Amer Iqbal

Amer Iqbal
Residence Lahore, Pakistan
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 Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences
University of Washington
Harvard University
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
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 is a professor of physics and mathematics at the Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences. He is also an associate professor of physics and mathematics at the School of Science & Engineering at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.[1] Before that, he was an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Washington, Seattle.

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 postdoctoral positions at the University of Texas at Austin and at Harvard University.

Amer Iqbal was awarded the Abdus Salam Award for physics for his work on super string theory and its relationship with supersymmetry and gauge theories.[2]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Syed Babar Ali School of Science & Engineering, School of Science and Engineering. "LUMS SSE Teams:Department of Physics". Lahore University of Management Sciences(LUMS). Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
  2. ↑ "Dr. Amer Iqbal awarded the Abdus Salam Prize". Lahore University of Management Sciences. February 7, 2012.
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