Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi

Dr. Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi is an Associate Professor (Reader) at the Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI) within the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen's University Belfast. He holds a PhD from Frederick University under the Erasmus Mundus Doctoral Scholarship and has held roles including Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Lecturer, and Senior Lecturer. His research focuses on microwave/millimeter-wave antennas, metamaterials, beamformers, and AI-driven electromagnetics. He has supervised numerous PhD students and leads/co-leads multiple research projects with grants totaling over £1.66 million.

Education: PhD (Frederick University), M.S. (NUST SEECS), B.S. (COMSATS-UI). Awards include the 2019 Mobile World Scholar Challenge Grand Prize and IEEE/AP-S Young Professional Ambassadorship. He teaches courses like High-Frequency Systems Technique and Communications (Electromagnetics and Antennas). Current funded PhD topics include advanced beamforming hardware and active polarization antennas.

Key projects include the Future Communications Hub (HASC), EME Hub, and REASON (Open Networks). Awards highlight his contributions to 5G beamforming and security, with media recognition as a top 100 global 5G influencer.