Pervez Hoodbhoy
Scientist
Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy (Urdu: پرویز ہودبھائی; Gujarati: પરવેઝ હૂદ્ભોય born 11 July 1950), is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist and defence analyst. He has taught Physics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) as a visiting professor, where he also worked on topics in theoretical applications in the topological insulators, various Hall effects and Graphene. Before joining LUMS, he was a professor of nuclear and high-energy physics, and also the head of the Physics Department, at the Quaid-e-Azam University in Islamabad. Currently, he holds the Zohra and Z. Z. Ahmed endowed chair in the departments of Mathematics and Physics at Forman Christian College.He graduated and also received a PhD from MIT and continues to do research in Particle physics. He received the Baker Award for Electronics in 1968, and the Abdus Salam Prize for Mathematics in 1984. He has authored various scientific research papers in peer-reviewed journals.Hoodbhoy is also a prominent environmentalist and social activist and regularly writes on a wide range of social, cultural and environmental issues. He is the chairman of Mashal, a non-profit organisation which publishes Urdu books on feminism, education, environmental issues, philosophy, and modern thought. Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy is a strong supporter of peaceful use of nuclear technology in Pakistan, nuclear non-proliferation, and nuclear disarmament; he has criticised the United States, Israel, Pakistan's and India's nuclear program in many national and international forums.
Personal facts
| Birth date | July 11, 1950 |
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| Birth place | Karachi , Sindh , West Pakistan |
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| Residence | Islamabad Capital Territory , Islamabad |
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| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| Known for | Field theory (mathematics) Phenomenology (particle physics) Parton (particle physics) |
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