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Dr. Muhammad Sarfraz

Dr. Muhammad Sarfraz

Assistant Professor
Department: Physics
Email: msarfraz@gcu.edu.pk
Research Interests: My Research Interests are:
1- Theoretical Plasma
2- Linear and Quasilinear Theory
3- Comparison of solar wind observations with Quasilinear Theory
Biography

Dr. M. Sarfraz is an Assistant Professor in Physics since December 2018. He completed his PhD in 2017 from GC University Lahore and did postdoc from University of Maryland in 2021. His area of research is the Mathematical and simulation modeling of space plasmas in general and solar wind as specific. To date, Dr. Sarfraz supervised 2 PhD, 9 MPhil, and 28 BS research students. He has published 50 research articles in international journals with accumulative impact factor of 150. Presently, his research articles achieved 590 citations with 15 h-index and 20 i-index. In a close collaboration with Prof. Peter Yoon (University of Maryland) and with his other national/international collaborators, he published his work in the top ranked journals of the field e.g. The Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Plasma Physics, Chinese Journal of Physics, Physics of Plasmas, and The European Physical Journal Plus. Dr. Sarfraz has vast 15 years of teaching experience at PhD, BS, and Intermediate levels. On the administrative side of his responsibilities, he was member of the Academic Council, Advisor of Jones Physics Society, Member of the Board of Studies as Lecturer. Currently, he is performing his assigned tasks as Member of the Board of Studies, Focal Person of CM Honhaar Scholarships and PM Laptop Scheme, and In-charge of EMT Lab.

Education
2021  Post Doc in Physics, University Of Maryland College Park, USA
2017  PhD in Physics, GC University, Lahore Lahore, Pakistan
2011  MS/MPhil in Physics, GC University, Lahore Lahore, Pakistan
2008  Masters in Physics, GC University, Lahore Lahore, Pakistan

Teaching Areas

1- Physics (Intermediate)
2- Mechanics (BS)
3- Waves and Oscillation (BS)
4- Heat and Thermodynamics (BS)
5- Geometrical and Physical Optics (BS)
6- Quantum Mechanics-I (BS)
7- Quantum Mechanics-II (BS)
8- Non-Linear Theory of Plasma Waves and Instabilities (PhD)
Experience
From To Designation Firm/Institution
Dec 2018 Continue Assistant Professor GC University, Lahore
Jan 2011 Dec 2018 Lecturer GC University, Lahore

Journal Papers

Bilal, M., Rehman, A., Ahmad, M., Shahzad, M. A., Sarfraz, M. (2025). "Destabilizing effects of nonthermal nonextensive particles on electromagnetic Alfvén-cyclotron modes in anisotropic non-equilibrium collision-free plasmas." Physica Scripta, , . | Impact Factor: 2.6
Rashid, M., Aziz, T., Sarfraz, M., Shahzad, M. A., Bilal, M., Rehman, A., (2025). "Effect of temperature-anisotropic hot protons on proton cyclotron instability in the Earth’s outer magnetosphere: a moment-based quasilinear approach." Journal of Plasma Physics, , . | Impact Factor: 2.5
Shahzad, M. A., Rehman, A., Bilal, M., Sarfraz, M., Zafar, A., Hamza, M. Y. (2025). "Excitation of Weibel instability in nonthermal Vasyliunas-Cairns distributed plasmas: A kinetic theory based numerical analysis." Physics Letters A, , . | Impact Factor: 2.6
Shahzad, M. A., Rehman, A., Bilal, M., Rubab, N., Zaheer, S., Sarfraz, M. (2025). "Influence of Vasyliunas-Cairns distributed non-thermal cold and hot electrons on the electron acoustic mode: a kinetic theory based exact numerical analysis." The European Physical Journal Plus, , . | Impact Factor: 2.9
Yoon, P. H., Salem, C. S., Lazar, M., Martinovi´c, M. M., Klein, K. G., López, R. A., Shaaban, S. M., Seough, J., Huang, J., Sarfraz, M., Poedts, S. (2025). "Regulation of temperature anisotropy for solar wind protons and alpha particles by collisions and instabilities." Astronomy & Astrophysics, , . | Impact Factor: 6.1
Yoon, P. H., López, R. A., Seough, J., Rashid, M., Salem, C. S., Sarfraz, M., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M. (2024). "Quasi-linear Analysis of Proton-cyclotron Instability." The Astrophysical Journal, , . | Impact Factor: 5.4
Yoon, P. H., Salem, C. S., Klein, K. G., Martinovi´c, M. M., López, R. A., Seough, J., Sarfraz, M., Lazar, M., Shaaban, S. M. (2024). "Regulation of solar wind electron temperature anisotropy by collisions and instabilities." The Astrophysical Journal, , . | Impact Factor: 5.4