Abdul Hameed Nayyar
| Abdul Hameed Nayyar | |
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| Born |
9 January 1945 Hyderabad, British India Present-day India |
| Residence | Lahore |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Alma mater |
Karachi University Imperial College |
| Academic advisors | Abdus Salam |
| Known for |
Nuclear disarmament work in Square lattice (Mathematics) and Renormalization (Physics) |
| Notable awards | 2010 Joseph A. Burton Award |
Abdul Hameed Nayyar (Urdu: عبدلحمید نیّر) (born 9 January 1945) is a Pakistani physicist and nuclear activist. He specialised in solid state physics and quantum physics, and quantum mechanics. He was a visiting research scientist at the Princeton University and worked on Renewable Energy and Clean Fuel Program at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad. Dr. Nayyar is also a prominent peace activist, strong supporter of non-nuclear proliferation, nuclear disarmament, and peaceful use of nuclear technology.
Dr. Nayyar was born in Hyderabad, India. He received his early and intermediate education in Sukkur and Multan before attending the Karachi University. At University of Karachi, Nayyar received his BSc and MS in Physics from there. Later, he went to United Kingdom to attend Imperial College London, where he obtained his PhD in Theoretical-Condensed matter physics. Upon returning, he took up teaching position at the Physics department at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad in 1973.
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