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Muhammad Nouman Sarwar Qureshi

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Nouman Sarwar Qureshi

Professor / Director
Research Interests: Plasma Physics, Kinetic Model of Plasma Physics, Fluid Model of Plasma Physics, Computational Physics

Education

  • Post Doc in Space Physics, Beihang University, Beijing, China. (China) 2013
  • PhD in Space Physics, Centre For Space Science And Applied Research (CSSAR), Chinese Academy Of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, (China) 2007
  • MS/MPhil in Physics, Centre For Solid State Physics, University Of Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan) 2001

Teaching Areas

1. Space Physics
2. Ionospheric Plasma
3. Nonlinear Physics
4. Advanced Computational Physics
5. Advanced Plasma Physics
6. Plasma Physics
7. Computational Physics and Numerical Techniques
8. Statistical Physics
9. Classical Mechanics-I
10. Classical Mechanics-II
11. Electromagnetic Theory-I
12. Electromagnetic Theory-II

Experience

From To Designation Firm/Institution
Oct 2018 Continue Professor Department Of Physics, Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Dec 2013 Oct 2018 Associate Professor Department Of Physics, Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Aug 2003 Dec 2013 Assistant Professor Department Of Physics, Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Sep 2001 Sep 2002 Research Scholar Institute Of Interplanetary Space Physics, CNR-Rome, Italy
Sep 1997 Aug 2003 Lecturer Education Department, Punjab

