Department of Physics

Dr. Zeba Israr

Dr. Zeba Israr
Dr. Zeba Israr

Tenured Associate Professor
Department of Physics
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Academics

 

Degree
 
Courses
 
Year of passing
 
Board/Uni.
 
 
 
       Division
 
Ph. D
 
 
Theoretical Plasma Physics
 
2013
 
GC University Lahore
 
          
M. Phil
Theoretical Plasma Physics
2006
GC University Lahore
 
Ist
M. Sc.
 
Physics
2003
GC University Lahore
 
Ist
B. Sc.
Math A, Math B, Physics
 
2001
Punjab University Lahore
 
2nd

Current Status

  • Tenured Associate Professor TTS (June 2022 to date) in Department of Physics at Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.

PhD Thesis Title 

  • “Screening Potentials and Wave Excitations in Dusty Plasmas”  

M.Phil Thesis Title              

  • “Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in an Inhomogeneous Plasma with Generalized (r, q) Distribution Function”  

Awards

  • Certificate of Appreciation for Excellent performance in teaching and research under HEC Tenure Track System for year 2017.
  • Award of “Research Productivity Award 2013-14” from Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST).
  • Award of “International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP)” scholarship from Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan. (2011)
  • Award of “Indigenous PhD 5000 Scholarships (Batch-V)” from Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad, Pakistan. (2008)
  • Best teacher award (Board of Intermediate Result) of year 2008 at GC University, (Awarded by Govt. of Punjab, Pakistan)

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor (June 2016 to June 2022) in Department of Physics at Lahore College for Women University, Lahore. 
  • Lecturer (June 2015 to June 2016) in Physics at Department of Physics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan. 
  • Assistant professor (Feb. 2014 to Feb. 2015) in Department of Physics at Lahore College for Women University, Lahore on Interim Placement of Fresh PhD Program (HEC), Pakistan. 
  • Lecturer (September 2006 to November 2009) in Physics at Department of Physics, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan. 
  • Teaching Assistant (September 2003 to August 2006) in Physics at Department of Physics, GC University, Lahore, Pakistan. 
  • 23 MS and 18 BS Students have completed their research thesis/project under my supervision. Currently, 5 MS and 8 BS students are working their research thesis. 
  • Two PhD Students are working their research under my supervisor.
  • I did research work at  International Center for Advanced Studies in Physical Sciences, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, as Ph.D guest researcher (November 2011-May 2012) under the “International Research Support Initiative Program”  scholarship of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.  
  • Appointment as Syllabus Setter in the subject of Physics for MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) at University of Health Sciences, Lahore, 2017. (F.Sc. Punjab Text Book Board Curriculum) 
  • Appointment as Question Bank Setter in the subject of Physics for MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) at University of Health Sciences, Lahore, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016. (F.Sc. Punjab Text Book Board Curriculum) 
  • Appointment as Syllabus Setter in the subject of Physics for MCAT (Medical College Admission Test) at University of Health Sciences, Lahore, 2010. (F.Sc. Punjab Text Book Board Curriculum) 
  • Appointment as Final Paper Setter in the subject of Essential of Physics & Mathematics (Paper-I) for Paramedical Diploma in Certificate Course for Radiographer Annual Examination 2011, at University of Health Sciences Lahore, 2011. 
  • Appointment as Final Paper Setter in the subject of Physics for Paramedical Diploma in Medical Laboratory (Part-I) Annual Examination 2011, at University of Health Sciences Lahore, 2011. 
  • Appointment as Member of Entrance Test 2013 Validation Committee at University of Health Sciences Lahore, 22nd September 2013. 
  • Reviewer for International Impact factor Journals
           Physics of plasmas
           Journal of Plasma Physics

