Amer Iqbal
| Amer Iqbal | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | University of Washington Harvard University Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) University of Texas at Austin |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| Doctoral advisor | Barton Zwiebach |
| Known for | Mysterious duality Refined Topological Vertex M-Strings |
| Notable awards | Abdus Salam Award |
Amer Iqbal is a Pakistani theoretical physicist. He is primarily known for his work in string theory and mathematical physics.
Biography
Amer Iqbal is 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 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
- Amer Iqbal's publications indexed by Google Scholar, a service provided by Google
