About

I am a dedicated physics lecturer with over five years of experience teaching undergraduate courses and labs. My career began at Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, where I taught from November 2019 to April 2022. Since April 2022, I have been serving as a Lecturer in the Department of Physics at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), RYK Campus. I am skilled at engaging students when introducing complex physics concepts and explaining how physics applies to the real world. I am motivated to inspire students to employ critical thinking when solving physics problems and use hands-on experiments and activities to teach both basic and advanced concepts.

I possess exceptional communication, presentation, and writing skills, which allow me to effectively engage, share knowledge, and collaborate professionally. With experience in conducting and publishing research, I demonstrate strong problem-solving abilities and the capacity to tackle scientific challenges. Passionate about scientific exploration, I aim to deepen my expertise, contribute to impactful research, and grow professionally within the academic and scientific community.

Research Interests

My research centers on energy storage and advanced functional materials, with a strong emphasis on designing and developing high-performance electrode materials for batteries and supercapacitors. I am currently engaged in computational and theoretical modeling to explore material behavior at the atomic scale, aiming to drive advancements in sustainable energy technologies and next-generation electronic devices. Looking ahead, I plan to expand this work by integrating experimental and theoretical approaches to pioneer innovative materials for energy storage and sensing applications.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

[26/11/2018] The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Gold Medalist

Honored with a Gold Medal for ranking first in MSc Physics

[28/12/2018] The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB)

StudentoftheYear (2018)

Earned the prestigious Student of the Year (2018) award from the Physics Department at IUB

Publications

1. A DFT study of hydrogen storage application on pristine magnesium dicarbide (MgC₂) monolayer

Ahmed, Irfan, Ukkasha Iqrar, Ashir Saeed, Rajeh Alotaibi, Syed Mansoor Ali, Maida Anwar, and Muhammad Isa Khan. RSC Advances 15, no. 15 (2025): 11409-11416.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RA00486A

2. Tungsten Tetraboride nanosheet as a potential gas adsorption material: A density functional theory (DFT) study

Asghar, Muhammad Zeeshan, Ashir Saeed, Noor ul Ain, Saleh S. Alarfaji, and Muhammad Isa Khan. Chemical Physics Letters (2025): 142090.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2025.142090

3. Challenges and Opportunities: Conducting Polymer‐Graphene based Nanocomposites of Metal Oxides andMetal Sulfides for Supercapacitors

Ashir Saeed, Sadia Khalid, and Muhammad Naeem Anjum, ChemistrySelect 9.6 (2024): e202303527.

https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202303527

4. Computational exploration of high-capacity hydrogen storage in alkali metal-decorated MgB2 material

Isa Khan, M., Ashir Saeed., Shakil, M., Saira, G., Ahmad, A., Imam, F., & Alarfaji, S. S. (2024). Journal of Power Sources, 613, 234881.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234881

5. Pristine and aurum-decorated tungsten ditellurides as sensing materials for VOCs detection in exhaledhumanbreath:DFTanalysis

Gilani,R.,Alarfaji,S.S.,Nadeem,K.,Ashir Saeed.,&IsaKhan,M.(2024).RSCAdvances,14(37),26788-26800.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D4RA04569F

6. Metaloxide–carbonnanofibers-basedcompositesforsupercapacitorsandbatteries

Khalid Sadia, Ashir Saeed, Mohammad Azad Malik, and Muhammad Saeed Akhtar. In Metal Oxide-Carbon Hybrid Materials, pp. 217-236. Elsevier, 2022.

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822694-0.00019-3