Dr. Hafiz Ur Rahman has a solid background in theoretical, experimental, and computational plasma physics. He has consistently published papers in international scientific journals and presented lectures on original scientific work at national and international conferences and workshops. Dr. Rahman taught various physics courses in different universities around the world. Dr. Rahman is experienced in working in both industry and educational institutions. He is skilled in developing and implementing standardized policies and procedures and experienced in leading large size business and academic groups. Dr. Rahman holds an appointment in the Department of Physics and astronomy as a project scientist. He has over three decades experience in the field of fusion-energy and space physics research. His research spans all three areas of experiment, theory and computational physics. His particular emphasis on research has been on, dense Z pinches for fusion, laboratory simulation of space plasma structures, and propagation of neutralized plasma
beams.

Dr. Rahman previously directed the Space Simulation Laboratory at Institute of Geophysics and Planetary
Physics (IGPP) from 1986-2000. He was the principal investigator on various projects funded by NASA,
NSF, US Air Force, DOE and NRL. He served as principal investigator on staged Z-pinch research,
conducted as a joint venture between Universities of California Riverside and Irvine that was funded by US
Department of Energy.

Dr. Rahman holds a B. Sc. from Punjab University and a M. Sc. and M. Phil from Quaid-i-Azam University
Pakistan. In 1983, he earned his Ph.D. in physics from Ruher University Bochum and Quaid-i-Azam
University under the DAAD scholarship program. Dr. Rahman has published over 150 papers in archival
journals and books. He presently has two patents pending for final approval.