CURRICULUM VITAE
Shahid Manzoor (SM)
Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) Physics Department COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
1 Personal data
Ø Family name: Manzoor
Ø First name: Shahid
Ø Nationality: Pakistani
Ø Home address: House # 238, Street 1-B, Judicial Colony, Rawalpindi
Ø Telephone (res): 051 – 7163043, Cell. 03331 51666 84
Ø E-mail:
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Ø Place and date of birth: Lahore, 21-10-1959
Ø Marital status: Married
2 Academic degrees
Ø Ph. D (Physics): University of Bologna, Italy and CIIT, Islamabad, Pakistan May 2007.
Thesis Title: “Improvements and Calibrations of Nuclear Track Detectors for Rare Particle Searched and Fragmentation Studies”.
Ø M.Sc (Physics): University of Punjab, 1984 to 1986.
Ø B.Sc degree: University of Punjab, 1982 to 1984.
3 Research activities
20 years research experience in the fields of nuclear physics (heavy ion interactions at low, intermediate and at relativistic energy range, cosmic ray rare particle searches, pion induced fission studies, antiproton induced fission studies), radon dosimetry, neutron dosimetry, autoradiography and the methodology of Nuclear Track Detectors (NTDs).
Ø CR39 detector fabrication
- Different curing conditions were applied for its response.
- Detection characteristics were studied.
Ø p+/- induced fission studies
- Light to heavy target detector assemblies were prepared.
- The exposures were done at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA), in 2π-geometry.
- Binary fission induced by pions of energies 500, 672, 1068 and 1665 MeV in the targets of Sn and Bi were studied.
- The fission cross-sections were determined and compared the results with the theoretical models.
Ø Study of Heavy ion Interactions at Low Energy
- Light to heavy target detector assemblies were prepared.
- Binary to multiple fragments cross sections were measured.
- Kinematical analysis of the reaction products was studied and the data were compared with the theory.
Ø Study of Heavy ion Interactions at Relativistic Energy
- Interactions of 960 AMeV U238 ions were studied.
- Range and mean free path in CR39 and soda lime glass detector were determined.
- Fragmentation studies of 158 A GeV Pb ions with H, CH2, CR39, Al. Cu and Pb targets.
- Exposures of CR39 & Makrofol NTDs at the BNL, USA and HIMAC, Japan beam Facilities.
Recently SM participated in the calibrations using relativistic beams of Fe, Si and C ions at BNL, USA and HIMAC, Japan. SM prepared the stacks which were successfully exposed.
- Total and partial charge changing cross sections were calculated for different targets.
It was observed that the total charge changing cross sections increase with target mass and energy; the highest cross section values were observed for Cu and Pb targets and this was mainly due to electromagnetic dissociation; the total charge changing cross section is energy independent for light target materials as CH2 and CR39.
Makrofol detector was calibrated for the first time and the improved calibration curves were made for the CR39 detector to relativistic Pb, In, Fe, Si and C ions
A new method was used to determine the bulk etch rate of CR39 and Makrofol NTDs for the calibrations of CR39 and Makrofol NTDs using 158 A GeV In49+ and Pb82+ of CERN-SPS beams, 10, 5, 3 and 1 A GeV Fe26+ and Si14+ BNL, USA beams and also 0.41 A GeV Fe26+ and 0.29 A GeV C12+ HIMAC, Japan beam. These calibrations are used in the search for exotic cosmic ray particles.
Ø Analysis of the CR39 NTDs used in the SLIM experiment
A search for Intermediate Mass Magnetic Monopoles and Strange Quark Matter was performed with 427 m2 of CR39 NTDs, with an average exposure time of 4.22 years, (SLIM experiment). SM actively participated for analysis of the exposed NTDs using the new strong etching and improved measuring methods. No survival candidate was found; the present 90% CL upper flux limits for downgoing IMMs is 1.29 × 10-15 cm-2s-1sr-1.
Ø Measurement of a-radioactivity of various OPERA lead plates
SM measured the a-radioactivity of various lead plates using CR39 NTDs and with the Surface Barrier Silicon Detector (SBSiD). The results of surface alpha radioactivity confirm the lowest values for the PbCa 0.07% and 0.03% alloys, both for the colaminated and not colaminated samples. The alpha radioactivity of PbSb 2.5% is about a factor 25 times larger than in PbCa 0.07%. SM presented the results at the OPERA technical meeting in Goslar, Germany, 20-22 March, 2006.
