Education

Degree Field Institution
Ph.D. Mathematics IIU Islamabad(2016)
M.S. Mathematics IIU, Islamabad(2011)
B.S. Mathematics COMSATs University(2009)

Experience

  • Rector, Northern University Nowshera(13 September 2025 – Present)
  • Dean of Faculty of Sciences / Head of Department / Assistant Professor, Northern University Nowshera(January 2017 – 12 September 2025)
  • Assistant Professor, Barani Institute of Information Technology (2013 – 2016)
  • High School Coordinator, Federal Girls College (September 2011 – February 2012)

Research Interests

Newtonian and non-Newtonian Fluids, Peristaltic flows, Flows in arteries, Flows in porous medium, Magnetohydrodynamic flows, Unsteady flows, Micropolar fluids, Homotopy Analysis Method

Supervision

37 MPhil Students supervised from 2013 to 2025.

Honors & Awards

Indigenous Scholarship for PhD awarded by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan; Convener and Resource Person, Research Supervisors’ Workshop (2024);
Convener and Resource Person, Research Supervisors’ Workshop (2025)

Publications

  1. N. S. Akbar, M. Raza, and R. Ellahi, “Anti-bacterial applications for new thermal conductivity model in arteries with CNT suspended nanofluid,” J. Mech. Med. Biol., vol. 16, no. 05, p. 1650063, 2016.
  2. N. S. Akbar, M. Raza, and R. Ellahi, “CNT suspended CuO+ H2O nano fluid and energy analysis for the peristaltic flow in a permeable channel,” Alex. Eng. J., vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 623–633, 2015.
  3. N. S. Akbar, M. Raza, and R. Ellahi, “Copper oxide nanoparticles analysis with water as base fluid for peristaltic flow in permeable tube with heat transfer,” Comput. Methods Programs Biomed., vol. 130, pp. 22–30, 2016.
  4. L. A. Khan, M. Raza, N. A. Mir, and R. Ellahi, “Effects of different shapes of nanoparticles on peristaltic flow of MHD nanofluids filled in an asymmetric channel,” J. Therm. Anal. Calorim., pp. 1–12.
  5. N. Akbar, M. Raza, and R. Ellahi, “Endoscopic Effects with Entropy Generation Analysis in Peristalsis for the Thermal Conductivity of 2 HO Nanofluid,” J. Appl. Fluid Mech., vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 1721–1730, 2016.
  6. N. S. Akbar, M. Raza, and R. Ellahi, “Impulsion of induced magnetic field for Brownian motion of nanoparticles in peristalsis,” Appl. Nanosci., vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 359–370, 2016.
  7. N. S. Akbar, M. Raza, and R. Ellahi, “Influence of heat generation and heat flux on peristaltic flow with interacting nanoparticles,” Eur. Phys. J. Plus, vol. 129, no. 8, p. 185, 2014.
  8. N. S. Akbar, M. Raza, and R. Ellahi, “Influence of induced magnetic field and heat flux with the suspension of carbon nanotubes for the peristaltic flow in a permeable channel,” J. Magn. Magn. Mater., vol. 381, pp. 405–415, 2015.
  9. N. S. Akbar, M. Raza, and R. Ellahi, “Interaction of nanoparticles for the peristaltic flow in an asymmetric channel with the induced magnetic field,” Eur. Phys. J. Plus, vol. 129, no. 7, p. 155, 2014.
  10. N. S. Akbar, M. Raza, and R. Ellahi, “Peristaltic flow with thermal conductivity of H2O+ Cu nanofluid and entropy generation,” Results Phys., vol. 5, pp. 115–124, 2015.
  11. R. Ellahi, M. Raza, and K. Vafai, “Series solutions of non-Newtonian nanofluids with Reynolds’ model and Vogel’s model by means of the homotopy analysis method,” Math. Comput. Model., vol. 55, no. 7–8, pp. 1876–1891, 2012.
  12. M. Hameed, A. A. Khan, R. Ellahi, and M. Raza, “Study of magnetic and heat transfer on the peristaltic transport of a fractional second grade fluid in a vertical tube,” Eng. Sci. Technol. Int. J., vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 496–502, 2015.
  13. R. Ellahi, M. Raza, and N. S. Akbar, “Study of peristaltic flow of nanofluid with entropy generation in a porous medium,” J. Porous Media, vol. 20, no. 5, 2017.
  14. M. Raza , R. Ellahi, Ifraheem Waheed, Study of heat transfer enhancement by different CNTs in peristaltic flow under induced magnetic field in a permeable channel, J. Therm. Anal. Calorim., pp. 1–10. (2020).
  15. M. Raza , R. Ellahi, Shape effects on peristaltic flow of MHD nanofluid containing Cu – H2O treated through Hamilton and Crosser models (Submitted in Reputed Journal)
  16. M. Raza, K. Javid, H. Khattak, MHD rheological study of visco-elastic non-Newtonain Jeffrey fluid model through a non-uniform channel: A bio mathematical modeling (Submitted in Reputed Journal)
  17. Khurram Javid, Mohsin Raza, Sami Ullah Khan, M. Ijaz Khan, Yu-Ming Chud, MHD flow study of viscous fluid through a complex wavy curved surface due to bio-mimetic propulsion under porosity and second-order slip effects, (2021). (Accepted) [18] Khurram Javid, Mohsin Raza, Sami Ullah Khan, M. Ijaz Khan, Yu-Ming Chud, Double diffusive convection and Hall Effect in creeping flow of viscous nanofluid through a convergent microchannel: A biotechnology applications, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, (2021).