Ascending to a new role in the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering, is Dr. Adam Zaman – the new Chair of the Physics Department. Congratulations!

Dr. Adam Zaman’s research interests lie in what are considered the backbone of quantum computers – open quantum systems. He is an avid teacher and is known for his ability to fuse passion and rigor in the classroom. Resorting to computational digressions to bring home complex ideas in mechanics, condensed matter physics, atomic-laser physics and quantum mechanics, he is popular and highly respected among many students. He has played an important role in maintaining the high quality of teaching and pedagogy that the Physics Department.

He picks up the mantle from Dr. Muhammad Faryad who has illustriously chaired the Department with his soft and forward-looking demeanor and made standout contributions in teaching excellence, research excellence and has led the Department from the front. The migration to the online realm and the many challenges which were presented, brought out the best from Dr. Faryad's skills in pedagogy and communion with our students at SBASSE. He has helped us rethink about our labs, introduced active learning modalities, engineered new courses in quantum engineering, and has helped his colleagues in building and conducting new experiments in the laboratory. Many things that happen in the Physics department are now unique in Pakistan.

We extend our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Adam Zaman and wish him the best of success in this newfound role.