Babar Ahmed Qureshi received his Masters in Physics from University of Punjab in 2002. That is also the year he started pursuing his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at Syracuse University, which he received in Dec. 2007. He then joined Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies as a Govt. of Ireland IRCSET Postdoctoral Fellow. He has also spent extended times as Visiting Scientist at Perimeter Institute, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, CERN and UNAM in Mexico.