 I live in the Albany area, working as a senior pathfinding engineer at a computer-chip manufacturer. I did BA/MEng in chemical engineering from the University of Cambridge and a nanotechnology-focused PhD at UT Austin. Currently I'm on a temp visa, and on track for employer-sponsored green-card.

I grew up in Pakistan, but have lived in Holland, England and the US for half my life. I have both Pakistani and Western influences; I follow college football pretty passionately, watch NFL/NBA and am aware of American and British politics on the one hand, but can also hold a conversation about Pakistan's politics or cricket team, Iqbal's poetry or Ashfaq Ahmed lectures.

I'm religious and motivated. This means a few things: for me major decisions are informed by what's best Deen-wise; I work moderately hard in my career;  I'm focused more on creating as big a positive impact in this world as possible rather than just making me existence ever-more comfortable.

That said, I'm pretty relaxed. I have a corny sense of humour and joke around a lot (too much in fact if my sister is to be believed but what does she know :) ).

I'm divorced. An arranged marriage in Pakistan; after marriage, she lived in Pak for ~6 months while I was in the US. Then we were together in the US for ~4 months, 1 of which she was away at her sister's. 3 days after returning (and telling me how good everything was and how happy she was), we were separated and then divorced without much explanation at the time or any contact subsequently. It was a very messy affair. We were married in summer 2014 and separated summer 2015.

Free time for me is consumed by hiking, reading (classic novels and sometimes non-fiction), watching sports, following the news and running/working out.

I think I'd connect best with a person who's religious (meaning that they pray 5x regularly), has some connection to Pakistan, likes to have fun (whatever their interests) and would like to build a strong family together. I have no single mould in mind a person needs to fit into; I'd want to start a conversation and see where it takes us. I'm perfectly fine with divorcees.

My family will be involved once things get serious. I'd like to take a reasonable amount of time getting to know the person, but outside of that I'm ready for marriage.