Kamaluddin Ahmed (physicist)

Kamaluddin Ahmed (15 April 1939 – 10 June 2014), FPAS, PP, was a Pakistani particle physicist and a professor of physics at the Quaid-e-Azam University.

Kamaluddin Ahmed
Born(1939-04-15)15 April 1939
New Delhi, British India
(Present-day India)
Died10 June 2014(2014-06-10) (aged 75)
Pennsylvania, United States
Resting placeUnited States
NationalityPakistani
CitizenshipPakistan
Alma materPunjab University
London University
Imperial College London
Known forPakistan nuclear deterrent program, Quantum teleportation and astroparticle physics
AwardsPride of Performance
Scientific career
FieldsParticle Physics
InstitutionsPakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Hamdard University
Quaid-i-Azam University
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Doctoral advisorPaul Taunton Matthews
Other academic advisorsAbdus Salam
Websitewww.paspk.org/deceased-fellows/

Ahmed worked for the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission beginning in 1962.[1] Beginning in 1966,[2] he studied at the University of London under Abdus Salam and Paul Taunton Matthews.[3]

He taught physics at Quaid-e-Azam University for 30 years,[3] performed research at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna,[2] and was a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation from 1974–75.[2]

Honours

Ahmed was a fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences,[1] and in 1979 and 1983 was invited to suggest nominations for the Nobel Prize in Physics.[3] He also served as a senior research associate member with the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics beginning in 1991,[1] and as president of the Pakistan Physics Society,[3] and was twice awarded Pride of Performance.[3]

Death

Ahmed died of hepatitis in 2014, while visiting relatives in the United States.[3] A conference was held in his honor at the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology.[2]

References
  1. Veteran physicist Prof. Kamaluddin Ahmed passes away, in The Nation; published 12 June 2014; retrieved 2 June 2016
  2. CIIT holds reference in honour of late Prof. Kamaluddin Ahmed, at the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology; published no later than 19 August 2014 (date of earliest version on archive.org); retrieved 2 June 2016
  3. Parviz, Imran (12 December 2014). "Death of a Star Dr. Kamaluddin Ahmed". Youth Times. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
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