Journal Papers

  • Zeeshan Iqbal, Hassan Amir Shah, Eihab M. Abdel-Rahman, Muhammad Nouman Sarwar Qureshi (2025). "Chaotic evolution of shock, soliton, and solitary-shock waves in a degenerate quantum plasma with adiabatically trapped electrons." Chaos, Solitons and Fractals , Vol. 199 , pp. 116719. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2025.116719 | Impact Factor: 5.3 [Link]
  • A. A. Abid, K. Qamar, Nisar Ahmad, M. S. Hussain M. N. S. Qureshi, A. Waheed, B. M. Alotaibi, Shaid Mahmood, Xiaojie Li, Guang-Rui and Yan-Fang Ji (2025). "Characteristics of dust acoustic solitary waves through the implementation of kappa-distributed non-thermal electrons and Boltzmann ions." AIP Advances , Vol. 15 (8) , pp. 085304. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0285002 | Impact Factor: 1.69 [Link]
  • S. A. M. Zaidi, M. N. S. Qureshi and Saba Khalid (2025). "Co-existence of comprehensive and rarefactive dust acoustic solitary structures in Saturn’s rings with non-Maxwellian ions and electrons." Communications in Theoretical Physics , Vol. 77 (5) , pp. 055505. DOI: doi.org/10.1088/1572-9494/ada37a | Impact Factor: 2.3 [Link]
  • A. A. Abid, N. Ahmad, B. M. Alotaibi, M. S. Hussain, A. Waheed, M. N. S. Qureshi, Xiaojie Li, Guang-Rui and Yan-Fang Ji (2025). "Dispersion relation for dust charge fluctuations of multi-ion dusty plasma." AIP Advances , Vol. 15 (10) , pp. 105020. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0300789 | Impact Factor: 1.69 [Link]
  • 72. Saba Khalid, M. N. S. Qureshi, and Naveera Izhar (2025). "Interpretation of double layers and associated electric field structures in earth’s magnetosphere based on (r,q) and nonextensive q-distributions." Phys. Plasmas , Vol. 32 (4) , pp. 042302. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0231787 | Impact Factor: 2.63 [Link]
  • S. T. Rizwan and M. N. S. Qureshi (2025). "Investigation of EMIC instability in the inner magnetosphere using the observed ion velocity distributions from cluster observations." Phys. Plasmas , Vol. 32 (10) , pp. 102103. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0283467 | Impact Factor: 2.63 [Link]
  • M. N. S. Qureshi, Ambar Tariq, Laiba Emaan and Saba Khalid (2025). "Ion-acoustic density hump solitons in (r,q) distributed plasmas using Python." International Journal of Innovations in Science & Technology , Vol. 7 (1) , pp. 313-321.
  • A. A. Abid, K. Qamar, Nisar Ahmad, A. Waheed, M. S. Hussain, M. N. S. Qureshi, Amin Esmaeili, B. M. Alotaibi, Ommair Ishaque, Xiaojie Li, Guang-Rui and Yan-Fang Ji (2025). "Magnetospheric multiscale observations of electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves associated with cold ion heating in the Earth’s magnetosphere." AIP Advances , Vol. 15 (7) , pp. 075237. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0287326 | Impact Factor: 1.69 [Link]
  • Saba Khalid, M. N. S. Qureshi, Umm-e-Hira and Shoaib Akhtar (2025). "Parallel electric fields associated with double layers in kappa distributed space plasmas." International Journal of Innovations in Science & Technology , Vol. 7 (1) , pp. 664674. DOI: doi.org/10.33411/ijist/202571664674 [Link]
  • M. R. Bahaaudin, A. A. Abid, Abdullah Khan, Amin Esmaeili, Y. Al-Hadeethi and M. N. S. Qureshi (2024). "Dust particle surface potential in an argon-helium plasma using the (r,q)-distribution function." Communications in Theoretical Physics , Vol. 76 (9) , pp. 095501. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1572-9494/ad531c | Impact Factor: 1.95 [Link]
  • S. A. M. Zaidi, M. N. S. Qureshi and Saba Khalid (2024). "Effect of nonthermal electron distributions on dust acoustic solitons in cometary plasmas." AIP Advances , Vol. 14 (2) , pp. 025122. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0177023 | Impact Factor: 1.69 [Link]
  • M. N. S. Qureshi, S. T. Rizwan and I. Ahmad (2024). "Electromagnetic ion cyclotron instability based on observed ion velocity distribution." Pakistan Journal of Science , Vol. 76 (04) , pp. 614–618. DOI: https://doi.org/10.57041/vol76iss04pp614-618 [Link]
  • M. N. S. Qureshi, Ambar Tariq, Laiba Emaan and Saba Khalid (2024). "Ion-acoustic bipolar electric field solitary structures with trapped electrons." Pakistan Journal of Science , Vol. 76 (04) , pp. 608-613. DOI: https://doi.org/10.57041/vol76iss04pp608-613 [Link]
  • Saba Khalid, M. N. S. Qureshi, Umm-e-Hira and Shoaib Akhtar (2024). "Linear dispersion relation of kinetic Alfven waves in nonthermal plasmas." Pakistan Journal of Science , Vol. 76 (04) , pp. 603-607. DOI: https://doi.org/10.57041/vol76iss04pp603-607 [Link]
