Assistant Professor (TTS) Feb. 06, 2013 - Present Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore Assistant Professor/Sr. Research Associate Sep. 01, 2010 - Feb. 05, 2013 Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore Postdoc Physicist Jul. 01, 2009 - Aug. 31, 2010 Department of Physics, School of Science and Engineering (SSE), Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore

Experimental Solid State Physics Covering  Crystallography  Magnetic Materials  Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors  Multiferroics  Dielectric Characteristics  Thin Films and nanoparticle synthesis

1. Sol-Gel auto-ignition synthesis of Bi0.9La0.1FeO3 and PbFexTi1-xO3 and investigation of magnetoelectric coupling in their solid solution (Worth: 11.160,104 million Rs.) granted under National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) of HEC, Pakistan 2014 - 2017

64. An efficient Sm and Ge co-doped ceria nanocomposite electrolyte for low temperature solid oxide fuel cells Muhammad Sarfraz Arshad, Rizwan Raza, M Ashfaq Ahmad, Ghazanfar Abbas, Amjad Ali, Asia Rafique, M. Kaleem Ullah, Sajid Rauf, M Imran Asghar, Naveed Mushtaq, Shahid Atiq, Shahzad Naseem Ceramics International 44 (2018) 170-174 (IF = 3.057) 65. Tunable structural and electrical impedance properties of pyrochlores based Nd doped lanthanum zirconate nanoparticles for capacitive applications Ghulam M. Mustafa, Shahid Atiq, S. Kumail Abbas, Saira Riaz, Shahzad Naseem Ceramics International 44 (2018) 2170-2177 (IF = 3.057) 66. Acetylene black coated V2O5 nanocomposite with stable cyclability for lithium-ion batteries cathode Muhammad Haris, Shahid Atiq, Syed Mustansar Abbas, Asif Mahmood, Shahid Mahmood Ramay, Shahzad Naseem Journal of Alloys and Compounds 732 (2018) 518 – 523 (IF = 3.779) 67. Thermal tuning of electrical and dielectric characteristics of Mn-doped Zn0.95Fe0.05O dilute magnetic semiconductors Safeera Zaineb, Shahid Atiq, Asif Mahmood, Shahid M. Ramay, Saira Riaz, Shahzad Naseem, Journal of Materials Science – Materials in Electronics 29 (March 2018) 3843-3951 (IF = 2.324) 68. Dielectric based energy storage capacity of sol-gel synthesized Sr-doped ZrTiO4 nanocrystallites Naadia Akhtar, Hafiz Muhammad Rafique, Shahid Atiq, Sana Aslam, Aamir Razaq, Murtaza Saleem Ceramics International 44 (15 April 2018) 6705-6712 (IF = 3.057) 69. Structurally tuned multifunctional characteristics of Nd-substituted lanthanum zirconates Ghulam M. Mustafa, Shahid Atiq, Murtaza Saleem, Shahzad Naseem, Jafar M. Parakkandy, I. A. Elsayed Journal of Materials Science – Materials in Electronics 29 (April 2018) 6950-6960 (IF = 2.324) 70. Magnetic phase transition and magneto-dielectric analysis of spinel chromites: MCr2O4 (M = Fe, Co and Ni) Muhammad Younis, Murtaza Saleem, Shahid Atiq, Shahzad Naseem Ceramics International 44 (2018) 10229-10235 (IF = 3.057) 71. A comparative study of graphene growth by APCVD, LPCVD and PECVD Zaka Ullah, Saira Riaz, Qi Li, Shahid Atiq, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Azhar, Shahzad Naseem and Liwei Liu Materials Research Express 5 (30 March 2018) 035606 (IF = 1.151) 72. Investigation of physical properties of SnS:Fe diluted magnetic semiconductor nanoparticles for spintronic applications B. Parveen, M. Hassan, S. Riaz, S. Atiq, S. Naseem, M. Irfan, M.F. Iqbal Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 460 (15 August 2018) 111-119 (IF = 3.046) 73. Magnetic Dynamics and All-Optical Switching in 5 nm Dy–Fe Nanostructures Ali Akbar, Murtaza Saleem, Shahid Atiq, and Muhammad Sabieh Anwar IEEE Transanctions on Magnetics 54 (July 2018) 7100106 (IF = 1.467) 74. Optimisation of giant magnetoresistance in Mn-substituted BiFeO3 for low field sensors Ali Haider Khan, Shahid Atiq, Asif Mahmood, Shahid M. Ramay, S. Kumail Abbas, Shahzad Naseem Ceramics International 44 (15 August 2018) 14677-14685 (IF = 3.057) 75. Optimization of magnetodielectric coupling in Mn substituted BiFeO3 for potential memory devices Ali Haider Khan, Shahid Atiq, M. Sabieh Anwar, Shahzad Naseem, Syed Kumail Abbas Journal of Materials Science – Materials in Electronics 29 (July 2018) 11812-11823 (IF = 2.324) 76. Structural tuning of dielectric properties of Ce-substituted Nd2Zr2O7 Ghulam M. Mustafa, Murtaza Saleem, Shahid Atiq, Saira Riaz, Saadat A. Siddiqi, Shahzad Naseem Accpeted for publication in Journal of Saudi Chemical Society (2018) Available online (IF = 2.456) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jscs.2018.05.007 77. Ni doped ZrTiO4 ceramics for dielectric resonator applications Naadia Akhtar, Hafiz Muhammad Rafique, Shahid Atiq, Sana Aslam, Aamir Razaq, Murtaza Saleem Journal of Materials Science – Materials in Electronics 29 (Aug 2018) 13220–13228 (IF = 2.324) 78. Tunable structural and electrical impedance properties of ordered and disordered iron oxide phases for capacitive applications Zaheer H. Shah, Saira Riaz, Shahid Atiq, Shahzad Naseem Ceramics International 44 (1 Oct 2018) 16352-16364 (IF = 3.057) 79. Highly stable dielectric frequency response of chemically synthesized Mn-substituted ZnFe2O4 Sidra Zawar, Shahid Atiq, Maida Tabasum, Saira Riaz, Shahzad Naseem Accpeted for publication in Journal of Saudi Chemical Society (2018) (IF = 2.456) 80. Efficiency enhancement of perovskite solar cells by incorporation of CdS quantum dot through fast electron injection Syed Mansoor Ali, Shahid Mehmood Ramay, Muhammad Hammad Aziz, Naeem ur-Rehman, M.S. AlGarawi, S.S. AlGham, Asif Mahmood, Turki S. Alkhuraijie, Shahid Atiq Organic Electronics 62 (2018) 21-25 (IF = 3.680) 81. Electronic and structural properties of phase-pure magnetite thin films: Effect of preferred orientation M. Imran, Aseya Akbar, Saira Riaz, Shahid Atiq, Shahzad Naseem Journal of Electronic Materials, Available online