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| nationality =[[People of Pakistan|Pakistani]]
| nationality =[[People of Pakistan|Pakistani]]
| fields =[[Theoretical Physics]]
| fields =[[Theoretical Physics]]
| workplaces = [[Lahore University of Management Sciences]] (LUMS)<br>[[University of Texas at Austin]]<br>[[Harvard University]]<br>[[University of Washington]]<br>[[National Centre for Physics]]<br>[[Government College University|GCU]] [[Abdus Salam School of Mathematics|School of Mathematics]]
| workplaces = [[Lahore University of Management Sciences]] (LUMS)<br>[[University of Texas at Austin]]<br>[[Harvard University]]<br>[[University of Washington]]
| alma_mater =[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT)
| alma_mater =[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT)
| doctoral_advisor =[[Barton Zwiebach]]
| doctoral_advisor =[[Barton Zwiebach]]
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'''Amer Iqbal''', [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]], is a [[People of Pakistan|Pakistan]]i [[theoretical physicist]]. He is primarily known for his work in [[string theory]] and mathematical physics.<ref>{{Cite journal
'''Amer Iqbal''', [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]], is a [[People of Pakistan|Pakistan]]i [[theoretical physicist]]. He is primarily known for his work in [[string theory]] and mathematical physics.
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==Biography==
==Biography==
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Iqbal has a [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] in [[Mathematics]] from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Doctorate]] in [[Theoretical physics]] from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). He carried out his doctoral research under the supervision of string theorist professor [[Barton Zwiebach]].

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He was awarded the "Abdus Salam Prize for Achievements in Science for Young Pakistani Scientists for Physics 2009" "for his ground-breaking contributions to superstring theory and its relationship with supersymmetry and gauge theories." <ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Amer Iqbal awarded the Abdus Salam Prize|url=http://www.lums.edu.pk/show_story_detail.php?xyz={{!}}%40~ROU1DWn~h%401E5TUNa~GFXUTlNQ1p1WlhkemFXUTlNal%404|publisher=Lahore University of Management Sciences|date=February 7, 2012}}</ref>

==Bibliography==

===Patents and Research===


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Iqbal has a [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] in [[Mathematics]] from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Doctorate]] in [[Theoretical physics]] from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). He carried out his doctoral research under the supervision of string theorist professor [[Barton Zwiebach]]. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and, later, at Harvard University. Before joining LUMS he was Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington, Seattle.
*A. Iqbal and A. Naqvi, "On marginal deformations in superstring field theory," J. High Energy Phys. JHEP 0101, 040 (2001).
*T. Hauer, A. Iqbal and B. Zwiebach, "Duality and Weyl symmetry of 7-brane configurations," J. High Energy Phys. JHEP 0009, 042 (2000).
* T. Hauer and A. Iqbal, "Del Pezzo surfaces and affine 7-brane backgrounds," J. High Energy Phys. JHEP 0001, 043 (2000).
* O. DeWolfe, A. Hanany, A. Iqbal and E. Katz, "Five-branes, seven-branes and five-dimensional E(n) field theories," J. High Energy Phys. JHEP 9903, 006 (1999).
* O. DeWolfe, T. Hauer, A. Iqbal and B. Zwiebach, "Uncovering infinite symmetries on (p,q) 7-branes: Kac-Moody algebras and beyond," Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 3, 1835 (1999).
* O. DeWolfe, T. Hauer, A. Iqbal and B. Zwiebach, "Uncovering the symmetries on (p,q) 7-branes: Beyond the Kodaira classification," Adv. Theor. Math. Phys. 3, 1785 (1999).
* A. Iqbal, "Self-intersection number of BPS junctions in backgrounds of three and seven-branes," J.High Energy Phys. JHEP 9910, 032 (1999).
* O. DeWolfe, T. Hauer, A. Iqbal and B. Zwiebach, "Constraints on the BPS spectrum of N = 2, D = 4 theories with A-D-E flavor symmetry," Nucl. Phys. B 534, 261 (1998).


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He was awarded the [[Abdus Salam Award]] for physics for his work on superstring theory and its relationship with supersymmetry and gauge theories. <ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Amer Iqbal awarded the Abdus Salam Prize|url=http://www.lums.edu.pk/show_story_detail.php?xyz={{!}}%40~ROU1DWn~h%401E5TUNa~GFXUTlNQ1p1WlhkemFXUTlNal%404|publisher=Lahore University of Management Sciences|date=February 07, 2012}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==Publications==
*[http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5kgMOd0AAAAJ&hl=en Google scholar profile]
*[http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5kgMOd0AAAAJ&hl=en Google scholar profile]


Revision as of 19:46, 19 February 2014

Amer Iqbal
NationalityPakistani
CitizenshipPakistan
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Known forMysterious duality
AwardsAbdus Salam Prize
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Physics
InstitutionsLahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
University of Texas at Austin
Harvard University
University of Washington
Doctoral advisorBarton Zwiebach

Amer Iqbal, Ph.D., is a Pakistani theoretical physicist. He is primarily known for his work in string theory and mathematical physics.

Biography

He is the associate professor of Physics at the School of Science and Engineering at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.[1]

Iqbal has a M.Sc. in Mathematics from Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad and Doctorate in Theoretical physics from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). He carried out his doctoral research under the supervision of string theorist professor Barton Zwiebach. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and, later, at Harvard University. Before joining LUMS he was Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington, Seattle.

He was awarded the Abdus Salam Award for physics for his work on superstring theory and its relationship with supersymmetry and gauge theories. [2]

Publications

References

  1. ^ SSE, School of Science and Engineering (Updated). "LUMS SSE Teams:Department of Physics". LUMS. The Student and Press directorate of the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ "Dr. Amer Iqbal awarded the Abdus Salam Prize". Lahore University of Management Sciences. February 07, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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