Dr. Muhammad Qasim Mehmood

Muhammad Qasim Mehmood (Senior Member, IEEE) completed his Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore in 2016. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Information Technology University (ITU) of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan. His research interests include Metaoptics & Metaphotonics, Optical & Photonics Engineering, Antenna & Microwave Engineering, and Printed Electronics. He has published over ninety journals and fifty conference papers at prestigious venues. He is the recipient of the 2023 ICO/ICTP Gallieno Denardo Award for his remarkable contributions to the field of Nano-optics and Meta-Photonics; and for inspiring many young researchers in Pakistan through quality research, mentorship, community services, and outreach activities. He has been listed among the top 2% of scientists in a global list (of 2021 and 2022) released by Stanford University. He secured various competitive funding for his research projects and won Micro-fellowship from ITMO University Russia in 2019.

He is the director of a vibrant of MicroNano lab (http://micronano.itu.edu.pk/) at ITU and supervised/co-supervised students of all levels (UG, MS, and Ph.D.). In addition, the lab has active collaborations with several prestigious institutes. These collaborations helped remarkably to strengthen ITU's MS/Ph.D. program by producing quality research output and developing global connectivity for the students. He is the chair of the IEEE APS/CAS/MTT/SSC joint chapter of the Lahore section and advisor of ITU's SPIE and OPTICA chapters. He is a member of the Pak-ICTP Alumni Society. He works closely with other national and international societies to promote science by organizing student development and outreach programs like symposiums, seminars, internships, project competitions, awareness sessions, etc.