Imran Anwar

Associate Professor & Chair Department of Mathematics

Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS),

Lahore, Pakistan.

 Email: imran.anwar@lums.edu.pk, iimrananwar@gmail.com

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Address: Syed Babar Ali School of Sciences & Engineering Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)                                           DHA Phase 5، Khayaban-e-Jinnah Road، opposite Sector U، Punjab Small Industries Housing Society, Lahore,                              Punjab-54792, Pakistan.   

Office: 9-155A (SSE Building) | UAN: 111-115-867 Ext: 8228 | Direct: +92 423 35608228  | Fax: (+92 423 5741673) |

Skype Id: iimrananwar_1        official webpage: https://web.lums.edu.pk/~imrananwar 

Research Interests

My research interests stretched into Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry. In particular, most of my research contributions fall in the characterization and classification problems in combinatorial commutative algebra. Moreover, I am interested in enumerative combinatorics and applied aspects of combinatorial algebra. 

Teaching Philosophy

My mathematical teaching philosophy is based on ”Plato’s Meno”. In my lectures, I help my students to establish conceptual learning by ”raising critical questions”. At the graduate level, my exam questions are testing their abilities of critical thinking and establish stern arguments. Through these ways, I expose my students to ”Mathesis Universalis”: the method for scientific and philosophical thinking, that was envisaged by Rene Descartes and Gottfried Leibniz. I am a mathematics enthusiast, so I make special efforts to introduce a mathematical topic with historical rhetoric and applied aspects: in the most relatable and captivating ways.

Professional Affiliations

Jan., 2021 - to date                           Associate Professor                Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Lahore-Pakistan.

Jan., 2023 - to date                           Regional Director                   Emerging Regional Centre of Excellence of the European Mathematical Society for Pakistan.

Jan., 2021 - to date                           Department Chair                   Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Lahore-Pakistan.

Jan., 2022 - to date                           Ambassador of IDM               Promoting the celebrations of the International Day of Mathematics in Pakistan.

Jul., 2020 - Dec., 2020                    Academic Director                 Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences Lahore-Pakistan.

Sept., 2015 - Dec., 2020                 Associate Professor               Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences Lahore-Pakistan.

Apr., 2008 – Sept., 2015                Assistant Professor               COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore-Pakistan.