4 Affiliation to professional associations
Ø Societá Italiana di Fisica, 2004.
Ø International Nuclear Track Society; 1989, 2004, 2006.
5 Research Activities Abroad
From 1988 – 1989: Received six months training in the field of passive neutron dosimetry at the ENEA, Bologna, Italy. SM Published “EURADOS-CENDOS Neutron Dosimetry Background Survey, Results of a survey of background etched track neutron dosimetry” PAS-FIBI DOSI (89) 1. ICTP research fellowship for six months was awarded to SM in the field of medical sciences (Radiobiological Studies) and applications of nuclear track detectors in auto-radiography of micro insects at INFN, Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
From 1996 - 2002: Several ICTP research fellowship (long and short term) awarded under the ICTP-TRIL program (training and research in Italian Labs.) at the Department of Physics, University of Bologna and I.N.F.N. Bologna, Italy.
There he joined a team of international scientists in a collaborative research experiment on Magnetic Monopole Astrophysics Cosmic Ray Observatory (MACRO). He found the optimum etching conditions for the CR-39 Nuclear track detector (NTD), one of the MACRO detectors used in this large area underground experiment for the search of magnetic monopoles. He also proposed a chemical etching cycle for the MACRO CR-39 nuclear track detector and developed a fast scanning system for the analysis of the detectors area of up to 12 m2 per month. He participated actively in the searches for magnetic monopoles (105-1012 GeV/c2) and nuclearites in the cosmic radiation using stacks of CR39 and Makrofol nuclear track detectors.
The final flux limit is about F 1.5´10-16 cm-2 s-1 sr-1 for 0.0005 b 1, which is the best existing limit and covers a very large range of velocities. From the calibration of the MACRO CR39 with relativistic heavy ions at the CERN SPS (experiment EMU18), total and partial charge changing lead fragmentation cross sections on different targets were obtained.
SLIM: Search for “light" magnetic monopoles and nuclearites in the cosmic radiation. SM participated in the detection conditions for monopoles and nuclearites at the SLIM altitude (Chacaltaya, Bolivia). He actively participated in the analysis of the nuclear track detectors exposed at Chacaltaya.
6 Attendance to scientific meetings, workshops, colloquia and International conferences
S.No. / workshops, colloquia and conferences attended1. / Congresso Nazionale della S.I.F., Como, Italy 1997.
2. / International School of Non-Accelerator Particle Astrophysics, Trieste, Italy 1997, 1999, and 2004 (co-organizer of the poster session in 1997 and 2004
3. / International Symposium on Large-Scale Collective Motion of Atomic Nuclei, Brolo (Messina), Italy 1996
4. / 7th School on Non-Accelerator Astroparticle Physics, 26 July - 6 August 2004, ICTP, Trieste, Italy “New calibrations of CR39 and Makrofol detectors for the SLIM-experiment”.
5. / 22nd ICNTS, Barcelona, Spain, 23-27August 2004, “Calibration of the Makrofol-DE Nuclear Track Detector using relativistic Lead Ions”.
6. / SIF, XC Congresso Nazionale, Brescia, Italy 20-25 Settembre 2004, “Improvements in the Processing and Analysis of Nuclear Track Detectors”
7. / 23rd ICNTs, 11-15 September 2006, Beijing, China, “Response of CR39 NTDs to Intermediate and Relativistic Heavy Ions”.
8. / 10th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors, 1-5 October 2006, Siena, Italy “Nuclear Track Detectors for Environmental Studies and Radiation Monitoring” (Oral presentation) and “Nuclear Track Detectors for Particle Searches” (poster presentation).
9. / SM participted in the project “Lauree scientifiche, Orientamento e formazione degli insegnanti di fisica” for 2005-2006. More than 40 students participated in the laboratory activities and SM introduced the techniques of NTDs and their applications.
10. / SM attended several seminars, colloquia and workshops in Bologna
11. / SM participated in the meeting “Cooperazione Scientifica tra Italia e Paesi Emergenti: il Programma TRIL dell`ICTP” in ENEA-Sede Centrale, 14 March 2006. There SM presented the research activities performed at the University of Bologna.
