Dr. Shaheen Nazir has received her PhD degree from Abdus Salam School of Mathematics, GC University, Lahore. She has worked as Postdoctoral fellow at Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy. Before joining LUMS, she has been associated with National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences (NUCES-FAST), Lahore. Dr. Nazir has  several publications in leading international journals. Her research interests include Algebraic Topology, Algebraic Geometry , Combinatorial Geometry and Combinatorial Commutative Algebra.