Shahid A. Shaheen received his M Sc (physics) from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad in 1976, and worked as lecturer in Islamabad College, Islamabad for a year and Islamia University, Bahawalpur, for two and half years.  He received his Ph. D (physics) from Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany in 1985, and was a postdoc at Rutgers University, New Jersey (1986-1988) before joining the Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, as a faculty member in Nov., 1988.  At Florida State, he is associated with the Department of Physics, the Center for Materials Research and Technology (MARTECH), Center for Nanomagnetics and Biotechnology (CNB), and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL).

His research interests span a broad area of physical phenomena studies and material science.  He is interested in magnetic and transport properties of materials that exhibit intermediate valency, Kondo-lattice, heavy fermion, and highly correlated electron phenomena.  One focus of his current research is the study of advanced permanent magnet materials that are of interest for their technological importance.  He uses a variety of techniques, including melt spinning, ball milling, and magnetron sputtering to form the nano-particles and thin films of permanent magnet and other materials.  He is also involved in the processing of various materials in high magnetic fields to induce and enhance preferential texture and magnetic anisotropy.  Lately he has been involved in establishing a multidisciplinary Center for Nanomagnetics and Biotechnology (CNB) and is interested in developing methods for treating the cancerous cells by magnetic hyperthermia, a process in which the cancerous cells will be heated to a desired temperature by a magnetic heating process.