CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal
Name
Rehana Naz
Date of Birth
June 14 1979
E-mail
rehananaz_qau@yahoo.com, drrehana@lahoreschool.edu.pk
Qualifications:
PhD, Mathematics, 2008, University of the Witwatersrand , South Africa
Job Experience
1. Junior research fellow (M.phil student) Jan 2002 to March 2004
2. Lecturer at International Islamic university, Islamabad May (2006) Jan (2007)
3. Tutor at University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa from January (2007) to October (2008)
4. Short term Post-Doc, University of the Witwatersrand , South Africa from Sep 2008 to Dec 2008
5. Assistant Professor at Lahore school of Economics (LSE) from Oct (2009) to 31-12-2010.
6.
Associate Professor at Lahore school of Economics (LSE) from Jan (2011) to date.
Distinctions/Scholarships/Fellowships
1.
Awarded roll of honor in BSc
2. First position in Applied Mathematics MSC and M. Phil Quaid-I-Azam University
3 HEC Scholarship in M. Phil
4
KRL awarded with honorarium in the first year of my job due to extra ordinary performance
5
Tutor award 2008, University of the Witwatersrand
6
Merit Scholarship for post graduate students at University of the Witwatersrand
7
National Research Foundation (Research Scholarship for PhD), South Africa
8
School grant from School of Computational and Applied Mathematics University of the Witwatersrand
9
10
11
12
Awarded with 4 months short term post doc at university of Witwatersrand
HEC approved supervisor
Member of HEC curriculum revision committee BS Maths 2012
Promoted from Assistant to Associate professor in Lahore school of Economics due to research, teaching,
designing number of new courses and top evaluations
International Conferences & Workshops Attended and presented
1.
Euler’s workshop held at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 3-4 August
2007
2.
SAMS 50th international Annual congress held at university of Cape Town, South Africa 31 th Oct-2nd
Nov 2007
3.
Fifth Mathematics in Industry Study Group in South Africa (MISGSA) held at University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa 28th Jan-1st Feb 2008.
4.
SAMS 51th international annual congress held at university of Kawalzu Natal, South Africa 5-7 Nov
2008
5.
8TH AIMS International conference on dynamical systems, differential equations and Applications
held at Dresden University of technology, Dresden, Germany 25-28 May 2010.
6.
Workshop on "Spectral theory and PDEs" University of Kent, Canterbury UK 24 May 2011
7.
9th AIMS international conference on Dynamical systems, differential equations and applications ,
Orlando USA, July 1-July 5, 2012
Computer Skills
1
Scientific Workplace, Latex, Microsoft office, Mathematica, Matlab, Maple
2
Computer packages YaLie, MathLie, GeM, Crack for symmetries and conservation laws, SADE Package,
GeM package for symmetries and conservation laws
Research Publications in ISI journals / Conference proceedings
Total 21 publications (7 as single author, 12 as first author, 2 as second author) in Master list ISI journals. Total 3
publications in international ISI indexed proceedings. Number of co-authors in all of my publications is 2 or 1.
Journal Name
Communications in
nonlinear science and
numerical simulations
Nonlinear analysis: real
world applications
Applied Mathematics
Letters
Applied mathematics and
computation
Journal of Mathematical
analysis and applications
Z NATURFORSCH A
Mathematical problems in
engineering
Applicable analysis
Journal of applied
Mathematics
Journal of nonlinear
Mathematical physics
Pramana Journal of
Physics
Mathematical and
Computational
Applications
Advance in Business
administration
World academy of science
conference proceedings
Impact factor
2.806
Number of papers
2
2.043
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1.371
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0.575
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1
ISI indexed conference
proceedings
ISI indexed conference
proceedings
1
2
INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS
Reviewer of following international journals:
Numerical methods for partial differential equations (USA), Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer (USA), Nonlinear
Analysis: Real World Applications (UK), ZNA (Germany), Journal of Applicable analysis, International Journal for
Numerical Methods in Fluids, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Applied
Mathematics and computations, Journal of Applied Mathematics
Research Publications in ISI journals
1.
R. Naz , M. D.Khan , I. Naeem, Conservation laws and exact solutions of a class of non-linear
regularized long wave equations via double reduction theory and Lie symmetries, Commu. Nonlinear.
Sci. Numer. Simulat available online (2013)
2.
R. Naz , M. D.Khan, I.Naeem, Nonclassical symmetry analysis of boundary layer equations, Journal of
applied Mathematics available online (2013)
3.
R. Naz, Conservation laws for some systems of nonlinear partial differential equations via multiplier
approach, Journal of applied Mathematics Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 871253, 13 pages
4.
