Pervez Hoodbhoy
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| Born |
11 July 1950 Karachi, Sindh Province, West Pakistan |
| Residence | Islamabad |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions |
Quaid-e-Azam University National Center for Physics FC College University Virtual University of Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| Known for | Parton distribution functions, Field Theory, Phenomenology, supersymmetry and Abstract algebra |
| Influences | Abdus Salam, George Bernard Shaw,Bertrand Russell |
| Notable awards |
UNESCO Kalinga Prize (2003) Fulbright Award (1998) Faiz Ahmed Faiz Award (1990) Abdus Salam Award (1984) |
Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy PhD (Urdu: پرویز ہودبھائی; born 11 July 1950) is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, mathematician and activist who serves as distinguished professor at the Forman Christian College and previously taught physics at the Quaid-e-Azam University. Hoodbhoy is also a prominent activist in particular concerned with promotion of freedom of speech, secularism and education in Pakistan.
Born and raised in Karachi, Hoodbhoy studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for nine years, where he received degrees in electrical engineering, mathematics and solid-state physics, eventually leading to a PhD in nuclear physics. In 1981, Hoodbhoy went on to conduct post-doctoral research at the University of Washington, before leaving to serve as a visiting professor at the Carnegie Mellon University in 1985. While still a professor at the Quaid-e-Azam University, Hoodbhoy worked as a guest scientist at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics between 1986 until 1994. He remained with the Quaid-e-Azam University until 2010, through out which he held visiting professorships at MIT, University of Maryland and Stanford Linear Collider.
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