birth_date: 1950-07-11 00:00:00
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name: Pervez Hoodbhoy
about: Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy (born 11 July 1950), is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist and political-defence analyst. He is currently tenuring as the visiting professor of Physics at Lahore University of Management Sciences where he is working on topics in theoretical applications in the topological insulators, various Hall effects and Graphene. He was the professor of nuclear and high-energy physics, and the head of the Physics Department at the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU). He graduated and also received 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 j Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy (born 11 July 1950), is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, essayist and political-defence analyst. He is currently tenuring as the visiting professor of Physics at Lahore University of Management Sciences where he is working on topics in theoretical applications in the topological insulators, various Hall effects and Graphene. He was the professor of nuclear and high-energy physics, and the head of the Physics Department at the Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU). He graduated and also received 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 environmental 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 organization which publishes Urdu books on feminism, education, environmental issues, philosophy, and modern thought. Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy is a strong and avid supporter for peaceful use of nuclear technology in Pakistan, nuclear non-proliferation, and nuclear disarmament; and criticizing the United States, Israel, Pakistan's and India's nuclear program in many national and international forums. ...more