7 Awards
International
Ø Third Word Academy of Sciences (TWAS) prize award in Physics for the year 1999.
National
Ø PINSTECH Performance Gold Medal Award for the year 1999.
Ø Tamgha-e-Imtiaz civil award for the year 2002.
8 International Collaborations
Ø PINSTECH-CERN and PINSTECH-DUBNA collaboration in the field of relativistic heavy ions interaction studies.
Ø PINSTECH-BOLOGNA Collaboration, MACRO and SLIM experiments for the search of magnetic monopoles and nuclearites in the penetrating cosmic ray radiations.
Ø PINSTECH-COLORADO Collaboration, pions induced fission studies & PAEC-ENEA Collaborations, in the field of neutron dosimetry.
9 Participation in Univ./Dept. thesis committees
S.No / Details1. / Supervised ten M.Sc. Research Students from the Department of Physics, Government College Lahore
2. / Supervised four M.Sc. Research Students from the Department of Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore
3. / Supervised Miriam Giorgini, a Research Student from the Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Italy for her Corso di Perfezionamento in Fisica (M.Sc Physics).
International Publications
S. No / Paper / Impact Factor1 / S. Manzoor, Z. Arif, I.E. Qureshi and Hameed A. Khan:“Interaction of 960 MeV/Nucleon 238U Ions with Target Atoms of Soda-Lime Glass”-Nuclear Tracks 15, Nos. 1-4 (1988) 467-470. / 1.267
2 / Hameed A. Khan, S. Manzoor, M.A. Sial, M. Ahmad and I.E.Qureshi:“Energy Dependence of 238U Interactions with Gold Target Studied with a CR-39 Track Detector”-Nuclear Tracks 15, Nos. 1-4 (1988) 449-452. / 1.267
3 / Matiullah, M. Tufail, N. Ahmad, G.A. Khan, S. Manzoor and Hameed A. Khan:“Some Investigations on the Response of CR-39 Detector to Protons, Deutrons and Alpha Particles”-Nuclear Tracks 15, Nos 1-4 (1988) 137-140. / 1.267
4 / S. Manzoor, Hameed A. Khan, Matiullah, M. Tufail, A.A. Qureshi, F. Ansari, R. Shoaib and L. Lembo:“Some Track Registration Characteristics of CR-39 Detectors Fabricated under Various Curing Conditions”-Nuclear Tracks 15, Nos. 1-4 (1988) 207-210. / 1.267
5 / A.S. Chohan, S. Manzoor, S.M. Akhtar, N.A. Khan, M.A. Baig and Hameed A. Khan: “Characteristics of Latent Damage Trails Due to High Energy 208Pb and 238U Ions in CR-39 and Muscovite Mica”-Nuclear Tracks 15, Nos. 1-4 (1988) 211-215. / 1.267
6 / A. Waheed, S. Manzoor, R. Cherubini, G. Moschini, L. Lembo and Hameed A. Khan: “A More Suitable Etching Condition to Register Low Energy Proton Tracks in CR-39 for Neutron Dosimetry” Nuclear Instruments and Methods B47 (1990) 320-328 / 0.999
7 / A. Waheed, S. Manzoor, I. Urlep, R. Illic, R. Cherubini, G. Moschini, P. Schiavon and Hameed a. Khan: “Proton Radiographic Characteristics of Thin CR-39 Detector” Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 19 Nos. 1-4(1991) 789-792 / 1.267
8 / Hameed A. Khan, I.E. Qureshi, S. Manzoor and Matiulah: “Interaction of 86 MeV/u 18O and 107 MeV/u 12C Ions with Some Medium Heavy Targets” Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 19 Nos. 1-4 (1991) 639-640 / 1.267
9 / M. Tufail, Hameed A. Khan, A.A. Qureshi and S. Manzoor “Radon Concentration in Some Houses of Islamabad and Rawalpindi (Pkistan)” Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 19 Nos. 1-4 (1991) 427-428. / 1.267
