2018 - to date Senior Research Associate: Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Oxide Super Spintronics

2017 - 2018 Research Associate: London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London,

Superconducting nanowires to study Quantum phase slips

2012 - 2017 Researcher at Quantum Materials Lab.: Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Japan.

Sr2RuO4 spin-triplet superconductor based junctions

2007 - 2011: PhD 2011 Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory: Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Spin-triplet supercurrents in thin films of ferromagnetic CrO2

2004 - 2006: M.Phil (Physics): University of Engineering and Technology Lahore-Pakistan.

2001 - 2003: M.Sc (Physics): University of Engineering and Technology Lahore-Pakistan

Publications

Selected Publication:

• S. Arif, S. Saleem, G. Murtaza, R. Ayub, A. Mehmood and M. S. Anwar, Investigations of N⁺ ion implantation of MPPA for flexible electronics. Optical Materials, 129, 112521 (2022).

• S. Arif, Nimra, N. Bano, M. Riaz and M. S. Anwar, Effect of magnesium substitution on structural and dielectric properties of ceramics. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 281, 125873 (2022).

• M. S. Anwar and J. C. Fenton, Gate-voltage-controlled conduction in superconducting NbN nanowires. Superconductor Science and Technology, 34, 115018 (2021).

• M. S. Anwar and J.A.W. Robinson, A review of the dynamical superconductivity in Sr₂RuO₄. Coatings: advances in superconducting thin films, 11, 1110 (2021). [Invited]

• S.R. Lee, M. S. Anwar, Y.J. Shin, M.C. Lee, Y. Sugimoto, M. Kunieda, S. Yonezawa, Y. Maeno and T.W. Noh, Negligible substrate-induced strain effects on magnetic properties of SrRuO₃ thin films. Physica Status Solidi B, 2000047 (2020).

• Z. Babar, J. Fatheema, N. Arif, M. S. Anwar, S. Gul, M. Iqbal and S. Rizwan, Magnetic phase transition from paramagnetic in Nb₂AlC-MAX to superconductivity-like diamagnetic in Nb₂C-MXene: an experimental and computational analysis. RSC Advances, 10, 25669 (2020).

• Z. Babar, M. S. Anwar, M. Mumtaz, M. Iqbal, R-K. Zhrng, D. Akinwande and S. R. Haider, Peculiar magnetic behaviour and meissner effect in two-dimensional layered Nb₂C MXene. 2d Materials, 7, 035012 (2020).

• Y. Yasui, K. Lahabi, V. F. Becerra, R. Fermin, M. S. Anwar, S. Yonezawa, T. Terashima, M. V. Milošević, J. Aarts, and Y. Maeno, Spontaneous emergence of Josephson junctions in homogeneous rings of single-crystal Sr₂RuO₄. NPJ Quantum Materials, 5, 21 (2020).

• M. S. Anwar, M. Kunieda, R. Ishiguro, S. R. Lee, C. Sow, J. W. A. Robinson, S. Yonezawa, T. W. Noh, Y. Maeno, Anomalous anisotropic behaviour of spin-triplet proximity effect in Ay/SrRuO3/Sr2RuO4 junctions. Scientific Reports 9, 15827 (2019).

• M. S. Anwar, M. Kunieda, R. Ishiguro, S. R. Lee, L. A. B. Olde Olthof, J. W. A. Robinson, S. Yonezawa, T. W. Noh, and Y. Maeno, Observation of superconducting gap spectra of long-range proximity effect in Au/SrTiO3/SrRuO3/Sr2RuO4 tunnel junctions. Phys. Rev. B 100, 024516 (2019).

• N. G. N. Constantino, M. S. Anwar, O. W. Kennedy, M. Dang, P. A. Warburton, and J. C. Fenton, Emergence of Quantum Phase-Slip Behaviour in Superconducting NbN Nanowires: DC Electrical Transport and Fabrication Technologies, Nanomaterials 8, 442 (2018).

