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I am an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan. I completed my Ph.D. in Mathematical Physics from the Gravity group at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada. I work in the field of Quantum Gravity.

Quantum Theory (which describes interactions at small scales) and General Relativity (which describes gravity at large scales) - the two pillars of modern physics - are very successful in describing phenomena in their respective domains. However in regions like the very early universe, or black holes, where both theories are expected to be important, they are in conflict with each other. Quantum Gravity is the quest for resolving this conflict by quantizing gravity. My research interests are in quantum gravity, and in particular, its applications to cosmology and black holes. I am interested in questions like: How did our universe begin? What goes on inside black holes? What is the meaning and role of time in a quantum universe? What is space? What is time?

Specifically, my research is in canonical quantum gravity (which starts from a Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity), and its application to symmetry reduced systems like homogeneous/isotropic cosmologies and spherically symmetric gravitational collapse and black holes. For more details see here.

Along with this, I also have interests in the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of religion, and in particular, am interested in the underlying metaphysical foundations of physical theories.