Curriculum Vitae
Profile
- 🎓📚 Data Scientist with 24 years of teaching & research experience in driving data-informed decisions and solutions to boost efficiency and accuracy.
- 📊🔍 Skilled in developing statistical models, predictive analytics, and interpreting complex data using machine learning algorithms to generate actionable insights.
- 💻📦 Proficient in creating R packages and custom software for statistical analysis and machine learning applications.
Professional Experience
School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow March 2024 – Present
- 🔍📊 Conduct research on Group Testing methodologies, contributing to innovative solutions in statistical sciences
- 🎓📚 Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Statistics
Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Pakistan
Team Lead of the Policy and Research Unit (PRU) Sep 2023 – March 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Consultant at Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Pakistan
- 🗂️📋📊 Strategic Leadership: Oversaw the preparation and implementation of PRU’s annual work plans, research strategies, and performance reports in alignment with BISP Board and Secretary directives.
- 🔬📑💡 Research & Program Design: Developed research methodologies, supervised evaluations, and designed evidence-based poverty reduction models, including improvements to NSER, UCT, CCT, and complementary initiatives.
- 🌐🤝🏛️ Stakeholder Collaboration: Built partnerships with national and international academic/research institutions, coordinated with federal/provincial governments, and facilitated knowledge sharing through a centralized knowledge management hub.
- 👥👩💼🔧 Team Management: Supervised PRU core teams, short-term experts, and outsourced personnel, ensuring high-quality research outputs, policy recommendations, and timely project delivery.
- 📚💬📝 Policy Advocacy: Reviewed global and national social protection literature, identified policy gaps, and supported the development of evidence-based policies and legislative frameworks.
Research Methodology & Monitoring & Evaluation Expert Mar 2021 – March 2024
Asian Development Bank (ADB) Consultant at Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Pakistan
🛠️📊📚 Designed and implemented research methodologies, evaluation frameworks, and data collection tools for large-scale social protection programs.
📈📅🔍 Led impact assessments, supervised data collection, & ensured high-quality data management & analysis.
📝📑📊 Produced technical reports & presented findings to stakeholders for evidence-based decision-making.
🔄💻📈 Collaborated with the M&E Wing to establish monitoring systems & improve program performance.
👩🏫📚🔧 Facilitated training sessions and workshops to enhance data collection and program implementation.
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan
Assistant Professor Feb 2014 – Mar 2021
- 🎓📚 Delivered courses in Statistics and conducted research in Statistics
- 📊💡 Provided statistical consulting to researchers, assisting in experimental design, survey development, and data analysis
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Lincoln-NE, USA
Statistician Mar 2009 – May 2012
📊🧑🔬 Provided statistical expertise in designing experiments, surveys, and data analysis for dental research projects.
🤝📚 Collaborated with researchers to publish findings in peer-reviewed journals.
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan
Lecturer Oct 2003 – Feb 2014
🎓📚 Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Statistics.
🔬📑 Conducted research and contributed to academic publications.
Lecturer Dec 2002 – Oct 2003
- 🎓📚 Taught undergraduate courses in Statistics.
Government College University, Faisalabad Pakistan
Lecturer Nov 2002 – Dec 2002
- 🎓📖 Delivered lectures and supported academic activities in Statistics.
Education
University of Nebraska, Lincoln-NE, USA
Doctor of Philosophy (Statistics) Jan 2005 – Aug 2012
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad Pakistan
Master of Philosophy (Statistics) Sep 2002 – Dec 2004
Master of Science (Statistics) Sep 1999 – Dec 2001
University of Punjab, Lahore Pakistan
Bachelor of Science (Math-A, Math-B, Statistics) 1999
Awards & Academic Distinctions
- 🏅 Research Productivity Allowance (RPA-2012, Category G) by the Pakistan Council of Science & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
- ✅ Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan Approved PhD Supervisor
- 🎓 PhD scholarship under the Faculty Development Program of University of Agriculture-Faisalabad
- 👨🏫 Teaching Assistant (TA) at University of Nebraska-Lincoln USA during PhD studies
- 🔬 Research Assistant (RA) at University of Nebraska-Lincoln USA during PhD studies
- 🥇 First Position in MPhil (Statistics)
- 🥈 Second Position in MSc (Statistics)
Research Interests
- 📊 Data Science
- 🤖 Machine Learning
- 🧪 Group Testing
- 📈 Statistical Modeling & Computing
- 💻
R,Python,LaTeX,markdown,quarto& Reproducible Research - 🔢 Generalized Linear Mixed Models
- 🧬 Design & Analysis of Experiments
Skills
🧑💻 Software and Programming
- 💻 Proficient in
R,Python,SciPy,Pandas,SciKit-Learn,matplotlib,Seaborn,SparkR,tensorflow,SQL,LaTeX,markdown,quarto,git,SAS,SPSS,Eviews,Mathematica,Maxima
🎓 Workshops Offered
- 🧑🏫 Conducted forty-seven computer-aided statistical workshops as a resource person
- 🏛️ On the training panel of National Institute of Banking & Finance (NIBAF), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Karachi & National Institute of Management (NIM), Lahore
Publications
📚 Publications can be accessed here.
📦 Software/Packages
Software can be accessed 👉 here.
Blogs
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Presentations & Workshops
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Teaching
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