  • Zeeshan Iqbal, H. A. Shah, M. N. S. Qureshi and Eihab M. Abdel-Rahman (2024). "Shock waves and adiabatic trapping in relativistic quantum degenerate plasmas." Chaos, Solitons and Fractals , Vol. 189 , pp. 115651. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2024.115651 | Impact Factor: 7.8 [Link]
  • Naveera Izhar, M. N. S. Qureshi, J. K. Shi and H. A. Shah (2023). "Fast and slow magnetosonic shock waves in non-Maxwellian plasmas." Results in Physics , Vol. 54 , pp. 107084. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2023.107084 | Impact Factor: 4.565 [Link]
  • A. A. Abid, Wu Zhengwei, Abdullah Khan, M. N. S. Qureshi and Amin Esmaeili (2023). "Formation of dust acoustic rarefactive solitary structures in a Cairns distributed electron-ion plasma." AIP Advances , Vol. 13 (10) , pp. 105012. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0161545 | Impact Factor: 1.69 [Link]
  • Naveera Izhar, M. N. S. Qureshi, and H. A. Shah (2023). "Obliquely propagating nonlinear magnetosonic waves in non-Maxwellian plasmas." AIP Advances , Vol. 13 (8) , pp. 085018. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0155964 | Impact Factor: 1.69 [Link]
  • Abdullah Khan, A. A. Abid, M. S. Hussain, M. N. S. Qureshi, Shahid Mehmood and Amin Esmaeili (2023). "Potential impacts of hydrogen band EMIC waves on the ion velocity distributions: MMS observations." Phys. Plasmas , Vol. 30 (11) , pp. 112901. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0142896 | Impact Factor: 2.63 [Link]
  • M. A. Bhatti, M. N. S. Qureshi and K. H. Shah (2022). "Effect of ion temperature on ion acoustic shock waves in dissipative (r,q) distributed plasma." AIP Advances , Vol. 12 (4) , pp. 045105. DOI: doi: 19.1063/5.0084954 | Impact Factor: 1.69 [Link]
  • Zeeshan Iqbal, H. A. Shah, M. N. S. Qureshi, W. Massod, Amna Fayyaz (2022). "Nonlinear dynamical analysis of drift ion acoustic shock waves in Electron-Positron-Ion plasma with adiabatic trapping." Results in Physics , Vol. 41 , pp. 105948. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2022.105948 | Impact Factor: 4.62 [Link]
  • Chao Shen, Nian Ren, M. N. S. Qureshi, and Yang Guo (2022). "On the temperature of planetary magnetosheaths at the subsolar points." Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics , Vol. 127 (11) , pp. e2022JA030782. DOI: doi.org/10.1029/2022JA030782 | Impact Factor: 3.11 [Link]
  • Abid A. A., Lu Quanming, X. L. Gao, B. M. Alotaibi, S, Ali, M. N. S. Qureshi, Y. Al-Hadeethi and Shui Wang (2021). "Energization of cold ions by electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves: Magnetospheric multiscale (MMS) observations." Physics of Plasmas , Vol. 28 (7) , pp. 072901. DOI: doi.org/10.1063/5.0046764 | Impact Factor: 2.1 [Link]
  • M. Nazeer, M. N. S. Qureshi and C. Shen (2021). "Interplay of parallel electric field and trapped electrons in kappa-Maxwellian auroral plasma for EMEC instability." Comm. Theor. Phys , Vol. 73 (1) , pp. 015501. DOI: doi.org/10.1088/1572-9494/abc7b2 | Impact Factor: 1.96 [Link]
  • M. Nazeer, M. N. S. Qureshi and C. Shen (2021). "Relativistic study of electromagnetic electron cyclotron instability based on trapped electrons in kappa-Maxwellian auroral plasmas." Contribution Plasma Phys. , Vol. 61 (7) , pp. e202100012. DOI: doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.202100012 | Impact Factor: 1.56 [Link]
  • N. Ahmad, Majeed Ur Rehman, M. N. S. Qureshi, Y. Al-Hadeethi, A. A. Abid and Naveed Akram (2020). "Acosutic modes of multi-ion dusty plasmas." Journal of the Korean Physical Society , Vol. 76 (9) , pp. 824-828. | Impact Factor: 0.535 [Link]
  • Amna Fayyaz, H. A. Shah, M. N. S. Qureshi and W. Masood (2020). "Coupled drift ion acoustic shock waves with trapped electrons in magnetoplasma." Physica Scripta , Vol. 95 (8) , pp. 085602. DOI: doi:10.1088/1402-4896/ab9b44 | Impact Factor: 2.52 [Link]
  • M. Nazeer, M. N. S. Qureshi, H. A. Shah and C. Shen (2020). "Effect of superthermal particles on EMEC instability in kappa-Maxwellian distributed space plasmas." Astrophysics and Space Science , Vol. 365 (8) , pp. 140. DOI: doi.org.org/10.1007/s10509-020-03853-y | Impact Factor: 1.830 [Link]
  • Shahnaz Kouser, M. N. S. Qureshi, K. H. Shah, and H. A. Shah (2020). "Ion-acoustic solitary waves e-p-i plasmas with (r,q) distributed electrons and kappa-distributed positrons." Contribution Plasma Phys. , Vol. 60 (10) , pp. e202000058. DOI: doi.org:/10.1002/ctpp.202000058 | Impact Factor: 1.226 [Link]