• M. S. Anwar, S. R. Lee, R. Ishiguro, Y. Sugimoto, Y. Tano, S. J. Kang, Y. J. Shin, D. Manske, T. W. Noh and Y. Maeno, Direct penetration of spin-triplet superconductivity into a ferromagnet in Au/SrRuO₃/Sr₂RuO₄ junctions, Nature communications 7, 13220 (2016).

• L. T. E. Hassinger, P. Bourgeois-Hope, H. Taniguchi, S. René de Cotret, G. Grissonnanche, M. S. Anwar, Y. Maeno, N. Doiron-Leyraud, and L. Taillefer, Vertical Line Nodes in the Superconducting Gap Structure of Sr2RuO4, Phys. Rev. X 7, 011032 (2017).

• M. S. Anwar, Taketomo Nakamura, S. Yonezawa, M. Yakabe, R. Ishiguro, H. Takayanagi and Y. Maeno, Anomalous switching in Nb/Ru/Sr2RuO4 topological junctions by chiral domain wall motion, Scientific Reports 3, 2480 (2013).

• MS Anwar, M Veldhorst, A Brinkman, J Aarts, Long range supercurrents in ferromagnetic CrO2 using a multilayer contact structure, App. Phys. Lett. 100, 052602 (2012).

• M. S. Anwar, F. Czeschka, M. Hesselberth, M. Porcu, and J. Aarts, Long-range supercurrents through half-metallic ferromagnetic CrO2, Phy. Rev. B 82, 100501R (2010). [Editor Suggestions]

INVITED LECTURES AND DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS

1. New direction in Superconducting electronics: superconducting Spintronics

Institute of Physics (IOP) Conference “Superconductivity Country Fair” Jul. (2021).

2. A route to dissipationless spintronics

National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. (2020).

3. Spin-triplet superconducting junctions based on oxide ferromagnetic materials

Oxide Superspin International School, Sapporo, Japan, Aug. 8^th, (2018).

4. Even and odd frequency spin-triplet proximity effects in SrRuO₃/Sr₂RuO₄ hybrids

Department of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, U.K. Apr. 26^th, (2017).

5. Spin-triplet long-range proximity effect in superconductor/ferromagnet junctions

Shanghai Centre for Complex Physics, Jiao Tong University China May 5^th, (2016).

6. Spin-triplet proximity effect at SrRuO₃ /Sr₂RuO₄ interface

Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, The Netherlands, Feb. 12^th, (2015).

7. Spin-triplet proximity effect at SrRuO₃/Sr₂RuO₄ interface

Max Planck Institute for solid state physics Stuttgart, Germany, Feb. 10^th, (2015).

8. Josephson junctions based on spin-triplet superconductivity

Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Jan. 10^th, (2014).

9. Fabrication of a hybrid structure of a ferromagnet and a spin-triplet superconductor

Max Planck Institute for solid state physics, Stuttgart, Germany, Jul. 18^th, (2014).

10. Josephson junctions and spin-triplet superconductivity

School of Engineering Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Nov. 29^th, (2013).

11. Seebeck effect under applied fields for ferromagnetic thin films

Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, Oct. 28^th, (2011).

12. Long range proximity effect in half metallic ferromagnetic CrO₂

Physics Preview Lectures, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, 2^nd Jun. (2009).

INVITED TALKS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Oxide nanodevices for spintronics

International conference on the Application Science and Mathematics, Malaysia, Oct. (2021).

2. Electronically controlled transport of superconducting nanowires

International Webinar on Nanotechnology in Current Era, Lahore, Pakistan, Aug. (2020).

3. Superconductivity and ferromagnetism for dissipationless-spintronics

USA-Pakistan bilateral conference on energy nanomaterials, Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. (2020).

4. Dynamic nature of Nb/Ru/Sr₂RuO₄ superconducting Topological junctions

DSEC VI Salerno, Italy, Sep. (2019).

5. Superconducting proximity effect in Sr₂RuO₄ based devices

Strontium Ruthenate – 25 years of a puzzling superconductor, Zurich, Switzerland, May (2019).

6. Spin polarized supercurrent generation in oxide junctions

International conference on “Quantum Physics and complex matter: superconductivity, magnetism and ferroelectricity” Ischia, Italy, Jun. (2019).

