Professor Qammer Hussain Abbasi, a distinguished academic and scientific originally from Murree and graduated from the University of Engineering and Technology (EUT), Lahore, has been appointed member of the Science Advisory Council (SSAC), the highest scientific advisory body of Scotland.
This Council provides independent and expert advice to Scottish ministers through the main scientific advisor on science and technology issues. Abbasi is the first Pakistani to receive this honor.
According to the official SSAC website, Abbasi is currently a member of the James Watt Engineering School, University of Glasgow, as a professor of applied electromagnetic and detection. It also acts as co -director of the Doctoral Training Center in research led by diversity and director of director for the feeling of communication and the image hub.
With a research portfolio exceeding £ 13 million and more than 500 pairs reviewed in the main international magazines, including the prestigious family of nature, Abbasi is also editor of 14 scientific books.
Its broad work covers areas such as intergreated detection and communication, 6G and 5G technologies, the electronics, wireless communications already nanoscale, sensors, radio frequencies for medical care and even cerebral machine interfaces.
He has received multiple praise, including a global talent support from the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Award for Excellence Teaching and the 2021 Young Scientist Sensor Award. Its multidisciplinary approach continues to join the worlds of electronics, computer science and biomedical engineering.
In particular, Abbasi was also appointed advisor to the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology of the United Kingdom in November 2024, where he contributes with recommendations of policies related to convergent technologies such as semiconductors, quantum computing, AI and future telecommunications.
“My role in both agencies is to provide technical guidance to shape the National Policy of Science and Innovation. These ideas are transmitted to the Secretary of State and, ultimately, to a broader government. The objective is to converge into emerging technologies to support sustainable economic growth,” said Abbasi in an interview with The express trustee.
In addition to his list of historical achievements, he was recently chosen as a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (CSR) (the National Academy of Scotland), the same prestigious institution that once included luminaires such as James Clerk Maxwell and James Watt. He is the youngest Pakistani to receive this honor.
