Dr. Muhammad Nawaz (Ph.D in 1996 from Oslo University, Norway) is a Principle Scientist at ABB corporate research, Västerås, Sweden where he is actively engaged in research activities in power electronics field with special focus on silicon and silicon carbide (SiC) based power semiconductor devices. Previously, he has worked at Chalmers University of Technology (CTH), Sweden, Ericsson Microelectronics (Kista) Sweden, Infineon Technology AG Germany, and TranSiC (now ON Semiconductor) Sweden. His expertise deals with technology development, device design, technology development support through TCAD, device modeling, device reliability and device characterization covering a wide range of optoelectronic and electronic devices.

He is a senior member of IEEE and distinguished lecturer of IEEE, electron device society. Currently, he is serving as an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications and IEEE Transaction on Power Electronics.

He is author/coauthor of over 100 papers in peer reviewed international journals and conferences besides holding several industrial patents.