Muhammad Suhail Zubairy
| Muhammad Suhail Zubairy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 October 1952 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Residence | College Station, Texas, US |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Quantum Physics |
| Institutions | Texas A&M University |
| Alma mater |
Edwardes College Quaid-i-Azam University University of Rochester International Centre for Theoretical Physics |
| Doctoral advisor | Emil Wolf |
| Known for | His work in Quantum optics, Quantum computing, and Laser physics |
| Notable awards |
Willis Lamb Award (2014) Bush Excellence Award (2011) Humboldt Research Award (2007) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (2000) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1993) Abdus Salam Award (1986) |
Muhammad Suhail Zubairy, HI, SI, FPAS (born 19 October 1952), is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Texas A&M University and is the inaugural holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics. In 2017, Prof. Suhail Zubairy was awarded the Changjiang Distinguished Chair at Huazong University of Science an Technology. This is the highest award of the Chinese Government to a university professor and is rarely given to a non-Chinese. He has made pioneering contributions in the fields of Quantum computing, laser physics and quantum optics. He has authored and co-authored several books and over 300 research papers on a wide variety of research problems relating to theoretical physics. His research and work has been widely recognised by the physics community and he has won many international awards.
Zubairy attended Edwardes College in Peshawar where he received double BSc degree in physics and mathematics from Peshawar University, in 1971. He scored highest marks in the BSc in Physics examination, and was conferred with Gold Medal with his degree by Peshawar University. He received MSc in physics from the Quaid-i-Azam University in 1974, and his PhD in physics from the University of Rochester under the guidance of Professor Emil Wolf in 1978. He held research and teaching appointments at the Optical Sciences Center of the University of Arizona and the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of New Mexico before joining the Quaid-i-Azam University in 1984. He served as Professor of Electronics and the founding Chairman of the Department of Electronics at the Quaid-i-Azam University. In 2000, he joined Texas A&M University where he is presently a Distinguished Professor of Physics and the holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics. Zubairy has authored over 300 scientific articles and is most well known for the textbook Quantum Optics that he co-authored with Marlan O. Scully.
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