Dr. Zubair Ahmad has been continuously working with High school Research Experience Programs (HSREP) and Undergraduate Research Experience Programs (UREP) since 2016. Currently, he is executing two NPRP projects, 3 UREP projects, and a QU collaborative project and completed many other projects funded by QNRF (~$2.5M). He has also played a leading role in two other completed international research projects funded by the Japanese Society for Physical Sciences (JSPS) and the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) Malaysia. He has supervised five postdoctoral fellows and over 5 Ph.D. students to completion, while he currently supervises 2 Ph.D. students. He published more than 185 research articles in the well-reputed international journals besides the 3 international patents (filled) and two book chapters (see cv). Additionally, Dr. Zubair has an extensive collaboration network worldwide. He has a robust research alliance with Stanford University, Georgia Southern University USA in STEM education.