Muhammad Shoaib

Dr. Muhammad Shoaib Baloch

Assistant Professor
PHD (Physics)

Other Websites

https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0001-6791-8252

Research Supervision Capacity

PHD Completion Year: 2017
Specialization: -
PHD Supervision Capacity: 5
Current PhD Students: 4
Currently PHD Consent: 0
Current MS/M.Phil Students: 0

About Me

Assistant Professor of Physics

Institute of Physics (IoP), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB)

Biography & Background

I am an experimental high-energy physicist working as an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Institute of Physics (IoP), The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB). Prior to joining IUB, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Centre for Physics (NCP) in Islamabad. I completed my graduate studies at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, conducting my research through NCP as a member of the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), CERN, Switzerland.

Research Interests & Current Work

My research focuses on advancing our understanding of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and electroweak symmetry breaking, specifically through the lens of top-quark and Higgs-boson physics. As a member of the CMS Collaboration at CERN, my research group and I contributed to the historic discovery of the Higgs boson. Our work leverages high-energy proton-proton collisions at 13 and 14 TeV—the highest energies ever achieved in a laboratory setting—to generate heavy fundamental particles, probing their precise properties and fundamental interactions to test the boundaries of the Standard Model.

My current research centers on exploring the associated production of the top quark with Higgs and Z bosons to isolate rare coupling signatures. I actively investigate highly complex topologies, including ttH production (specifically looking at Higgs decays into top pairs, Z-gamma, and dimuons) as well as tZ production where the Z boson decays into top pairs alongside related channels.

Methodology & Computational Workflow

My research interests span both high-energy particle physics experiments and phenomenology. To model rare multi-particle final states and evaluate experimental signatures, my group utilizes advanced computational pipelines. We perform matrix element calculation and event generation via MadGraph5_aMC@NLO, apply high-efficiency detector response approximations using Delphes fast simulation, and execute comprehensive detector-level analysis within the MadAnalysis 5 framework. We explore unanswered questions by analyzing high-energy physics detector data, utilizing traditional Cut-and-Count techniques alongside modern machine learning approaches such as Boosted Decision Trees (BDT), TMVA, and Neural Networks.

Teaching Experience

I have taught a wide variety of courses at the undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels. My teaching portfolio includes:

Quantum Mechanics
Particle Physics
Nuclear Physics
Electronics
Statistics and Probability
Statistical Analysis
Applied Physics

Research Supervision & Mentorship

I have a strong track record of mentoring the next generation of physicists, having successfully supervised:

1 PhD student
22 MPhil students
More than 50 BS projects

Currently, I have 4 PhD candidates and 4 MPhil students registered under my supervision, along with an ongoing BS project group.

Research Interest Keywords

High Energy PhysicsParticle PhysicsHigh Energy Physics Simulation,Detector and Accelerator PhysicsBig Data AnalysisDetector SimulationMachine Learnignin High Energy PhysicsMonte Carlo SimulationsCERNLHC at CERNCMS Experiment at LHCTo

Contact Info

Email: muhammad.shoaib@iub.edu.pk
Mobile #: 0629255462
Location: House No. 408, Block-H, Govt Employees Cooperative Housing Society, Bahawalpur

Research Publication

1. Sajid, Muhammad and Arooj, Aqsa and Asma, Ayesha and Ahmad, Sarfraz and Imran, Muhammad and Hussain, Fayyaz and Tighezza, Ammar Mohamed and Khalil, R.M.A. and Shoaib, Muhammad. 2026. “Charge transport mechanisms in layered perovskite ACr2O7 (A = Be.” Elsevier BV 208. 10.1016/j.jpcs.2025.112996

2. Zeenat Ullah, Abdelhamid Jalil, Xianpeng Yin, Yingming Sang , Javed Hussain, Muhammad Shoaib, Ghulam Hussan , Da Chen. 2025. “Benchmarking of the efficiency of the NaI(Tl) detector using FLUKA, MCNP, and experimental measurements at multiple source distances.” Nuclear Analysis 0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucana. 2025.100185

3. Ahmed, Ijaz and Quddus, Abdul and Muhammad, Jamil and Shoaib, Muhammad and Shafaq, Saba. 2025. “Probing heavy charged Higgs bosons at gamma-gamma colliders using a multivariate technique*.” IOP Publishing 49. 10.1088/1674-1137/ada0b4

4. Ali Shah, Ibrar and Imran, Muhammad and Hussain, Fayyaz and Rasheed, Umbreen and Mohamed Tighezza, Ammar and Khalil, R.M.A. and Shoaib, Muhammad and Fahad Ehsan, Muhammad. 2024. “Exploration of lead-free novel double perovskite halides Na2TlBiX6 (X = Cl.” Elsevier BV 324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2024.129680

5. Shah, Ibrar Ali and Imran, Muhammad and Niaz, Niaz Ahmad and Hussain, Fayyaz and Rasheed, Umbreen and Alam, Manawwer and Ali, Syed Mansoor and Khalil, R. M. A. and Shoaib, Muhammad. 2024. “Revealing structural.” Journal of Computational Electronics 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-024-02143-y

6. Shah, Ibrar Ali and Imran, Muhammad and Hussain, Fayyaz and Rasheed, Umbreen and TIGHEZZA, Ammar Mohamed and Khalil, R. M. A. and Shoaib, Muhammad and Ehsan, Muhammad Fahad. 2024. “First-principles study of structural, mechanical, optoelectronic and thermoelectric properties of lead-free.” Optical and Quantum Electronics 56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-024-07200-1

7. Shah, Ibrar Ali and Imran, Muhammad and Hussain, Fayyaz and Rasheed, Umbreen and Alam, Manawwer and Ali, Syed Mansoor and Wahab, Rizwan and Khalil, R. M. A. and Ehsan, Muhammad Fahad and Shoaib, Muhammad. 2024. “Theoretical insight into physical characteristics of lead-free perovskites Rb2TlSbX6 (X?=?Cl.” Journal of Molecular Modeling 30. 10.1007/s00894-024-06092-y

8. Hussain, Majid and Shoaib, Muhammad and A. Ranjha, Qasim and Shoaib Anwar, Muhammad and Ahmad, Zahoor and Inc, Mustafa. 2023. “Numerical solution to flow of Casson fluid via stretched permeable wedge with chemical reaction and mass transfer effects.” Modern Physics Letters B 38. 10.1142/S0217984923410087

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