Mohammad Aslam Khan

Current Position | Department of Physics, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Physics Block, Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad | Phone No. | (92-51) 9235714 |
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Born in | Jhelum, Pakistan in 03/07/1945 | Year Elected | 2008 |
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Education
Punjab University Lahore (Gordon College Rawalpindi) BSc 1965 PunjabUniversity Lahore Department of Physics MSc 1967 University of HullDepartment of Applied Physics England PhD 1974 Specialized Trainings onLaser Systems and Data Acquisition & Processing Systems Spectra Physics (USA)Lambda Physik (Germany) Lumonics (Canada) VSW (England) EG&G (USA)SPEX (USA)
Positions Held
HEC Foreign Professor, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, since 2007; Head, Department of
Physics, CIIT, Islamabad, 2008-10; Professor of Physics & Senior Research Scientist, Physics Department & Center for Applied
Physical Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1995-2008; Associate
Professor & Research Scientist, KFUPM, 1984-1995; Assistant Professor, KFUPM, 1981-1984; Assistant Professor of Physics,
Al-Fatah University, Tripoli, Libya, 1978-1981; Senior Scientific Officer, PINSTECH, Islamabad, 1974-1978; Visiting Scientist,
CISE, Milan, Italy, 1976; Scientific Officer, AEC, Lahore, 1968-1970. Visiting Positions (Short-Term): University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, USA (1988, 1993), Frie University, Berlin, Germany (1988, 1989, 1992); University of Freiburg, Germany
(1990); Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany (1984); Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (1982);
University of Hull, England (1976, 1979, 1980 , 1981, 1985).
Awards
Gold Medal, First Class First Position, BSc, University of the Punjab, 1965; Saigol Foundation Overseas Merit Scholarship,
1970-1973; Prince Muhammad Award (shared) for Research; Distinguished Service Award, KFUPM, 2008.
Fellowships / Memberships
Chartered Physicist and Member, Institute of Physics, London (1974-2007); Life Member, Pakistan Institute of Physics; Former Member, Optical Society of America; American Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ASNT); American Chemical
Society (Saudi Arabian Chapter).
Research Area
Lasers and their Applications, Plasma Physics, Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy, Ultrasonics, Materials Processing.