Muhammad Asad joined the Sofer Group as a CHEMFELLS VII Fellow in April 2025. He received his Master’s degree in Chemistry from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan, in 2018, and earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Zhengzhou University, Henan, China, in 2022. From 2022 to 2024, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Henan University of Technology, China. His research focuses on the design and synthesis of luminescent porous materials, including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and covalent organic polymers (COPs), as well as two-dimensional (2D) materials such as MXenes, metal oxides, and metal sulfides. His work explores their applications in luminescent sensing and electrocatalysis, with an emphasis on sustainable environmental and energy technologies.