Dr. Muhammad Sabieh Anwar is an Associate Professor of Physics and Dean at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering (SBASSE) at LUMS. His research interests include spintronics, magnetism, and optics.

He played a pivotal role in establishing the physics department at LUMS and was instrumental in developing the School’s experimental facilities and curriculum. Sabieh served as the Chair of the Physics Department for four years, during which ideas from his physics instructional laboratories were adopted by ten Pakistani universities.

He has introduced innovative learning tools in Pakistan’s universities, focusing on insightful, homegrown physics experiments. His engaging lectures, featuring live demonstrations, are widely shared online.

Sabieh is the General Secretary of the Khwarizmi Science Society, which aims to popularize science at grassroots levels. The Lahore Science Mela, curated by him, has drawn over fifty thousand visitors across six days in three years.

Before joining LUMS in 2007, Sabieh completed post-doctoral research in chemistry and materials science at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his PhD as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.

Awards and Contributions:

• Recipient of the TWAS Medal in Physics for Pakistan (2008)
• National Innovation Prize (2015)
• Member of the Task Force on the Culture of Science in the Muslim World
• Member of the National Committee on R&D, Higher Education Commission