Department of Physics

Dr. Zeba Israr

Dr. Zeba Israr
Dr. Zeba Israr

Assistant 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

Assistant Professor (June 2016 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, Lahore. (Awarded by Govt. of Punjab, Pakistan)

Professional Experience

  • 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.

  • 19 MS and 16 BS Hons. Students have completed their research thesis/project under my supervision.

  • I did some part of research work at International Center for Advanced Studies in Physical Sciences, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, as 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             

  • 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, Pakistan. [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 Dr. 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. Structural and Magnetic Behavior of MoS2on 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. Structural phase transformation, insulator to semiconductor transition by Be/Sr doping and impact on optical properties of KMgF3 fluroperovskite I.Zeba, Warda Batool, Asma Maqsood, M. Shakil, M. B. Tahir, Riaz Ahmad & S. S. A. Gillani Molecular Physics, (2021) https://doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2021.1959661
  5. 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
  6. 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).
  7. Study the effect of magnesium doping concentration on structural and optoelectronic response of NaCa1-xMgxF3 fluoro-perovskite: First-principles computation
    I.Zeba, R. Kiran, M. Shakil, M. Rafique, Riaz Ahmad, S. S. A. Gillani
    Optik, 218, 164990 (2020).
  8. 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).
  9. 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).
  10. 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, R. Jabeen, Riaz Ahmad, M. Shakil, M. Rafique, M. Rizwan, N. Bashir, S. S. A. Gillani Optical and Quantum Electronics, 52, Article number 234 (2020).
  11. First-principles computation of magnesium doped CaZrO3 perovskite: A study of phase transformation, bandgap engineering and optical response for optoelectronic applications Zeba, M. Ramzan, Riaz Ahmad, M. Shakil, M. Rizwan, M. Rafique, M. Sarfraz, M. Ajmal, S. S. A. Gillani Solid State Communications,  313, 113907 (2020).
  12. 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).
  13. 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)
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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)
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. SNS Potential with Exchange Field in Quantum Dusty Plasmas Zeba, Maryam Batool, Arroj A. Khan, M. Jamil , Ch. Rozina Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59, 025008 (2017)   Impact factor: 2.404
  22. 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
  23. Electron-hole two-stream instability in a quantum semiconductor plasma with exchange-correlation effects Zeba, M. E. Yahia, P. K. Shukla, W. M. Moslem.Physics Letter A 376, 2309 (2012) Impact factor: 1.626                                                                                          
  24. Ion solitary pulses in warm plasmas with ultrarelativistic degenerate electrons and positrons Zeba, W. M. Moslem, P. K. Shukla.The Astrophysical Journal 750, 72 (2012)Impact factor: 6.280
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. The parametric decay of Alfven waves into shear Alfven waves and dust-low hybrid waves.Jamil, H. A. Shah, M. Salimullah, K. Zubia, I. Zeba, Ch. Uzma.     Physics of Plasmas 17, 073703 (2010)   Impact factor: 2.249
  29. Colloidal crystal formation in a semiconductor quantum plasma. Zeba, Ch. Uzma, M. Jamil, M. Salimullah, P. K. Shukla Phyics of Plasmas 17, 032105 (2010)  Impact factor: 2.249
  30. Drift wave instability in a nonuniform quantum dusty magnetoplasma. Salimullah, M. Jamil, I. Zeba, Ch. Uzma,  H. A. Shah. Physics of Plasmas 16, 034503 (2009)                             Impact factor: 2.24
  31. Potentials in a nonuniform quantum dusty magnetoplasma. salimullah, I. Zeba, Ch. Uzma, M. Jamil. Physics of Plasmas   16, 033703 (2009)   Impact factor: 2.249
  32. Stimulated Brillouin scattering of laser radiation in a piezoelectric semiconductor: quantum effect Ch. Uzma, I. Zeba, H. A. Shah, M. Salimullah. Journal of Applied Physics 105, 013307 (2009)                 Impact factor: 2.259
  33. Dust-lower-hybrid waves in quantum plasmas. Salimullah, I. Zeba, Ch. Uzma, H. A. Shah, G. Murtaza. Physics Letter A 372, 2291 (2008)                                Impact factor: 1.626
  34. Electromagnetic dust-lower-hybrid and dust-magnetosonic waves and their Instabilities in a dusty magnetoplasma Salimullah, M. M. Rehman, I. Zeba, H. A. Shah, G. Murtaza, P. K. Shukla.Physics of Plasmas 13 , 122102 (2006)  Impact factor: 2.249