Ice Nucleation
How aerosols, biological particles, and engineered surfaces like DNA origami trigger the freezing of supercooled water.
Research&Projects
Where laboratory microphysics meets the air we breathe. Full detail — results, methods, publications — lives on the CV page.
Research interests
Urban Aerosols & Smog
Characterising the particulate matter in South Asian urban air and what it means for clouds, climate, and health.
Atmospheric Physics
Connecting laboratory microphysics to real-world atmospheric processes through custom instrumentation and sampling.
Highlights
NASA Space Apps Challenge
1st Place — National (2025)
Oxford / Clarendon Lab
DNA origami ice-nucleation collaboration
South Asian urban smog
First INP study of Lahore smog particles
TA'AB (non-profit)
Co-founder · 200+ volunteers
The full list of achievements, activities and certifications lives on the CV page.
Projects & tools
Research
Ice Nucleation Induced by Lahore Smog Particles
Investigated how Lahore smog particles affect ice nucleation in water droplets.
Research
Ice Nucleation on DNA Origami
Collaboration with the Clarendon Lab, Jonathan Bath group, University of Oxford.
Research
Microfluidic Structure Design
Designed a photomask with 11 “crystal hotel” structure variations to test smog and DNA origami in droplets.
Research
Air Sampler Development
Designed and built a custom steel-based air sampler for particulate-matter collection.
2024
Simulation of Heterojunction Solar Cell (Silvaco TCAD)
Simulated heterojunction solar cells by optimising material layers and doping profiles.
2025
Targeted Electricity Subsidy Framework for Pakistan
Analysed NEPRA and World Bank data to study electricity-subsidy distribution.
2025
Contactless Sleep Monitoring
Simulated heart-rate extraction using reflected electromagnetic signals and FFT analysis.
Try it: the freezing simulator
A little science toy — cool a droplet and watch supercooled water suddenly crystallise.
20.0°C
Liquid
-30 °C0 °C20 °C
Notice the droplet stays liquid below 0 °C. That's supercooling — freezing needs a nucleus to get started.
Latest in my field
Recent papers on ice nucleating particles, DNA origami ice nucleation and urban aerosol INP — pulled live from the literature.