Dr. Zahida Ehsan
Associate Professor, Physics
Area of Interest: Nonlinear Physics/ Plasma Astrophysics/ Computational Physics
Tel # (Off): 111-001-007   (162)
HEC approved PhD Supervisor

AWARDS AND GRANTS                                                                                                                                                     

2023               Postdoc Fellowship Princeton University, US                                                                                                   
2022               ICTP Plasma College Trieste, Italy                                                                                                               
2020               HEC Postdoc award University College London, UK                                                                                         
2018               Travel award by ICTP for Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics at The Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste Italy.       
2016               Travel award by ICTP at Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics at the   Abdus Salam ICTP  Trieste Italy.     
2015                Travel Award from Stanford University, USA to participate in the NASA LWS workshop on Helioseismology.       
2013               NASA’s Living With a Star (LWS) for Heliophysics Training School,  July 12- 19, Boulder, CO, USA
2013               One year Research Grant by CREATE-ITALY  
2013               Funding from The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) to attend PNMP Gallipoli, ITALY
2012               Scholarship from Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Leibnizstr to attend  DSD2012, Kiel, GERMANY
2012               Grant from INFN to attend ISA, "F. Lucchin" Vulcano, ITALY
2012               Scholarship from ITCPS, Faro, PORTUGAL
2011               Scholarship from Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, ICPDP, Garmisch- Partenkirchen, GERMANY
2011               Grant from European Solar Physics grant to attend 13th ESPM Rhodes, GREECE
2011               Funding from KU Leuven to attend IAEA meeting in TX, USA
2010               Funding from KU Leuven to attend III International Conference on DPA, Odessa,  UKRAINE
2010                RPA by the Pakistan Council of Science & Tech.
2010                IRO, Doctoral Scholarship, ID 0221755 (Contract 6855, 2010-2011), KU Leuven, BELGIUM
2009                Scholarship by the Leuven Research & Development (LRD), K.U. Leuven
2010                Partial research grant by the Intel ExaScience Lab K.U. Leuven
2009                Prize by Prof I. H. Hutchinson (MIT) on asking “Most Penetrating Questions” at ASICTP, Trieste, ITALY
2009 The Abdus Salam ICTP grant to attend IAFPP Trieste, ITALY
2009 Regular Visitor of Prof. John Allen at University College Oxford, UK
2009 EPSCR funding for 36th IOP meeting, Warwick, UK
2008 RPA by the Pakistan Council of Science & Tech.
2008 Funding from EPSCR to visit Imperial College London (7 months)
2007 Al Azhar University to attend AUCPT, Cairo, EGYPT
2007 Salam Chair travel grant to attend AUCPT, Cairo, EGYPT
2007 The Abdus Salam ICTP grant to attend IAFPP Trieste, ITALY
2007 Top position for the student grant by University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
2005 Al Azhar University to attend

SEMINARS/TALKS/LECTURES
2023 Light from Classical to Quantum, Dept. of Physics, CUI Lahore.
2022 Talk at the Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics a ICTP Trieste ITALY.
2022 Invited speaker at Institute of Space Science and Technology, University of Karachi.
2022 Invited speaker at National Symposium on Role of Mathematics in Science and Technology, GC University Lahore
2020 Invited speaker at Sigma Phi Crete, Greece, 13 - 17 July, 2020.
2018 Speaker at 2nd OIC Workshop on Geomagnetism and Ionosphere, 10-17 November 2018, Sonmiani, organized by SUPARCO and Royal Institute of Meteorology Belgium.
2018 Speaker at Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics October 29-09 November, at The Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste ITALY
2018 Speaker at the inauguration ceremony of “World Space Week” 4-10th October organized by SUPARCO Lahore.
2018 Keynote speaker at Engineers meet Scientists day II, COMSATS University.
2018 Invited Speaker at School of Natural Sciences, NUST, Islamabad.
2017 Invited Speaker at the 5th World Space Week, University of Karachi Pakistan.
2017 Keynote Speaker at Women University Bagh, AJK.
2016 Speaker at Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics at The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics Trieste ITALY
2016 Invited lecture at Fourth National Conference on Space Science & Technology, University of Karachi, Pakistan.
2015 Invited lecture at Workshop on Plasma Physics, NCP, Islamabad
2015 International Scientific Spring (ISS)-NCP, Islamabad
2014 NanoSET-2014
2013 14th WFPP, National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, JAPAN
2013 Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Lisbon, PORTUGAL
2011 ITP, University of Innsbruck, AUSTRIA (2 seminars delivered on the invitation of Prof. Siegbert Kuhn)                               2010 Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, Leuven, BELGIUM
2010 III International Conference on DPA, Odessa, UKRAINE
2009 SSE, LUMS October, Lahore, PAKISTAN
2009 AS-ICTP Summer College on Plasma Physics, Trieste, ITALY
2009 36th IOP annual conference, CFSA, University of Warwick, UK
2008 National Symposium on Plasma Physics, PAEC, Islamabad, PAK
2007 AUCPT, Workshop & Training P

Funded Projects:

Completed Projects:
1. Study of MHD equlibria in fusion plasma (2013 - 2018) PIs: Dr. Muhammad Asif,Dr. Zahida Ehsan, Budget: 5100000, Funded By: Higher Education Commission of Pakistan .

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