Conferences & Seminars  

  • Organizer & Focal Person for “2nd international conference on Emerging Trends in Physics”, 20th – 23rd March, 2023, Department of Physics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
  • Participate in “3rd international conference on Emerging Science and Technologies”, 1st – 2nd March, 2023, Government Islamia Graduate College Civil Lines, Lahore
  • Participate in “17th National Symposium on Frontiers in Physics”, 1st - 3rd Dec, 2022 Department of Physics, GC University, Lahore
  • Organizer for “International webinar on Material Science and Current Era”, 18th – 20th Oct, 2022 Department of Physics, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
  • 8-days Faculty Training Undergraduate STEM Education in Pakistan, 2022, Starting from 20th June, 2022 (8 days) , Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
  • Organizer and Focal Person of “International e-Conference on Emerging Trends in Physics” November 23rd -25th 2021, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore.
  • Participate & present research work as a Poster “16th NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS” (2019) at GCU Lahore, Pakistan. [Local]
  • Participate & present research work “Ist International Physics Conference on Innovation in Material Science & Nanotechnology” (2018) at LGU Lahore, Pakistan. [Local]
  • Organized a “International Seminar on Physics” (2018) at LCWU, Lahore, [Local] 
  • Participate & present research work “15th NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS” (2018) at GCU Lahore, Pakistan. [Local]
  • Participate “2nd INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CONVENTION” (2017) at Forman Christian College Lahore, Pakistan. [Local]
  • Participate “First ICTP-NCP International College on Plasma Physics” (2013) at NCP, Islamabad, Pakistan. [Local]
  • Participate “12th National Symposium on Frontiers in Physics” (2011) at GCU Lahore, Pakistan. [Local]
  • Participate & present research work in “Summer College on Plasma Physics” (10-28 August 2009) at ICTP in Trieste, Italy. [Foreign] Oral presentation on “Colloidal crystal formation in a semiconductor quantum plasma”.
  • Participate & present research work in “First NCP Scientific Spring” (2009) at NCP Islamabad, Pakistan. [Local]Oral presentation on “Potentials in a nonuniform quantum dusty magnetoplasma”. 
  • Participate “33rd International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Need” (2008), at Nathiagali, Pakistan. [Local]
  • Participate “International Symposium on Contemporary Physics” (2007), at NCP, QAU, Islamabad, Pakistan. [Local]
  • Participate “12th Regional Conference on Mathematical Physics” (2006), at NCP, QAU, Islamabad, Pakistan. [Local]
  • Participate “A Symposium on Frontiers in Physics” (2004) at GCU Lahore, organized by Pakistan Physical Society. [Local] 
  • Participate “A Symposium on Frontiers in Physics” (2003) at GCU, Lahore, organized by Pakistan Physical Society. [Local]
  • Lecture Course on Applied Radio activity by S. M. Qaim (Prof. University of Cologne, Julich, Germany) (2003) at GCU, Lahore. [Local]

Membership      

  • Member of the “Pakistan Physical Society” (PPS), Pakistan.    

