CV

Education

• DPhil in Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford (2019–2026)
  Thesis: String Diagrams for Quantum Foundations, Computing and Natural Language Processing
• BSc (Hons) in Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore (2015–2019)
  Thesis: Design and implementation of single-photon quantum computing laboratory

Highlights

• Faculty Lead for Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University London.
• Visiting Lecturer and Examiner at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.
• Former Lecturer in Physics at Magdalen College, University of Oxford.
• Former Research Scientist (Quantum Natural Language Processing) at Quantinuum.
• DPhil at Oxford linking process philosophy, string diagrams, quantum foundations, formal linguistics and quantum computing.
• Rhodes Scholar for Pakistan, 2019.
• Co-creator of Quantum in Pictures, a programme teaching quantum theory to school students through diagrams.
• Principal author of Quantum Mechanics in the Single-Photon Laboratory (IOP Publishing, 2020; second edition 2024).
• Helped establish Pakistan’s first single-photon quantum optics laboratory and the Ibn Sahl Corner for Optics at PhysLab, LUMS.
• Core organiser of the Lahore Science Mela (2017–2019), Pakistan’s largest annual science festival.
• Co-founder of Spectra Magazine, Pakistan’s country-wide student science-writing platform, later its Managing Director.
• Honours include the Oxford MPLS Public Engagement with Research Impact Award, the Vice-Chancellor’s Research Engagement Award (High Commendation), the Diana Award and a departmental nomination for the IOP Daphne Jackson Medal; full list on the Awards page.