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Co. Director
Dr. Muhammad Zubair
Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, University of Leicester, UK
Research Interests
Applied Electromagnetics
Metasurface Engineering
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Microwave & Biomedical Imaging
Thermophotovoltaics
Computational Electromagnetics
Biography
Dr. Muhammad Zubair is an Assistant Professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Leicester, UK. He earned his PhD in Electronic Engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, followed by postdoctoral work at the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre in Singapore, with academic positions held at the University of Glasgow, KAUST, ITU Lahore and SUTD.
His research integrates computational modelling, artificial intelligence and advanced electromagnetic design across radio-frequency to optical frequencies. With over 200 peer-reviewed publications spanning electromagnetics, metamaterials, sensing, imaging and energy systems, he has been recognised among the Stanford–Elsevier World's Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists since 2022.
His research integrates computational modelling, artificial intelligence and advanced electromagnetic design across radio-frequency to optical frequencies. With over 200 peer-reviewed publications spanning electromagnetics, metamaterials, sensing, imaging and energy systems, he has been recognised among the Stanford–Elsevier World's Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists since 2022.
Recent Publications +
- Nearly 180° Field-of-View Metalens for Miniaturized Imaging Systems — Laser & Photonics Reviews, e00098 (2025)
- Unique Explainable Federated Learning Approach for Detecting Model Poisoning Attacks to Secure Systems — Cluster Computing, Volume 28, article number 1021 (2025)
- Fabric-based facile washable triboelectric sensors for wearable assistive systems and applications — Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Volume 394,116928 (2025)
- NeuroScopia: Smart Optical Imaging Solution for On-Site Applications — Engineering Research Express, 7, 035419 (2025)
- Metasurface Absorber-Emitter Pair Integrated High Efficiency Thermophotovoltaic System — ACS Photonics, Vol 12, Issue 7, 3829–3839 (2025)
- Towards Sustainable Agri-Photovoltaics through System Design and Viability in Semi-Arid Conditions — Solar Energy, Volume 299, 113682 (2025)
- Ultraviolet-Visible Spin-Resolved Chip-Scale Spectroscopy — Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 35, Issue 46, 2507112 (2025)
- The Interplay of Polarization Sensitivity and Bandwidth in Wide-Field-of-View Meta-Optics — Optical Materials Express (2025)
- Fluidic-Based Reconfigurable Polarization-Insensitive Metasurfaces for Optical Wireless Communications — Advanced Optical Materials, Volume13, Issue 9, 2402872 (2025)
- Compact and Inverted Digital Holographic Microscope Based on Common-path Configuration — Applied Optics, Vol. 64, Issue 7, pp. B65-B71 (2025)