Publications

  1. Doping induced modulation in structural, electronic, optical, elastic and mechanical properties of RbPbF3: Insights from DFT computationFakiha Gulzar, Sofia Siddique, S.S.A. Gillani, Nooria Abbas, I. Zeba ,* Materials Science and Engineering B 305, 117435 (2024) 
  1. Probing ion substitution in NaAlO3-xHx perovskites for advanced hydrogen storage systems: A prediction through DFT Sana Zafar, I. Zeba ,*, S.S.A.Gillani International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 94, 285–299 (2024)
  2. Cubic to pseudo-cubic tetragonal phase transformation with Mg, Ca, and Be doping and its impact on optoelectronic, elastic and mechanical properties of SrHfO3 Nooria Abbas , I. Zeba , M. Shakil , Fakiha Gulzar, Riaz Ahmad, S.S.A. Gillani Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 177 (111279) 2023
  3. A detailed computational study to investigate the influence of metals (Bi, Sn, Tl) substitution on phase transition, electronic band structure and their implications on optical, elastic, anisotropic and mechanical properties of PbHfO3 Javeria Nadeem · Zubia Kiran · I. Zeba · Fakiha Gulzar· M Awais · S. S. A. Gillani Optical and Quantum Electronics, 55 (45) 2023 
  4. First-principles calculations to investigate band gap of cubic BaThO3 with systematic isotropic external static pressure and its impact on structural, elastic, mechanical, anisotropic, electronic and optical properties Awais, M., Zeba, I*, Gillani, S.S.A., Shakil, M., Rizwan, M Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 169, 2022 
  5. Systematic study of phase transformation, wide-to-narrow electronic band transition and optical properties of barium zirconium Oxynitrate: Ab initio calculations S. S. A. Gillani, Musaddaq Mukhtar, I. Zeba, M. Shakil, Tousif Hussain & Riaz Ahmad Molecular Physics, 120(19), 2022
  6. First-principles calculations to investigate structural phase transformation to semi-conductor–metal transition and their impact on optical properties in lead titanium oxynitrate Gillani, S.S.A.,, I., Zeba, I., Shakil, M., Ahmad, R. Molecular Simulation, 48(14), 2022
  7. Structural and Magnetic Behavior of MoS2 on Doping of Transition Metals: a DFT Study Shakil, M., Naz, A., Zeba, I., Gillani, S.S.A., Rafique, M., Ahmed, S., Zafar, M. Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 2021
  1. Dispersive Features of Plasma Waves in Nano-Waveguide Systems Ayesha, R., Rasheed, A., Ali, M., Zeba, I., Jamil, M. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 2021. 
  2. Impact of non-Thermal electrons on spatial damping: A kinetic model for the parallel propagating modes Sarfraz, M., Abbas, G., Farooq, H., Zeba, I. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences, 2021
  3. Structural phase transformation, insulator to semiconductor transition by Be/Sr doping and impact on optical properties of KMgF3 fluroperovskite Zeba, Warda Batool, Asma Maqsood, Shakil, M. B. Tahir, Riaz Ahmad & S. S. A. Gillani Molecular Physics, (2021) https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2021.1959661
  4. A computational study to explore the effects of copper doping concentration on phase stability, electronic band structure and optical properties of CsSrF3 fluro-perovskite Muhammad Rizwan, Waqar Azam, S. S. A. Gillani, I. Zeba, M. Shakil, S. S. Ali & Riaz Ahmad Molecular Physics, (2021) https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2021.1892226  First-principles investigation of structural modification, fine band gap engineering, and optical response of La1−xBaxGaO3 for optoelectronic applications Muhammad Rizwan, A. Khadija, I. Zeba, M. Shakil, Zahid Usman, S. S. A. Gillani, Applied Physics A 126, Article number: 688 (2020).
  1. Study the effect of magnesium doping concentration on structural and optoelectronic response of NaCa1-xMgxF3 fluoro-perovskite: First-principles computation Zeba, Kiran, M. Shakil, M. Rafique, Riaz Ahmad, S. S. A. Gillani Optik, 218, 164990 (2020).
  2. Effect of external pressure on the structural stability, electronic structure, band gap engineering and optical properties of LiNbO3: An ab-initio calculation  S. A.Gillani, Riaz Ahmad, I. Zeba, Islah-u-din, M. Shakil, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Rafique, M. Sarfraz, S. S. Hassan Materials today communications, 23, 100919 (2020).
  3. Theoretical investigation of structural, mechanical, electronic and thermal behavior of platinum group metals and their intermetallic alloys PtRhX (X = Pd, Ir, Os, Ru) Shabbir Ahmed, M. Shakil, Muhammad Zafar, I. Zeba, Riaz Ahmad, S. S. A. Gillani Physica B: Condensed Matter, 591, 412240 (2020).
  4. Effect of anomalous behavior of Be-doping on structural stability, bandgap and optical properties in comparison with Mg-doped BaZrO3 perovskite: insights from DFT calculations Zeba, Jabeen, Riaz Ahmad, M. Shakil, M. Rafique, M. Rizwan, N. Bashir, S. S. A. Gillani Optical and Quantum Electronics, 52, Article number 234 (2020).
  5. First-principles computation of magnesium doped CaZrO3 perovskite: A study of phase transformation, bandgap engineering and optical response for optoelectronic applications Zeba, Ramzan, Riaz Ahmad, M. Shakil, M. Rizwan, M. Rafique, M. Sarfraz, M. Ajmal, S. S. A. Gillani Solid State Communications, 313, 113907 (2020).
