Dr. Muhammad Amin Padhiar is a foreign teacher at Shanghai Zhongqiao Vocational and Technical University, where he serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Intelligent Manufacturing. He specializes in nanotechnology, focusing on perovskite nanocrystals, quantum dots, optoelectronic materials, gas sensors, and their functional devices. He teaches courses such as Industrial Robotics Professional English and Advanced topics in Nanotechnology and Optoelectronics.
Dr. Padhiar completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering in Pakistan, followed by a Master’s and PhD in Electronics Science and Technology from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 2019 and 2022, respectively. In 2024, he completed his postdoctoral research at Guangzhou University's School of Physics and Materials Science. Dr. Padhiar was awarded permanent residency by the Chinese immigration department under the high-level talent program.
His research has led to the publication of 25 SCI papers, including 8 as first author, in SCI journals such as Nanotechnology, ACS Applied Nanomaterials, Nanoscale, Advanced Optical Materials, Ceramic International, and Nano Energy, with over 300 citations and an H-index of 9. He has co-authored a patent for a sandwichstructured blue QLED with low voltage lighting.
Dr. Padhiar has also hosted a research project funded by Guangzhou City on the Fabrication and Study of Room Temperature-Photoactivated All-Inorganic Perovskites Gas Sensors (funded 200,000 RMB) and participated in international collaborations such as the Design of Graphene-based Flexible SERS Sensors and Realization of Selfcleaning Function (funded 2,000,000 RMB), as part of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
