Ishfaq Ahmad
| Ishfaq Ahmad | |
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Ishfaq Ahmad, c. 1990s
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| Born |
3 November 1930 Gurdaspur, Gurdaspur district, Punjab, British India (present-day India) |
| Residence | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
| Nationality | Indian, (1930-1947) Pakistani 1947 – present |
| Fields | Nuclear Physics |
| Institutions |
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission PINSTECH Institute International Atomic Energy Agency Government College University National Center for Physics Planning Commission |
| Alma mater |
Université de Montréal University of Punjab |
| Thesis | Structure et identification des trajectoires dans les emulsions ionographiques à grain fin (1959) |
| Doctoral advisor | |
| Other academic advisors | Rafi Chaudhry |
| Notable students | Javed Aslam Fazal Hussain Samar Mubarakmand |
| Known for |
Nuclear Deterrence Contribution to Pion and particle physics Stellar nucleosynthesis |
| Notable awards |
Nishan-i-Imitiaz (1998) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1995) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1989)) |
Ishfaq Ahmad (Urdu: اشفاق احمد; born 3 November 1930; D.Sc., Minister of State, SI, HI, NI, FPAS), is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, emeritus professor of high-energy physics at the National Center for Physics, and former science advisor to the Government of Pakistan.
A versatile theoretical physicist, Ahmad made significant contributions in the theoretical development of the applications and concepts involving the particle physics, and its relative extension to the quantum electrodynamics, while working as senior research scientist at the CERN in 1960s and 1970s. Joining the PAEC in late 1950s, Ahmad served as the director of the Nuclear Physics Division at the secret Pinstech Institute which developed the first designs of atomic bombs, a clandestine project during the post-1971 war. There, he played an influential role in leading the physics and mathematical calculations in the critical mass of the weapons, and did theoretical work on the implosion method used in the weapons.
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