Atta ur Rahman (scientist)
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Atta-ur-Rahman at Karachi University
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| Native name | عطاالرحمان |
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22 September 1942 New Delhi, British Indian Empire (Present-day India) |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Organic Chemistry |
| Institutions |
Karachi University Hussain Ebrahim Jamal Research Institute of Chemistry University of Tübingen University of Cambridge |
| Alma mater | Karachi University University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Synthetic studies in the Indole Alkaloids field (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Harley-Mason |
| Other academic advisors |
Ian Fleming Alan Fersht |
| Known for | Natural Product Chemistry |
| Influenced | Salimuzzaman Siddiqui |
| Notable awards |
Fellow of the Royal Society Nishan-e-Imtiaz (2002) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (1998) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (1991) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1983) UNESCO Prize (1999) Austria Order of Merit (2007) |
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Website http://atta-ur-rahman.com |
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Atta-ur-Rahman (Urdu: عطاالرحمان; born 22 September 1942), PhD, FRS, FPAS, is a Pakistani scientist specialising in organic chemistry who served as the Chairman of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan between till and the Minister for Science and Technology between and He currently serves as the Chair of the UN Committee on Science and Technology.
After studying chemistry at the University of Karachi, Atta-ur-Rahman travelled to Cambridge where he received Ph.D and later Sc.D. in organic chemistry. He also has received honorary doctorates from University of Bradford and Asian Institute of Technology, with research focused on Bio-organic chemistry, Synthetic chemistry and Natural product chemistry. He started teaching as an associate professor in 1974 at the University of Karachi and worked as postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tübingen as part of the German Academic Exchange. He serves as the patron of Ebrahim Jamal Research Institute of Chemistry and professor emeritus of Chemistry at the Karachi University.
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