10 / B.A. Arbuzov, H. Barth, H. Baurnbach, R. Brandt, V.S. Buster, H.H. Cui, E.M. Fridlander, E. Ganssauge, B. Grabez, S.L. Guo, G. Haase, M. Heek, Hamed A. Khan, M.I, Krirop[ustove, B.A. Kulakov, E.J. Langrock, L. Lerman, S. Manzoor, F. Pile, I.E.Qureshi, M. Rommel, M.I. Sahahzad: “On Use of SSNTD in Relativistic Heavy Ion Physics and the Study of Open Questions”- Nuclear Tracks and Radiation Measurements 19 Nos. 1-4(1991) 557-567. / 1.267
11 / S. Manzor, I.E. Qureshi, M.I. Shahzad, Hmeed A. Khan and M.S. Zafar: “Interaction of 15.9 MeV/u 197Au Ions with natAu and 209Bi as Targets on CR-39 Plastic Track Detectors” Nucl. Tracks & Radiat. Meas.22, 1-4 (1993)605. / 1.267
12 / M.I. Shahzad, I.E. Qureshi, S. Manzoor and Hameed A. Khan: “Study of Multiprong Events in the Interaction of 16.7 MeV 238U Ions with nat.Au Targets Using CR-39 & Mica Track Detectors” Nucl. Tracks & Radiat. Meas.22, 1-4 (1993) 619. / 1.267
13 / I.E. Qureshi, M.I. Shahzad, S. Manzoor and H.A. Khan: “Comprehensive analysis fo Binary events in hevy ion reactions observed with dielectric tack detectors”: Radiat. Meas., Vol. 25, Nos. 1-4(1995)247. / 1.267
14 / R.J. Peterson, S. deBarros, I.O. deSouza, N.B. Gaspar, Hameed Ahmed Khan & S. Manzoor: “Mass and energy dependence of pion-induced fission” Z. Physics, A 352, (1995) 181-189 / 1.659
15 / I.E. Qureshi, M.I. Shahzad, S. Manzoor, M.S. Zafar, & H.A. Khan, “Double sequential fission in the reaction (16.7 MeV/u) U + Au observed with mica detectors”, Radiat. Meas. Vol. 28, Nos. 1-6, (1997)283. / 1.267
16 / H.A. Khan, I.E. Qureshi, M.I. Shahzad, S. Manzoor, S.de Barros & R.J. Peterson, “Pion-induced fission in Tin and Bismuth observed with Makrofol detectors”, Radiat. Meas. Vol. 28, Nos. 1-6, (1997)287. / 1.267
17 / I.E. Qureshi, S. Manzoor, M.I Shahzad, M.A. Farooq, H.A. Khan, “The in-flight fission of 3.2 GeV uranium ions in polymer CR-39”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B 124 (1997) 549. / 0.999
18 / A.Waheed, S. Manzoor, G. Moschini, R. Cherubini, V. Popa & G. Giacomelli, “A study of the radiobiological effectiveness with track etch detectors”, Radiat. Meas. Vol. 28, Nos. 1-6, (1997)463. / 1.267
19 / Khalid Jamil, Safdar Ali, Imtinan Elahi Qureshi, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Hameed a. Khan, S. Manzoor, Abdul Waheed & R. Cherubini, “Experimental and simulation study of neutron dosimetry at various neutron energies”, Radiat. Meas. Vol. 28, Nos. 1-6, (1997)495. / 1.267
20 / G. Giacomelli M. Giorgini, G. Mandrioli, S. Manzoor, L. Patrizzi, V. Popa, P. Serra and V. Togo,“Extended calibration of a CR39 nuclear track detector with 158 A GeV Pb207 ions” Nucl. Inst. & Meth. A 411 (1998)41. / 1.091
21 / M.I Shahzad, I.E. Qureshi, S. Manzoor, H.A. Khan, M.S. Zafar, V.S. Bustev, M.I. Krivopustov, B.A. Kalakov and R. Brandt, “Emission of relativistic Heavy Fragments at Wide Angles from the Interaction of 58 GeV 16O Ions with thick Copper Targets”, Radiation Measurements 29 (5), (1998) 445 - 451. / 1.267
22 / M. Ambrosio et al; The MACRO Collaboration, “Measurement of the atmospheric muons neutrino flux with the MACRO detector”, Nuclear Physics B, Proc. Suppl. Vol. 66 (1998) 374-377. / 0.875