Muhammad Sharif (cosmologist)

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Muhammad Sharif (محمد شريف)
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Muhammad Sharif is addressing in a conference (2011).
Born (1962-06-15) 15 June 1962 (age 62)
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

  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship awarded by Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) (2000).
  • Research Productivity Allowance (2001–2008) awarded by Pakistan Council of Science and Technology(PCST).
  • Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Prize and Gold Medal (2002) awarded by Pakistan Academy of Sciences.[9]
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship awarded by Ministry of Science & Technology (2003).
  • Izaz-i-Fazeelat (Presidential Award) awarded by Government of Pakistan (13 December 2007).[9]
  • Tamgha-e-Imtiaz awarded by Government of Pakistan (23 March 2008).
  • Best University Teacher Award awarded by Higher Education Commission (13 August 2008).[9]
  • Best Research Paper Award awarded by Higher Education Commission (17 December 2009).
  • Pakistan Academy of Sciences Gold Medal awarded by Pakistan Academy of Sciences (22 December 2009).[15]
  • Best Research Paper Award awarded by Higher Education Commission (March 2015).[16]
  • Top Scientist Award among all disciplines in Pakistan by PCST (April 2015).[3][5]

Research projects

  • Quaid-i-Azam University, The pseudo-Newtonian Formalism during 1989–1992.
  • University of the Punjab. Application of the pseudo-Newtonian Formalism during 1998–1999.

Selected research papers

  • General formula for the momentum imparted to test particles in arbitrary spacetimes (1992) by A. Qadir and M. Sharif
  • Matter collineations of spacetime homogeneous Gödel-type metrics (2003) by U. Camci and M. Sharif.
  • Matter Inheritance Symmetries of Spherically Symmetric Static Spacetimes (2005) by M. Sharif
  • Isothermal Plasma Waves in Gravitomagnetic Planar Analogue (2007) by M. Sharif and U. Sheikh.
  • Cosmological evolution for dark energy models in f(T) gravity (2012) by M. Sharif and S. Azeem.
  • Dynamical instability of the charged expansion-free spherical collapse in f(R) gravity (2013) by M. Sharif and Z. Yousaf.
  • Stability of the Expansion-free Charged Cylinder (2013) M. Sharif and M.Z. Bhatti.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 HEC Distinguished National Professors. Pakistan Higher Education Commission
  2. ↑ PU appointment as Chairman in Department of Mathematics. PU Community Center
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 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. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "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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