Riazuddin (physicist)

Riazuddin
Riazuddin (1930–2013)
Born	(1930-11-10)10 November 1930 Ludhiana, Punjab, British India
Died	9 September 2013(2013-09-09) (aged 82)
Residence	Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Citizenship	Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Fields	Theoretical Physics
Institutions	Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) Daresbury Laboratory Quaid-e-Azam University Punjab University King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals University of Iowa Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University University of Rochester University of Maryland National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences (PIEAS)
Alma mater	Punjab University Cambridge University
Doctoral advisor	Abdus Salam
Doctoral students	Ahmed Ali Amjad Hussain Shah Gilani M. Jamil Aslam Ishtiaq Ahmed
Other notable students	Masud Ahmad
Known for	KSRF relation Pakistan's nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence programmes Work on Neutrino Physics
Influences	Abdus Salam Albert Einstein J. Robert Oppenheimer
Notable awards	UNESCO Science Prize in Physics (2000) Khwarizmi International Award (2000) COMSTECH Prize in Physics (2000) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1999) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (1998) Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (1990) Hilal-i-Imtiaz (1980, 1999)
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Brother of the theoretical physicist Fayyazuddin.

Riazuddin, also spelled as Riaz-Uddin (Urdu: رياض الدين;‎ 10 November 1930 – 9 September 2013), was a renowned and prominent Pakistani theoretical physicist, specialising in high-energy physics and nuclear physics. Riazuddin was one of Pakistan's top scientists and is widely known in Pakistan and abroad. Starting his scientific research in physics in 1958, Riazuddin was one of the senior scientist and considered one of the early pioneers of Pakistan's nuclear weapons development and atomic deterrence development. He was the director of the Theoretical Physics Group (TPG) of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1974 until 1984. Riazuddin had remained the only pupil of Nobel laureate in Physics Abdus Salam.

Riazuddin carried out his international and leading-edge research from International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Daresbury Laboratory where he published important papers in mathematics and physics. Riazuddin also played an important role in education in Pakistan, and contributed in the rise of science in Pakistan. Riazuddin authored several scientific books on particle physics and quantum mechanics. Later in his life, he joined the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) as a visiting professor of the theoretical physics. From 2004 until his death, he also served on the Board of Governors of Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS).