At FMOD she worked on devices that create ordered topological defects in liquid crystalline materials. Her research will be used in bio-sensing plasmonic devices.
After FMOD: Maryam went on to pursue a PhD in Physics from Manchester University, UK.
Muhammad Furqan (2021)
BS Student (Physics)
Furqan studied the interaction of chiral nematic liquid crystals with two dimensional molybdenum dusulphide. He made mixtures of varying dopant concentration, to band-match the reflection band of the chiral nematics and the emission of 2D flakes.
After FMOD: Furqan went on to pursue a PhD in Physics at Purdue University.
Hasan Ahmed (2021)
BS Student (Physics)
Hasan is a BS student at the Department of Physics. He is interested in the Physics of solar cells, and one day wants to break the Schockley Quaiser limit and realize hot-carrier devices. At FMOD, he is working on Density Functional Theory simulations in SIESTA of mixed dimension perovskite semiconductors.
After FMOD: Hasan went on to start a PhD in Physics at the University of Oklahoma, US.
Muhammad Saad Asad (2019)
Senior Year Project Research Student
BS Electrical Engineering LUMS
Saad is a 4th year Electrical Engineering Student at LUMS. He is working on the deterministic transfer of 2-D Molybdenum disulphide flakes, followed by Raman spectroscopy and molecular doping studies. Saad hopes to realize single quantum emitters.
After FMOD: In Fall 2019, Saad went on to pursue a Master’s by research Engineering at Queen’s University, Canada.
Zain Ul Abdin (2020)
BS Student (Physics)
Zain is a BS Physics student at the department of Physics. He joined the group in Summer 2019, and is working on the development of plasmonic nanostructured devices for optically resonant cavities in molybdenum disulphide and surface enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS) applications.
emial: 20100228@lums.edu.pk
After FMOD:
Zain went on to pursue a PhD in Physics at Purdue University, US.
Summer Internees
Ali Saeed (2024)
Ali worked in the group in the Summer of 2024. He completed and validated two laboratory setups in collaboration with the Physlab team. The first setup was a liquid crystal alignment rubbing machine, and the second setup is a precision microscope temperature controlled stage.