Work experience

• Dean's Fellow, Computer Science Department
  • Habib University, Pakistan (July '25 - Present)
  • A pre-doctoral program focusing on research, teaching, and mentorship.
• Research Assistant, Computer Science Department
  • Habib University, Pakistan (August '23 - June '24)
  • Assisted in planning course content, grading assignments, and conducting programming labs for the following undergraduate computer science courses:
    • Object Oriented Programming and Design Methodologies (Fall '23)
    • Operating Systems (Fall '23)
    • Graph Data Science (Spring '24)
    • Data Structures II (Spring '24)
    • Software Security (Spring '24)
• Research Consultant, Karachi Water Project
  • Habib University, Pakistan (June '23 - August '23)
  • Oversee undergraduate research interns in developing an agent-based simulation model using NetLogo for the current water supply crisis in an urban-industrial sector of Karachi.
• Teaching Assistant, Computer Science
  • Habib University, Pakistan
  • Assist the instructor in grading assignments, conducting programming labs, and holding office hours for the following courses:
    • CS100 - CS Freshman Seminar (Fall '21, Fall '22)
    • CS201 - Data Structures II (Spring '22)
    • CS/SDP 361/352 - Social Network Analysis (Fall '22)
• App Developer
  • Kashif Iqbal Thalassemia Care Center, Pakistan (March '22 - May '23)
  • Reform an application for Thalassemia major patients by making it more user friendly and adding new features.

Education

• M.Sc. in Computational Social Science
  • University of California, San Diego (July 2024 - June 2025)
  • Graduated with CGPA 4.00/4.00
• B.Sc. in Computer Science
  • Habib University, Pakistan (August 2019 - May 2023)
  • Graduated with CGPA 3.92/4.00

Awards

• Fulbright Scholarship
  • USEFP & IIE (2024 Cohort)
• Dean's List
  • Habib University, Pakistan (Spring '23, '22, '21 & Fall '21)
• High Academic Achievement Scholarship
  • Habib University, Pakistan (Fall '22)
• President's List
  • Habib University, Pakistan (2021)

Service

• Co-Organizer, Summer Institute in Computational Social Science (SICSS) – Habib University
  • Habib University, Pakistan (June 2026)
  • Co-organized the first SICSS site hosted in Pakistan — a two-week intensive program in computational social science methods (network analysis, text analysis, agent-based modeling, causal inference) for participants from across Pakistan.

Skills

• Programming Languages: Python, C, C#, C++, R, SQL, Cypher.
• Tools & Software: NetLogo, Git, Neo4j, Unity 3D, VS Code, LaTeX, Micro-controllers (Arduino).
• Languages: English (Native Proficiency), Urdu (Native Language).

Last Updated: 19th-July-2026