Usman Ayub holds a PhD degree from CIIT-Islamabad. He is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Management Sciences, CIIT-Islamabad.  He also holds 8-year degree from Wafaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan and attended two years Takhasus (Mufti) classes. His research interests are Portfolio Theory, Asset Pricing, Corporate Finance, Fuzzy Sets, Artificial Neural Networks and Islamic Finance. 

§        April, 2022 till present Associate Professor: Department of MANAGEMENT SCIENCES, COMSATS University Islamabad CUI, Pakistan 

§        September, 2007 to April 2022 Assistant Professor: Department of MANAGEMENT SCIENCES, COMSATS University Islamabad CUI, Pakistan 

§         February, 2006 to August, 2007 Lecturer: Department of MANAGEMENT SCIECNES, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad 

§  Portfolio Theory 

§  Asset Pricing 

§  Corporate Finance 

§  Fuzzy Sets 

§  Artificial Neural Networks  

§  and Islamic Finance 

PHD SCHOLARS SUPERVISED  

§  Irfan Ullah, “Nexus of Corporate Governance, Financial Reporting Quality and Investment Efficiency” (2021) 

§  Assad Abbas, “Nexus of Earnings Management and Earnings Quality with Firm Value: A Comprehensive Approach” (2021) 

§  Attayah Shafique, “Pleonexia and Crocodile Rules Developed using Performance Measures: Evidence from Pakistan Stock Exchange” (2020) 

§  Sehrish Kiyani, “An Investigation of Testing Adaptive Market Hypothesis using Artificial Neural Networks” (2020) 

§  Muhammad Naveed Jan, “Asset Pricing and Artificial Neural Networks: A Case of Pakistan’s Equity Market” (2019) 

MS SCHOLARS SUPERVISED 

§  Khadija Nafees  “An Application of Shannon Entropy to Portfolio Optimization” 

§  Dania Noor “Fuzzy Portfolio Optimization using Tracking Error” 

§  Rafiullah Jan “International diversification using Co-integration approach” 

§  Sidra Israr Bukhari “Do Islamic Indices Follow AMH?” 

§  Muhammad Mubashir, “Impact of Capital Structure on Firm Financial Performance”.  

§  Uzma Qaddus, “The Discovery of Crocodile Rule on PSX”  

§  Shahrukh Khan, “Constrained Portfolio Optimization under Tracking Error” 

§  Samaila Kausar, “An Investigation of Anomalies in Downside Risk Framework” 

§  Madiha Kazmi, “Incorporating Higher Moments in DCAPM-Based Models-A Case Study of KSE” 

§  Shahnila Mujtaba, “An Investigation of Investor's Preference for Multi-Moments in Portfolio Allocation” 

§  Muhammad Adnan Arshad, “Downside Risk and Momentum Effect: A Case Study of Karachi Stock Exchange” 

§  Saqib Masud, “Test of 5 Factor Capital Asset Pricing Model on Karachi Stock Exchange” 

§  Moaeez Ahmed, “An Empirical Investigation of Weak Efficient Market Hypothesis” 

§  Sanaullah Tariq, “Testing Adaptive Market Efficiency-A Study of Karachi Stock Exchange” 

§  Hafzah Riaz, “Benefit of Naïve Diversification: A Case Study of  Karachi Stock Exchange” 

§  Haroon Ali, “Variants of Jensen Alpha” 

§  Nasir Ali, “Assessment of Project Management Maturity in Non-Government Organizations (NGO’s) of District Swat”