7. Spin-triplet proximity effect in SrRuO₃/Sr₂RuO₄ junction

Majorana Fermions and Topological Materials Science, Sicily, Italy, Jul. (2018).

8. Long-range proximity in ferromagnet/spin-triplet superconductor

The 8^th interactive meeting, Physics of odd-frequency Cooper pairs, UK, May (2017).

9. Long range spin-triplet proximity effect at SrRuO₃/Sr₂RuO₄ interface

International conference on Light and Life, Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. (2015).

10. Proximity effect in ferromagnet/spin-triplet-superconductor junctions

CIFAR Quantum Materials Meeting at Vancouver Canada, May (2015).

11. In search of odd frequency spin-triplet proximity effect in SrRuO₃/Sr₂RuO₄ hybrids

International conference on Topological Quantum Phenomena, Kyoto, Japan, Dec. (2014).

12. Spin-triplet superconductivity generation with CrO₂ and Co based SFS junctions

International workshop for young researchers on topological quantum phenomena in condensed matter with broken symmetries, Shuzenji, Japan, Nov. (2011).

13. Generation of Spin triplet superconductivity in MoGe/CrO₂/MoGe

International conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism, Salerno, Italy, Sept. (2010).

PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Spin-triplet superconducting proximity effect in SrRuO₃/Sr₂RuO₄ hybrids

March Meeting of American Physics Society, Baltimore, USA, Mar. (2016). (Oral)

2. Development of SrRuO₃/Sr₂RuO₄ hybrid to study proximity effects

International conference on magnetism, Barcelona, Spin, Jul. (2015). (Poster)

3. Development of ferromagnet SrRuO₃ and spin triplet superconductor Sr₂RuO₄ junctions

International conference on THz plasma, Kyoto, Japan, Dec. (2014). (Oral)

4. Fabrication of atomically smooth and highly conducting SrRuO₃/Sr₂RuO₄ hybrids

Strongly Correlated Electron System (SCES), Grenoble-France, Jul. (2014). (Poster)

5. Dynamic behaviour of Nb/Ru/Sr₂RuO₄ topological junctions

International workshop for young researchers on topological quantum phenomena in condensed matter with broken symmetries, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. (2013). (Poster)

6. Chiral domain wall motion in Nb/Ru/Sr₂RuO₄ topological junctions

MAMA‐Trend "Trends, challenges and emergent new phenomena in multi‐functional materials", Sorrento, Italy, May (2013). (Poster)

7. Japanese Physical Society (JPS) Meetings

(Sept. 2012, March 2013, Sept. 2013, Sept. 2014). (Oral)

8. Spin-triplet supercurrents in MoGe/CrO₂/MoGe Josephson junctions

International conference on topological quantum phenomenon, Japan, May (2012). (Poster)

9. Long range proximity effect in half metallic ferromagnet CrO₂

FOM Physics Meetings, Veldhoven, The Netherlands, Jan. (2011). (Oral)

10. FOM@Physics meetings, Veldhoven, Netherlands, (2008), (2009), (2010). (Poster)

11. Generation of spin-polarized supercurrents using half metallic ferromagnet CrO₂

Casimir Spring School Arnemuiden, The Netherlands, Jan. (2010). (Poster)

12. Spin polarized supercurrents generation using CrO₂ thin films deposited on Al₂O₃ substrates

European School on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Grenoble, Sep. (2009). (Poster)

13. Non-linear thermal conductance in metals in the result of laser mater interaction

Pakistan Institute of Physics, International conference, Lahore, Pakistan, Mar. (2006). (Oral)

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

1. University of Cambridge Science Festival

Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK, (2019).

2. Superconducting and ferromagnetic materials

JSPS Science Dialogue Lecture at Jonan Ryoso High School, Kyoto, Japan, (2016).

3. Importance of superconductivity and magnetism for science and technology

JSPS Science Dialogue Lecture at Okazaki high school, Nagoya, Japan, (2015).

4. Demonstration of magnetic levitation and superconductivity

Department of Materials Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, (2014).