Mohammad Furqan Ali

Mohammad Furqan Ali has awarded Ph.D. degree in Informatics (Distinction and Honor)
from Universidade Lusófona - Centro Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal and recently has
collaborated research with the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa as well
as with the Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès, Morocco. Previously, he served as a
researcher at the Centro de Investigacao em Tecnologias - Autonoma TechLab, Universidade
Autonoma de Lisboa, Portugal. From 2019 to 2022, he was a research engineer at the
National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, Russia and the University of Sri Lanka
Technological Campus, Sri Lanka. In 2020, he has shared his research initiation with the NIT
Trichy, under the Scheme for Promotion of Academic & Research and Collaboration
(SPARC) in India. During the year of 2022-23, he was a recipient of the top 50 scientific
initiators and researchers who significantly contributed to advancing the National Research
Tomsk Polytechnic University propelling it to new heights in the scientific arena. While
pursuing his Ph.D., he was honored as the best Ph.D. student across the entire university and
received a medal for his exceptional achievements in his research area. He also holds a M.Sc.
degree with Distinction and a Gold Medal from the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic
University Russia awarded in 2018, and a B.Tech degree obtained in 2013 from UP
Technical University, Lucknow, India. His current research interests encompass optical
communication, Underwater Visible Light Communication (UVLC), 5G and beyond (5GB)
wireless networks, the Internet of Underwater Things (IoUTs), hybrid-cooperative
communication, and multi-hop underwater wireless communications.