Biography

Dr. Maaz Khan
Professor, Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
E-mail: kmaaz786@gmail.com

FELLOWSHIPS:
Recipient of PIFI Fellowship of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2016)
Recipient of Korean Scholarship for Postdoctoral Studies at Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (2010)
Recipient of 6-month Scholarship at the Institute of Modern Physics, CAS, China (2008)
Recipient of HEC (Pakistan) Scholarship for Ph.D. Studies (2002)

POSITIONS HELD:
December 2020 to Present (Professor and DCS at R&D Organization, Pakistan)
March 2015 – March 2017 (Foreign Scientist, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, P.R. China)
May 2010 – Apr 2012 (Research Professor at Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea)

EDUCATION
Post-Doctorates: Korea (2012) and China (2017)
Ph.D.: Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (2008)
M.S. (Nuclear Engineering): Quaid-i-Azam University/PIEAS, Islamabad (1999)
M.Sc. (Physics): University of Peshawar (1997)
B.Sc. (Physics/Mathematics): Government College Swabi, Pakistan (1994)

RESEARCH INTEREST
Synthesis and properties of metallic and non-metallic nanowires, ferrite nanoparticles, Semiconducting and dilute magnetic semiconducting nanoparticles, and multilayer nanowires.
Use of Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Microscopy (TEM), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) studies, and other Optical, Magnetic, and Electrical characterization techniques and tools used in the study of nanomaterials.

EXPERIENCE WITH CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES
Structural phase transition study by using the XRD technique
Sol-gel processing, Electrochemical deposition, Co-precipitation technique
UV/VIS spectrometer, FTIR spectrometer
XRD, TEM, SEM, Impedance analysis
SQUID, vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM)
Electrical characterization of nanowires

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES
XRD, TEM, SEM, SPM, RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY, PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY, PPMS, VSM
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(a) Twenty-four (24) years of Research and Teaching Experience at University/Research Institute.

BOOK AUTHOR
(1) Author of the book "Exchange Bias in Core/shell Ferrite Nanoparticles: Synthesis and magnetic characterization of Nickel substituted cobalt ferrite nanoparticles" (ISBN-10: 3-8383-5490-7), Lambert Academic Publishing (LAP), Germany.
https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/exchange-bias-in-core-shell-ferrite-nanoparticles/isbn/978-3-8383-5490-3

JOURNAL EDITOR
(1) Editorial Board Member of "World Journal of Condensed Matter Physics" (ISSN: Print-2160-6919, online-2160-6927), Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. USA.
http://www.scirp.org/Journal/EditorialBoard.aspx?JournalID=502
(2) Editorial Board Member of "International Journal of Nano Studies & Technology (IJNST)" (ISSN: 2167-8685), Sci Doc Publishers, New York. USA
http://www.scidoc.org/ijnst.php
(3) Editorial Board Member of "Advances in Alloys and Compounds” (ISSN: 2374-541X, online), Columbia International Publishing, 3610 Buttonwood, Dr. Suite 200
Columbia, MO 65201, USA
http://aac.uscip.us/EditorialBoard.aspx
(4) Editorial Board Member of “American Journal of Nano Research and Applications” Science Publishing Group, USA
http://membership.sciencepublishinggroup.com/maaz

BOOK EDITOR
(1) Editor of the book "The Transmission Electron Microscope" (ISBN 978-953-51-0450-6), InTech Europe-Open Access Publisher, Croatia (2012)
http://www.intechopen.com/books/the-transmission-electron-microscope
(2) Editor of the book (In-progress) "The Transmission Electron Microscope-Theory and Applications” (ISBN 978-953-51-4270-6), InTech Europe-Open Access Publisher, Croatia (2015) In-press.
http://www.intechopen.com/books/the-transmission-electron-microscope-theory-and-applications
(3) Editor of the book "Magnetic Materials" (ISBN 978-953-51-4717-6), InTech Europe-Open Access Publisher, Croatia (expected publication in June 2016)
http://www.intechopen.com/welcome/4f04cfbb54e455378de5fc7725e36a0c/maaz@impcas.ac.cn