Prof. Dr. Amer Bashir Ziya

Brief Bio

Prof. Dr. Amer Bashir Ziya is a distinguished condensed matter physicist with over 25 years of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership. His expertise lies in atomic ordering phenomena, alloy physics, crystallography, and materials science.

He completed his Ph.D. under an international sandwich program with RWTH Aachen University, Germany, and has conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. His research contributions span experimental and theoretical studies of short-range order, phase transformations, and structure-property relationships in advanced materials.

Dr. Ziya has supervised a large number of M.Phil. and Ph.D. students and has published extensively in internationally recognized journals. He has also held key administrative roles including Chairman, Controller of Examinations (Internal) and Warden (Boys Hostel)

Education
Postdoctoral Fellowship	Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Japan	2004 – 2007
Ph.D. Physics	Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan	1997
M.Sc. Physics	Bahauddin Zakariya University	1989
B.Sc.	Bahauddin Zakariya University	1985

Professional Experience
Professor	University of Southern Punjab, Multan	2025 – Present
Chairman, Dept. of Telecommunication Systems	BZU Multan	2023 – 2024
Professor	B.Z University, Multan	2014 – 2024
Associate Professor	B.Z University, Multan	2008 – 2014
Assistant Professor	B.Z University, Multan	2002 – 2008
Lecturer	B.Z University, Multan	1999 – 2002
Postdoctoral Fellow	University of Tsukuba, Japan	2004 – 2007
Principal	New Pakistani Higher Secondary School, UAE	1998 – 1999
Lecturer	Punjab University Lahore	1997 – 1998
Research Associate	RWTH Aachen, Germany	1993 – 1996

Professional associations

Member, Pakistan Institute of Physics
Member, Pakistan Physical Society
Member, Abdul-Salam ICTP Pakistan Chapter
Member, Academic Council (BZU)
Finance Secretary, Academic Staff Association (BZU)
Various university administrative and academic committees

Research Interests

Order-disorder phase transformations in alloys
Atomic short-range order and kinetics
Structure-property relationships in materials
Defect dynamics in alloys
Invar alloys and functional materials
Lead-free solder materials

Research Impact:

- Publications:50+ (peer-reviewed, Impact factor, HEC recognized journals)
- Citations: ~320
- h-index:10

Selected Publications

A. B. Ziya and T. Abbas,
Resistometric evidence of short-range order formation in the ternary Au40Ag40Pd20 alloy,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Netherland), Vol. 312, pp. 130-134 (2000).
A. B. Ziya, M. I. Ansari and A. A. Al-Aql
The kinetics of vacancy annihilation in the ternary Au25Ag25Pd50 alloy,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Netherland), Vol. 337, pp. 108-114 (2002).
A. B. Ziya, X.Wang and T. Abbas
Equilibrium kinetics of short-range order formation in the ternary Au40Ag40Pd20 alloy,
Solid State Communications (U.K.), Vol. 124, pp. 327-330 (2002).
A. B. Ziya, T. Abbas and X. Wang
Isothermal relaxation of short-range order in the ternary Au25Ag25Pd50 alloy,
Scripta Materialia (U.K.), Vol. 49, pp. 453-457 (2003).
A. B. Ziya and X. Wang
Isothermal relaxation of short-range order in the ternary Au40Ag40Pd20 alloy under non-equilibrium conditions,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds(Netherland), Vol. 373(1-2), pp. 127-133 (2004)
A. B. Ziya and T. Abbas
Kinetics of short-range order formation in the ternary Au-Ag-Pd alloys,
Materials Chemistry and Physics (U.K.), Vol. 91(2-3), pp. 442-446 (2005).
A. B. Ziya
The kinetics of short-range order formation in the ternary Au25Ag25Pd50 alloy,
Journal of Applied Crystallography (U.K.) Vol. 38, pp. 346-352 (2005).
A. B. Ziya and K. Ohshima
The effect of Pd on the isothermal relaxation of short-range order in the Au(Ag)-based ternary alloys, Physica B (U. K.) Vol. 365, pp 225-234 (2005).
A. B. Ziya and K. Ohshima
X-ray diffraction study of the structure and thermal properties of the ternary Au-Ag-Pd alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Netherland) Vol. 425(Issue 1-2), pp. 123-128 (2006).
Ahmad, A. B. Ziya., A. Aziz, and Z. I. Zafar
Structure and thermal parameters of Ni20Pd80 alloy, Journal of Materials Science and Technology (China) Vol. 25, pp. 208-210 (2009).

Teaching & Supervision

Courses:

Electromagnetic Theory
Advanced Electrodynamics
Dielectric Properties of Materials
Solid State Physics
Crystallography
Materials Science
Electricity & Magnetism
Thermodynamics and Waves
Solid State Reactions Kinetics Modelling

Supervision:

PhD: Four completed
MPhil: 50+ supervised
MSc: Numerous

Research Projects

Upgradation of X-ray Diffractometer (HEC funded)
X-ray diffraction studies of Au-Ag-Pd alloys (BZU funded)

Conferences & Training

ICTP Spring College on Material Science, Italy
Nobel Laureates Meeting, Lindau, Germany
Crystallography Society of Japan Conference, Japan
International Conferences in Pakistan

Awards & Recognition

DAAD Doctoral Fellowship (Germany)
HEC Postdoctoral Fellowship (Japan)
Research Productivity Allowance (multiple years)
ICSC World Laboratory Fellowship, Lausaane, Switzerland
Listed in Directory of Productive Scientists of Pakistan

Collaboration

Open to collaborations in:

Condensed matter physics
Alloy physics and materials science
Experimental crystallography