Amer Iqbal
Amer Iqbal | |
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| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| Known for | Mysterious duality Refined Topological Vertex M-Strings |
| Awards | Abdus Salam Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | University of Washington Harvard University University of Texas at Austin |
| Doctoral advisor | Barton Zwiebach |
Amer Iqbal is a Pakistani American theoretical physicist. He is primarily known for his work in string theory and mathematical physics.
Biography
Amer Iqbal has a M.Sc. in Mathematics from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and Doctorate in Theoretical physics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He carried out his doctoral research under the supervision of Barton Zwiebach. He has held faculty position at University of Washington and postdoctoral positions at the University of Texas at Austin and at Harvard University.
Iqbal was awarded the Abdus Salam Award for physics for his work on super-string theory and its relationship with supersymmetry and gauge theories.[1]
References
- ^ "Dr. Amer Iqbal awarded the Abdus Salam Prize". Lahore University of Management Sciences. February 7, 2012.
External links
- Amer Iqbal publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Amer Iqbal on LinkedIn
Categories:
- Quaid-i-Azam University alumni
- Pakistani physicists
- String theorists
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
- Living people
- Pakistani educators
- Pakistani scholars
- Pakistani science writers
- Theoretical physicists
- Scientists from Lahore
- Lahore University of Management Sciences faculty
- MIT Center for Theoretical Physics alumni
- Pakistani emigrants to the United States