R. Naz, Conservation laws for some compacton equations using the multiplier approach, Applied
Mathematics Letters, 25 (2012) 257-261
5.
R. Naz, Conservation laws for laminar axisymmetric jet flows with weak swirl, Applicable analysis,
91, (2012), 1045-1052
6.
R. Naz, Group invariant solutions for two-dimensional free, wall and liquid jets having finite fluid
velocity at orifice, Mathematical problems in engineering, Volume 2011, Article ID 615612, DOI:
10.1155/2011/615612 (2011)
7.
F. M. Mahomed and R. Naz, A note on the Lie symmetries of complex partial differential equations
and their split real systems, Pramana journal of physics , 77 (2011) 483-491
8.
R. Naz, Approximate partial Noether operators and first integrals for cubically coupled nonlinear
Duffing oscillators subject to a periodically driven force, Journal of Mathematical analysis and
application, 380 (2011) 289-298
9.
R. Naz, D. P. Mason and I. Naeem, Group invariant solution for a liquid film on the surface of a
sphere, Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung A (2011) 66a 272-280
10. R. Naz, I. Naeem, F. M. Mahomed, First integrals for two linearly coupled nonlinear duffing
oscillators,
Mathematical
problems
in
Engineering,
Volume
2011,
Article
ID
831647,
doi:10.1155/2011/831647
11. R. Naz, Group invariant solution for a free jet on a hemi-spherical shell, Applied Mathematics and
Computations. 215 (2010) 3265–3270.
12. R. Naz, F. M. Mahomed, T. Hayat, Conservation laws for third-order variant Boussinesq system,
Applied Mathematics Letters 23 (2010) 883-886
13. R. Naz, I. Naeem, F. M. Mahomed, Conservation laws and conserved quantities for laminar radial jets
with swirl, Mathematical and Computational applications 15 (2010) 742-761
14. R. Naz, Conservation laws for a complexly coupled KdV system, coupled Burgers’ system and
Drinfeld-Sokolov-Wilson system via multiplier approach, Commun. Nonlinear. Sci. Numer. Simulat.
15 (2010) 1177-1182
15. R. Naz, D. P. Mason and F. M. Mahomed, Conservation laws and conserved quantities for laminar
two-dimensional and radial jets, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications. 10 (2009) 2641-2651
16. R. Naz, F. M. Mahomed and D. P. Mason, Conservation laws via the partial Lagrangian and group
invariant solutions for radial and two-dimensional free jets, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World
Applications. 10 (2009) 3457-3465
17. R. Naz, I. Naeem and S. Abelman, Conservation laws for Camassa – Holm equation, Dullin-GottwaldHolm equation and Generalized Dullin-Gottwald-Holm equation, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World
Applications. 10 (2009) 3466-3471
18. R. Naz and D. P. Mason, Conservation laws for heated laminar radial liquid and free jets, Journal of
Nonlinear Mathematical Physics. 16 (2009) 299-309
19. R. Naz, F. M. Mahomed and D. P. Mason, Symmetry solutions of a third-order ordinary differential
equation which arises from Prandtl boundary layer equations, Journal of Nonlinear Math. Phys. 15
supplement 1 (2008) 179-191
20. R. Naz, F. M. Mahomed and D. P. Mason, Comparison of different approaches to conservation laws
for some partial differential equations in fluid mechanics, Applied Mathematics and Computations.
205 (2008) 212-230
21. T. Hayat, R. Naz and S. Asghar, Hall effects on unsteady duct flow of a non-Newtonian fluid in a
porous medium, Applied Mathematics and Computations. 157 (2004) 103-114
Publications in ISI indexed Conference proceedings/other journals
1.
I. Naeem, R. Naz and F. M. Mahomed, First Integrals for Systems via Complex Partial Lagrangians,
RECENT ADVANCES in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 20-25, 2010.
2.
I. Naeem and R. Naz, Wall jet on a hemi-spherical shell: conserved quantities and group invariant
solution, International Journal of Nonlinear science. 7 (2009) 149-158
3.
R. Naz, D. P. Mason, F. M. Mahomed, Physical conserved quantities for the axisymmetric liquid, free
and wall jets, Proceedings of World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. 43 (2008)
282-286
Dissertations
1. R. Naz, Symmetry solutions and conservation laws for some partial differential equations in fluid
mechanics, Ph.D. dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2008).
2. R. Naz, Hall effects on flow of an Oldroyd-B Fluid in a porous medium, Phil dissertation, Quaid-IAzam University Islamabad, Pakistan (2004).