Kamaluddin Ahmed (physicist) explained

Kamaluddin Ahmed
Birth Date:1939 4, df=yes
Birth Place:New Delhi, British India
Resting Place:United States
Workplaces:Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Hamdard University
Quaid-i-Azam University
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
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Doctoral Advisor:Paul Taunton Matthews
Academic Advisors:Abdus Salam
Known For:Pakistan nuclear deterrent program, Quantum teleportation and astroparticle physics
Awards:Pride of Performance by the President of Pakistan in 2001
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Kamaluddin Ahmed (15 April 1939 – 10 June 2014), FPAS, was a Pakistani particle physicist and a professor of physics at the Quaid-e-Azam University.

Early life and career

Kamaluddin Ahmed was born in Delhi, British India in 1939. He completed his Ph.D degree from London University in 1966.

Ahmed worked for the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) beginning in 1962 and remained associated with Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology (PINSTECH) until 1967.[1] Beginning in 1966,[2] he studied at the University of London under Abdus Salam and Paul Taunton Matthews. He served as an advisor in Physics department at COMSATS Institute of Information Technology from 2002 to 2013.[2]

He taught physics at Quaid-e-Azam University for over 30 years starting in December 1967 and retiring in April 1999, 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

Kamaluddin Ahmed was elected as a fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 2002,[3] [1] and in 1979 and 1983 was invited to suggest nominations for the Nobel Prize in Physics. 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.

Awards and recognition

Death and legacy

Ahmed died of hepatitis on 10 June 2014, while visiting relatives in the United States.[2] A conference was held in his honor at the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology on 27 June 2014 to pay tribute to him. The event was attended by many physicists and members of the scientific community.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://nation.com.pk/national/12-Jun-2014/veteran-particle-physicist-prof-kamaluddin-ahmed-passes-away Veteran physicist Prof. Kamaluddin Ahmed passes away
  2. http://comsats.org/?p=3558 CIIT holds conference in honour of late Prof. Kamaluddin Ahmed
  3. https://www.paspk.org/deceased-fellows/ Kamaluddin Ahmed was elected fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences in 2002