Dr. Shakir Ullah

About

Dr. Shakir Ullah is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. He completed a two-year postdoc at the Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. He earned his PhD in Quantum Physics from the Department of Physics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan. Dr. Shakir mainly works in quantum information, quantum computation, and quantum optics. Particularly, the areas of his research interest include quantum correlations, quantum teleportation, quantum plasmonics, quantum heat engines, second harmonic generation, four-wave mixing, parametric conversion, optomechanical systems, Gaussian Boson Sampling, computational complexity, and other related topics.


Basic Information

Designation: Assistant Professor

Research Area: Quantum Information, Quantum Computation, and Quantum Optics

Email: shakir@qau.edu.pk

Academic Qualifications

 

Research and Teaching Experience

 

Visiting Research Positions

 

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses

Research Students Supervision

Current PhD Students

Supervised MPhil Students 

Current MPhil Students 

 

Thesis Examination and Evaluation

MS/M.Phil. Thesis

 

Awards/Honors and Achievements

Awards/Honors

Referee for Scientific Journals

Scholarships

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  1. Muhammad Safeer Sadiq, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Coherence-controlled Azimuthal Modulation of Atomic Ensemble Susceptibility, Grating, and Fraunhofer Diffraction,” Optics Express 33, 53919-53936 (2025).

  2. Shakir Ullah, Muhammad Kamil Abbasi, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Double coherent population trapping in a laser-driven atomic medium via spontaneous emission generated coherence,” Physica Scripta 100, 065122 (2025).

  3. Gul Tiaz, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Controlled multiple spectral hole burning via a tripod-type atomic medium,” New Journal of Physics 26, 013047 (2024).

  4. Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Coherence controlled generation of Gaussian quantum discord in a quantum beat laser,” Physica Scripta 98, 045113 (2023).

  5. Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Time-dependent quantum teleportation via a parametric converter,” Journal of Physics B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 55, 145501 (2022).

  6. Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Generation and Control of Bipartite Entanglement in a Correlated Spontaneous-Emission Laser,” Journal of Russian Laser Research 42, 501-511 (2021).

  7. Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Continuous variable quantum teleportation via entangled Gaussian state generated by a linear beam splitter,” Journal of Physics B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics 53, 135501 (2020).

  8. Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Bipartite Gaussian quantum steering, entanglement, discord and their interconnection via a parametric down-converter,” Applied Optics 59, 2701-2708 (2020).

  9. Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Hierarchy of temporal quantum correlations using a correlated spontaneous emission laser,” Optics Express 27, 26858-26873 (2019).

  10. Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Quantum steering of two-mode Gaussian state using a quantum beat laser,” Applied Optics 58, 7014-7021 (2019).

  11. Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Gul Tiaz, Fazal Ghafoor, and Farhan Saif, “Coherence control of entanglement dynamics of two-mode Gaussian state via Raman driven quantum beat laser using Simon’s criterion,” Applied Optics 58, 197-204 (2019).

  12. Gul Tiaz, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Wavevector mismatch and Doppler-free three-dimensional atom localization,” Laser Physics 29, 095202 (2019).

  13. Haleema Sadia Qureshi, Shakir Ullah, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Hierarchy of quantum correlations using a linear beam splitter,” Scientific Reports 8, 16288 (2018).

 

Preprints

  1. Noura Chabar, Shakir Ullah, Mohamed Amazioug, et al., “Barnett Effect-Induced Nonreciprocal Entanglement in Magnomechanics with Optical Parametric Amplifier,” arXiv (2025). https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25389

  2. Rasim Volga Ovali, Shakir Ullah, Mehmet Gunay, and Mehmet Emre Tasgin, “Environmental-induced work extraction,” arXiv (2023). https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00574v1

  3. Shakir Ullah, Mehmet Emre Tasgin, Rasim Volga Ovali, and Mehmet Gunay, “Electrically-programmable frequency comb for compact quantum photonic circuits,” arXiv (2023). https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00439

 

Seminars and Presentations at Conferences

Invited Seminar Presentations

  1. From Classical Computing to Quantum Computing, Department of Physics, Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (07 Jan 2026).

  2. From Bits to Qubits and Correlations, Department of Physics, Government Postgraduate College for Women, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (19 Dec 2025).

