Dr Ikram Asghar is working as a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at Teesside University. He holds a P.hD. in Computing from Bournemouth University, United Kingdom with a thesis titled "Impact of Assistive Technologies in Supporting People with Dementia".
Before joining Teesside University, Dr. Ikram held various positions at the University of South Wales and Bournemouth University. He also gained experience at the International Islamic University Islamabad and with multinational corporations such as Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola Solutions.

His research interests are focused on Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Digital Healthcare, Assistive Technologies and Project Management.

• FUSION - Featured eUrope and South asIa mObility Network (funded by EU, 2014 –2017), Lead Investigator on project "Impact of Assistive Technologies in Supporting People with Dementia"), Bournemouth University, UK.
• CEMET - The Centre of Excellence in Mobile and Emerging Technologies (funded by ERDF, 2018-2022), Co-Investigator on Academic Research Projects. University of South Wales, UK.
• Multiple small research grants from ACM SIGACCESS, CHARMED, SciTech BU and Horizon 2020 to carry out research work in USA, Italy, UK and Pakistan. 

• The European Union's Erasmus Mundus scholarship for PhD program, Fusion Project (2014-2017).
• Academic Excellence Award for publishing 5 academic research papers in one year (2017), Bournemouth University, UK
• Most Creative Award by BU Student Union (2016), Bournemouth University, UK.
• Five best conference paper and presentations awards at international conferences.