Tasneem Zehra Husain
| Tasneem Zehra Husain | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Residence | Cambridge, United States |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions |
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Delaware University (DU) National Center for Physics (NCP) |
| Alma mater |
Kinnaird College Quaid-i-Azam University International Center for Theoretical Physics |
| Doctoral advisor | Dr. Ansar Fayyazuddin |
| Notable awards | the Vice-Chancellor's gold medal |
Tasneem Zehra Husain (also spelled as Tasneem Zehra Hussain), is a Pakistani theoretical physicist and an Assistant Professor of Physics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. She is one of the few Pakistani women to obtain a doctorate in physics, and the first Pakistani woman string theorist. An eminent scientist, she has been a guest speaker at a various schools and colleges in an effort to promote Science in Pakistan. Husain has represented Pakistan at the Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany and led the Pakistan team to the World Year of Physics (WYP) Launch Conference in Paris. In 2013, Husain was invited by the Cambridge Science Festival to be the moderator for a panel of eminent scientists, including National Academy of Sciences member and Harvard Medical School Professor, Dr. George M. Church, Pulitzer prize winner, Amy D. Marcus and MIT Professor and National Medal of Science winner, Dr. Sallie Chisholm.
Born into a highly educated family, Husain received her education in Lahore. Her somewhat unconventional parents, who have supported their daughter's talent in doing things slightly differently. At the age of eleven, Husain dropped out of a regular school and was home schooled. Husain sat for her O Levels (privately, through the British Council) at the age of 13 and went on to take her A Levels at the age of 15. During these years, Husain wrote extensively. Her articles were featured in various national newspapers as well as the magazine Newsline. In 1988, she won an international essay competition held by the Children as the Peacemakers Foundation based in California, USA. In 1990, she won First Prize in an essay competition held by the Pakistan Post Office. In an interview given to the Dawn news, Husain has been misquoted as saying that this 'isolation' created problems for her at Kinnaird College, when she went there for her under-graduate education. In fact, she was an active participant in many extra-curricular activities and represented her college at inter-school competitions both for poetry recitation and science. Upon graduation, Husain received the Boswell Medal for excellence which is awarded to students who excel academically and are also exceptionally well-rounded.
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