  3. Quantum Information Processing through Entanglement, Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (23 Oct 2024).

  4. Generation and Control of Two-Mode Gaussian Entangled State, Department of Physics, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey (08 Jun 2022).

Invited Conference/Workshop Presentations

  1. From Classical Computing to Quantum Computing, One Day International Symposium on Quantum Science and Technology, Women University Mardan, Mardan, Pakistan (13 Feb 2026).

  2. Quantum Information Processing through Entanglement, Symposium on Theoretical Physics: Current Trends & Future Directions, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan (30 May 2025).

  3. Coherence-Controlled Generation of Gaussian Quantum Discord in a Quantum Beat Laser, Celebrating the International Day of Light - Symposium on Quantum Light, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (16 May 2025).

  4. Continuous Variable Quantum Teleportation via Entangled Gaussian State Generated by a Linear Beam Splitter, 1st International Conference on Sciences for Future Trends (ICSFT), The University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Pakistan (07 – 08 Dec 2024).

  5. Entanglement Dynamics of Two-Mode Gaussian State via Raman-Driven Quantum Beat Laser, Conference on Quantum Information, Society for Promotion of Science & Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (20 – 21 May 2022).

  6. Computation of Magnetic Potential using Monte Carlo Simulation, 3rd National Conference on Physics & Emerging Sciences and Project Exhibition, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan (06 – 07 Apr 2015). 

Poster Presentations

  1. Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Continuous Variable Quantum Teleportation via Entangled Gaussian State Generated by a Linear Beam Splitter”, Quantum Optics and Information Meeting (KOBIT-6), Turkey (03 – 04 Feb 2022).

  2. Shakir Ullah, Haleema Sadia Qureshi, and Fazal Ghafoor, “Quantum Steering of a Two-Mode Gaussian State using a Quantum Beat Laser”, Pakistan International Conference on Quantum Information & Computation (PICQIC), NUST & NCP, Pakistan (13 – 15 Oct 2021). Winner of the Best Poster Award

 

Participation at Conferences

  1. 50th International Nathiagali Summer College - Activity-IV (Quantum Technologies), Nathiagali, Pakistan (23 Jun – 28 Jun 2025).

  2. APS Satellite March Meeting 2025 - Global Satellite Session Pakistan: Highlight from the 2nd Joint National Centre for Physics (20 Mar 2025).

  3. 49th International Nathiagali Summer College - Activity-I (Quantum Technologies), Nathiagali, Pakistan (24 Jun – 28 Jun 2024).

  4. Quantum Horizons: Developments and Opportunities, Summer Research School, Gebze, Turkey (01 – 15 Jul 2022).

  5. 47th International Nathiagali Summer College - Activity-IV (Advances in Quantum Technologies), Nathiagali, Pakistan (26 Jun – 02 Jul 2022).

  6. 1st National Symposium on Physics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (27 – 29 Mar 2019).

  7. Pak–China Symposium on Quantum Optics, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan (09 – 11 Apr 2018).

  8. 1st National Conference on Advances in Physics, University of Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (06 – 07 Nov 2017).

  9. TUD – CIIT International mini-School on Quantum and Ultrafast Optics: Theory and Experiment, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan (04 – 06 Oct 2017).

  10. 42nd International Nathiagali Summer College - Activity-IV (Quantum Information and Devices), National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan (17 – 29 Jul 2017).

  11. International Symposium on Light and Life, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan (14 – 16 Oct 2015).

 

Leadership and Activities

Co-Founder and Executive Member

Mentorship

 

Organizational Experience

  1. Member of Organizing Team: One Day International Symposium on Quantum Science and Technology, organized by The Qubit Pakistan; Department of Physics, Women University Mardan, Mardan; and Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (13 Feb 2026).

  2. Member of Technical Committee: 1st International Symposium on STEM, organized by the Department of Physics, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan (11 Dec 2025).

  3. Chief Organizer: Workshop on Quantum Computing, organized by The Qubit Pakistan & the Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan (26 – 28 Nov 2025).

  4. Member of Organizing Team: 18th National Symposium on Frontiers in Physics, organized by Pakistan Physical Society and hosted jointly by Quaid-i-Azam University & National Centre for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan (11 – 13 Feb 2025).

 

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