  6. Electronic, structural and optical properties of BaTiO3 doped with lanthanum (La): Insight from DFT calculation Muhammad Rizwan, Hajra, I. Zeba, Muhammad Shakil, S. S. A. Gillani, Zahid Usman Optik, 211, 164611 (2020).
  7. Effect of mixed halide contents on structural, electronic, optical and elastic properties of CsSnI3-xBrx for solar cell applications: First-principles study Shakil, Arfan Akram, I. Zeba, Riaz Ahmad, S. S. A. Gillani, Muhammad Asghar Gadhi Materials Research Express (2020)
  8. Proton firehose instability: An interplay of thermal core and non-thermal halo protons Sarfraz, S. Noureen, G. Abbas, I. Zeba, M. Jamil , and S. S. A. Gillani AIP Advances 9, 125301 (2019) Impact factor: 1.579
  9. Structural stability of SrZrO3 perovskite and improvement in electronic and optical properties by Ca and Ba doping for optoelectronicapplications: a DFT approach S. A. Gillani, Riaz Ahmad, I. Zeba, Islah-u-din, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Rafique, Shakil, Saqib Jabbar, M. Siddique PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE, Part B:Condense Matter Physics 99, 3133 (2019) Impact factor: 1.855 
  10. Tuning the Photocatalytic Performance of Tungsten Oxide by Incorporating Cu3V2O8 Nanoparticles for H2 Evolution Under Visible Light Irradiation B. Tahir, T. Iqbal, I. Zeba, A. Hasan, Shabbir Muhammad, Saifeldin M. Siddeeg, Khurram Shehzad Impact factor: 1.515 Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage 17, 011002 (2019)
  11. Subsonic Potentials in Ultra dense Plasmas Arroj A. Khan, I. Zeba, M. Jamil Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A (ZNA) 74, 207 (2019)   Impact factor: 1.355
  12. Oscillatory wake potential with exchange-correlation in plasmas Arroj A. Khan, I. Zeba, M. Jamil, and M. Asif Physics of Plasmas 24, 123708 (2017)  Impact factor: 2.115
  13. Low frequency waves in streaming quantum dusty plasmas Ch. Rozina, M. Jamil, Arroj A. Khan, I. Zeba, and J. Saman Physics of Plasmas 24, 093702 (2017)                             Impact factor: 2.115
  14. Kinetic Jeans instability and nonlinear damping of electromagnetic waves in self gravitating dusty plasma Ch. Rozina, N. L. Tsintsadze, M. Madiha, I.Zeba Physics of Plasmas 24, 053705 (2017) Impact factor: 2.115
  15. SNS Potential with Exchange Field in Quantum Dusty Plasmas Zeba, Maryam Batool, Arroj Khan, M. Jamil , Ch. Rozina Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59, 025008 (2017)     Impact factor: 2.404
  16. Solitary acoustic pulses in quantum semiconductor plasmas W.M. Moslem, I. Zeba, P. K. Shukla. Applied Physics Letters 101, 032106 (2012)                     Impact factor: 3.515 
  17. Electron-hole two-stream instability in a quantum semiconductor plasma with exchange-correlation effects Zeba, E. Yahia, P. K. Shukla, W. M. Moslem. Physics Letter A 376, 2309 (2012)                            Impact factor: 1.626
  18. Ion solitary pulses in warm plasmas with ultrarelativistic degenerate electrons and positrons Zeba, M. Moslem, P. K. Shukla. The Astrophysical Journal 750, 72 (2012)                    Impact factor: 6.280
  19. Diamagnetic drift instabilities in collisional nonuniform quantum dusty magnetoplasmas Jamil, Ch. Uzma, K. Zubia, I. Zeba, H. M. Rafique, M. Salimullah. Journal of Plasma Physics 78, 589 (2012)                          Impact factor: 0.739
  20. Quantum modification of dust shear Alfven wave in Plasmas Jamil, M. Shahid, I. Zeba, M. Salimullah, H. A. Shah, G. Murtaza. Physics of Plasmas 19, 023705 (2012)                              Impact factor: 2.249
  21. Modified screening potential in a high density inhomogeneous quantum dusty magnetoplasma. Hussain, I. Zeba, M. Salimullah, G. Murtaza, M. Jamil. Physics of Plasmas 17, 054504 (2010)                              Impact factor: 2.249
  22. The parametric decay of Alfven waves into shear Alfven waves and dust-lower-hybrid waves. Jamil, H. A. Shah, M. Salimullah, K. Zubia, I. Zeba, Ch. Uzma. Physics of Plasmas 17, 073703 (2010)                   Impact factor: 2.249
  23. Colloidal crystal formation in a semiconductor quantum Zeba, Uzma, M. Jamil, M. Salimullah, P. K. Shukla. Phyics of Plasmas 17, 032105 (2010)                    Impact factor: 2.249
  24. Drift wave instability in a nonuniform quantum dusty Salimullah, M. Jamil, I. Zeba, Ch. Uzma, H. A. Shah. Physics of Plasmas 16, 034503 (2009)                   Impact factor: 2.24
  25. Potentials in a nonuniform quantum dusty salimullah, I. Zeba, Ch. Uzma, M. Jamil. Physics of Plasmas   16, 033703 (2009)                          Impact factor: 2.249
  26. Stimulated Brillouin scattering of laser radiation in a piezoelectric semiconductor: quantumCh. Uzma, I. Zeba, H. A. Shah, M. Salimullah.Journal of Applied Physics 105, 013307 (2009)                  Impact factor: 2.259
  27. Dust-lower-hybrid waves in quantum Salimullah, I. Zeba, Ch. Uzma, H. A. Shah, G. Murtaza. Physics Letter A 372, 2291 (2008)                            Impact factor: 1.626
  28. Electromagnetic dust-lower-hybrid and dust-magnetosonic waves and their Instabilities in a dusty magnetoplasmaSalimullah, M. M. Rehman, I. Zeba, H. A. Shah, G. Murtaza, P. K. Shukla. Physics of Plasmas 13 , 122102 (2006) Impact factor: 2.249