Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ajaz,  working in the filed of high-energy physics, currently serving as Tenured Professor in the Department of Physics at Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan in Pakistan. He is a member of the ALICE and NA61/SHINE collaborations at CERN. Prof. Ajaz's research endeavors have been supported by the HEC Pakistan through NRPU, culminating in the successful completion of a research project. He possesses substantial experience in guiding students, presently supervising 4 PhD and 6 Master's students, and has a history of mentoring a PhD and numerous master's students. His exceptional academic journey has been recognized with research awards from the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST). Furthermore, Prof. Ajaz has an impressive international background, having completed a one-year postdoctoral research stint at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, where he was actively involved in work at CERN. His prolific research output is highlighted by over 170 research articles to his credit, firmly establishing him as a leading research scientist from Pakistan. Prof. Ajaz's academic journey has been adorned with several scholarships and awards, including scholarships for MS/MPhil and PhD studies from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan based on National Testing Service Examinations. Additionally, he received a prestigious Post-Doctoral fellowship from the Swiss Government under the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship program. Prof. Ajaz's contributions have been acknowledged with awards such as the Best Poster Award at the International School of Sub Nuclear Physics in Erice, Italy, as well as multiple Research Productivity Awards from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad and the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology. Notably, he was recognized as the Second-Best Productive Scientist of Pakistan in 2017 and 2018 in the field of Physics in the whole country.

His research primarily revolves around heavy ion collisions, focusing on Phenomenology, the formation of quark-gluon plasma (QGP), phase transitions, onset energy, and critical volume. He places particular emphasis on studying the details of fireball expansion and the freeze-out phenomenon of final-state particles. This involves using kinetic freeze-out temperature and volume, along with extracting and comparing various types of temperatures during heavy ion collisions, shedding light on different evolution stages and contributing to our understanding of extreme matter conditions. Furthermore, Prof. Ajaz employs event generators to simulate and replicate experimental data. He also fine-tunes models for hadron production measurements and investigates cosmic rays' air showers, expanding the scope of his research into these intriguing phenomena.