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Kamaluddin Ahmed (physicist)

Kamaluddin Ahmed
Born (1939-04-15)April 15, 1939
New Delhi, British India
(Present-day India)
Died June 10, 2014(2014-06-10) (aged 75)
Wisconsin, United States
Resting place United States
Residence Islamabad, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Citizenship Pakistan
Alma mater Punjab University
London University
Imperial College London
Known for Pakistan nuclear deterrent program, Quantum teleportation and astroparticle physics
Awards Pride of Performance
Website www.paspk.org/deceased-fellows/
Scientific career
Fields Particle Physics
Institutions Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Hamdard University
Quaid-i-Azam University
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Doctoral advisor Paul Taunton Matthews
Other academic advisors Abdus Salam

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

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

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

Ahmed was a fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 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, and as president of the Pakistan Physics Society, and was twice awarded Pride of Performance.

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


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