Tahir Hussain (physicist)
| Tahir Hussain | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928 Aligarh, Aligarh District, State of Uttar Pradesh, British Indian Empire |
| Died | 2010 Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Residence | Lahore, Punjab |
| Citizenship | Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions |
Government College University (GCU) High Tension Nuclear Laboratory (HTNL) Centre for Advanced Studies in Physics (CASP) University of Azad Kashmir (UAK) Ministry of Education of Pakistan (MEP) Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) |
| Alma mater |
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Government College University (GCU) Oxford University (OU) |
| Doctoral advisor | Mark Oliphant |
| Other academic advisors | Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry |
| Notable students | Ishfaq Ahmad |
| Known for | Pakistani Atomic Program and his work in Long-lived fission product, Hypertriton, and Island of inversion in physics. |
| Notable awards | Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1965) |
Tahir Hussain (1923–2010) was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and an emeritus professor of nuclear physics at the Government College University whose research was engaged in Long-lived fission product and Electrostatic nuclear accelerators. As an eminent educator and scientist, he has mentored noted Pakistani physicists at the Government College University .
Born in Aligarh, Hussain received his education from Aligarh University where he received his Bachelor (B.S.) and Master's degree (MSc) with distinction in physics from there. After the Partition of India, he declined the Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's offer to join Physics Laboratories of India. Instead, after personally being requested by Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah, he along with his mentor Dr. Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry, migrated to Pakistan in 1948.
At first he taught physics at Government College, Lahore, and after some time, proceeded to Oxford University and did PhD in Nuclear Physics in 1954. After his PhD, he came back to Pakistan where he joined Government College University. In 1954, he along with dr. R. M. Chaudhry founded the "Center For Advance Studies in Physics (CASP). In 1964, he was elevated as the Head of the Physics Department whereas, in 1965, he became a director of Center For Advance Studies in Physics (CASP).
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