Academic Qualifications:

Degree	Subjects	Institution/Awarding Body	Year
Ph.D.	Solid State Physics (Dielectrics)	London University, England	1995
M.Sc.	Nuclear Physics	University of Karachi.	1986
B.Sc.(Hons)	Physics (H), Statistics & Mathematics	University of Karachi.	1979

Ph.D. Thesis: “Dynamic Surface Change Transport in Humid Silica Rods”.

Field:
Dielectrics

Experience: Fifteenth years of Teaching & Research Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Karachi, Karachi, from May, 2001 to date.

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Karachi, Karachi, from 1995 to 2001.

Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Karachi, Karachi, from September, 1990 to 1995.

Research Officer, Department of Physics, University of Karachi, Karachi, from June 1998 to June 1990.

Technician – II, SUPARCO, from 1982 to 1983.

Awards / Achievements / Contributions:

First Class, Third Position in M.Sc., Department of Physics, University of Karachi, 1986.

Members / Memberships:

Member, Board of Studies, Department of Physics, University of Karachi.

Member of the Dielectric Society, UK., since 1993.

Member, Institute of Physics..

Life Member, Pakistan Physical Society.

Conferences / Workshops / Seminars Attended:

Poster Display at the Dielectrics Society’s Conference, 5-7 April, 1993, University of Kent, UK (England).

Poster Display at the Dielectrics Society’s Conference, 28-30 March, 1994, University of Kent, UK (England).

Seminar Presentation, “Dielectric Properties of Silica in Humid Ambient” in September 1994, at Kings College, London, U.K.

Paper presentation, “Low Frequency Dispersion on Humid Insulators” at the Dielectrics Society’s Conference, 10-12 April, 1995, University of Kent, U.K.

Participation as Resource Person in the Training Course in Physics, held from, November 20-25, 2000.

Paper presentation by, S. Shakeel Ahmad, Mohammad Yaqub and Altaf Husain, Dielectric Dispersion Properties of Aluminium / Silicon Mono Oxide / Aluminium Thin Film Sandwiched structure annealed at different temperatures at National Symposium on Physics in Industry, held at Karachi from 28-30 June 2001.

Workshop on activity based learning in Physics, organized by Centre for Physics Education (CPE), held at Karachi from November 25-28, 2004

Thesis & Projects supervised / Research Projects

Two years as Research Officer in BPS-17 in the Condensed Matter Research Laboratory (CMRL), Physics Department, University of Karachi, from 1988 to 1990.

My Ph.D work has been included in the book written by Andrew K. Jonscher, Universal Relaxation Law, published by Chelsea Dielectric Press, 1996, pp.157, 173,174, 179, 181, 209, 210. This book is used as a reference source for courses related with dielectric behavior of materials.

Supervised seven students of the M.Sc. (Final) year, three credit hours project.

List of Research Publications
1. Riaz Ahmed Hashmi, Naquiba Bano, and Altaf Husain, Electrical Conduction in Ag/Cu Sandwiches, Journal of Science, Kar. Univ. J.Sc. 20(1 &2), (1992), 37-45.

2. K. Jonscher, Altaf Husain, Dynamic Transport on Humid Silica Surface – I, Physica B 217 (1996) 29-34.

3. Altaf Husain, A. K. Jonscher, Dynamic Transport on Humid Silica Surface – II, Physica B 222 (1996) 123-130.

4. Altaf Husain, Dynamic Charge Transport in Non-conducting Granular Media, Kar. Univ. J.Sc. 26(2) (1998) 5-12.

5. K. Jonscher, Altaf Husain, Fractal Transport in Granular Media, Kar. Univ. J.Sc. Vol. 28(2) (2000), 67-71.

6. Altaf Husain and S. Shakeel Ahmad, Time Dependent Dielectric Behaviour of Conducting Glass, Kar. Univ. J. Sci. Vol. 30, 12, (2002), pp.41-47.

7. S. Shakeel Ahmed, Mohammad Yaqub and Altaf Husain, Dielectric Dispersive Behaviour of Silicon Mono Oxide Thin Film Sandwiched Structure Annealed at Different Temperatures, Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res. (2003) 46(1), 14-19.

8. Altaf Husain and R. Rahman, Dielectric Phenomena in Humid Silica Contacts, J. Nat. Sci. and Maths, Vol.44. No.1. (2004), pp27-37.

9. Altaf Husain and S. Shakeel Ahmad, Low Frequency Dispersion in Non-conducting Contacts in Humidity, Turkish J Phys 29 (2005), 97-104.

10. Altaf Husain, S. Shakeel Ahmad, and Roohi Zafar, Composition Related Time Dependent Dielectric Response of Lithium Ion Conducting Glasses, Kar. Univ. J. Sci. Vol. 33 (1 & 2), July-December, (2005), pp.13-19.

11. Altaf Husain and S. Shakeel Ahmad, Study of the Electrical Properties of the Glass System Li2CO3:P2O5:V2O5, Bang. J. Sc. Ind. Res. (In press).

12. Muhammad Yaqub, S. Shakeel Ahmed & Altaf Hussaub, Studies on Dielectric Behaviour of some long chain alcohols & their mixtures with a non-polar solvent at various concentrator, Pak. J. of Scient. & Ind. Research, vol. 49, No. 4, July-August 2006, p.p 225-230

Co-authorship in Teacher's Guide Books of Physics
These books were prepared under consideration of modernized curricula in physics for Islamic countries. The books were published in the year 2000 and comprise,

1. Teacher's Guide in Physics for Class X
2. Teacher's Guide in Physics for Class XI
3. Teacher's Guide in Physics for Class XII

The task of preparing the Guide Books was assigned by the Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Rabat, Morocco. Other members of the committee were:

1. Prof. Dr. Riaz Ahmed Hashmi (Chairman)
2. Dr. Naquiba Bano
3. Prof. Aziz Fatima
4. Prof. Nadir Khan