Modified Kadomtsev Petviashvili (mKP) equation is derived by considering the dynamics of the dust-acoustic waves (DAWs) with kappa-distributed hot and cold ions and Boltzmannian electrons. The bifurcation theory of the planar dynamical system is used to obtain the phase portrait of the DAWs in the framework of the mKP equation. The formation of dust-acoustic solitary waves (DASWs) is analyzed for different plasma parameters in Saturn's magnetosphere (SMS). In the current plasma model, the external periodic force is introduced to study the quasiperiodic and chaotic behavior of the DAWs. It is noted that periodic initial conditions lead to the emergence of many outlandish features in the system by comparison with the solitary initial conditions.

Dr. Muhammad Sultan works as Professor of Physics and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Kohsar University Murree. He completed his Ph.D. in the field of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics (Ultrafast Dynamics) from Freie University Berlin, Germany in 2012. He has 10 months post PhD experience at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley California where he worked on the spectroscopy of nanomaterials for energy applications. He served in several academic and administrative positions at Kohsar University Murree such as Chairperson Department of Physics, Campus-Incharge, and Director Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC). Before joining Kohsar University, he worked as Principal Scientist at the Nanoscience and Technology Department of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) Islamabad, where he led the photovoltaics research group. He played a key role in the establishment of the Nanoscience and Technology Department’s laboratories at NCP including X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and SPM systems. He has several publications in well-reputed international journals and has presented his work at numerous international conferences as well. He has successfully completed international projects including a Pakistan-German research collaboration project between NCP and the University of Konstanz, Germany. He works on nanomaterials for energy and sensing applications. His research interests include the next generation of solar cells and optoelectronics, ultrafast dynamics, spectroscopy of nanomaterials, charge transfer & dynamics of solids, surfaces & interfaces, printed electronics, solution-processed semiconductors, nanomaterials, and their emerging applications. 

Dr. Aeysha Khalique is an Associate Professor at Department of Physics, in School of Natural Sciences, NUST Islamabad. Dr. Khalique have a PhD in Physics from Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany in 2008 and since then she is working in NUST. She have been working in quantum communication since two decades and started working in quantum computation for a few years, including guiding research students in these areas at all undergraduate and graduate levels. She have several current national and international collaborations and publications in reputable journals.

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In this presentation I would talk about the density functional theory – a reformulation of quantum mechanics for many body systems. How density functional theory can be helpful in understanding the nature of electrides – a purportedly new phase of matter that occurs at very high pressures. I would also discuss the time dependent analogue of density functional theory and its applications to the problem of radiation matter interaction.

I am a pursuing a Ph.D. in quantum gravity at the University of New Brunswick, and I am interested in various approaches to quantum gravity, including but not limited to canonical quantum gravity, loop quantum gravity, and string theory. Currently, I am engaged in exploring the limits of semiclassical gravity. 

Nidhal Guessoum is Professor of Astrophysics at American University of Sharjah (AUS), UAE. He is a science communicator and a public intellectual author of two books: 'Islam's Quantum questions' and 'Young Muslim's guide to modern science'. 

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Mr. Abdullah Irfan graduated with a BS Physics from LUMS in 2021 and came to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a PhD in Physics. He is working in Wolfgang Pfaff's lab on experimental quantum information. His area of research broadly falls into quantum networks with superconducting qubits. 

Effective teaching and learning of science and math requires the alignment of various components of a course such as course content, learning outcomes, instructional strategies, and assessment methods. This alignment impacts students’ learning and informs the teachers’ teaching. In addition, it is crucial to know how teaching and learning work cognitively. 

In this talk I will introduce a new course whose primary audience is graduate and undergraduate students of science and math who see themselves as future educators. 

Additionally, work on Teaching Certification Program geared to our graduate students is in the works. preliminary thoughts on this certification shall also be shared in this talk.