Fayyazuddin

Fayyazuddin is the twin brother of physicist Riazuddin, and a student of Abdus Salam.[5]

Fayyazuddin joined Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in 1962 where he worked under the guidance of professor Abdus Salam[2] and continued his research on the cosmic ray mu-mesons. He published his research journal on the basis of the Bethe-Bloch theory. At that time, he published his thesis that sparked a controversy between two sets of experiments.

He undertook postdoctoral research at the Enrico Fermi Institute at the University of Chicago from 1966 to 1968.[1] At the institute, Fayyaz, Faheem Hussain, Riazuddin, and Peter Rotteli, formed "The Relativity Group", a team of young research scientists in special relativity. In 1968, when the Institute of Physics was established at the University of Islamabad (now Quaid-i-Azam University), the scientists eagerly returned to Pakistan. Fayyazuddin, Hussain, Arif-uz-Zaman, and Sarwar Razmi, joined the Institute of Physics.[1] The institute become an active center for theoretical particle physics research due to their distinguished contribution, and its presence was recognized internationally.[1]

In 1970, he went to Great Britain, where he attended Rutherford Appleton Laboratories as an associate research scientist. In 1972, he returned to the Institute of Physics of Quaid-e-Azam University. He joined the Theoretical Physics Group under his brother's guidance and participated in Fast neutron calculations – a key calculation to develop the weapons.[10] In 1973, Fayyaz traveled to Geneva, Switzerland where he became a visiting scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). In 1977, he returned to Quaid-i-Azam University as a physics professor and subsequently became the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. In 1980, he went to Saudi Arabia where he became a regular professor of physics at the King Saud University in Riyadh and a regular professor of physics at the Ummal Qura University in Mecca till 1996. After teaching in Saudi Arabia, he returned to Quaid-i-Azam University in 2005.[2] In 2007, Fayyazuddin joined Pakistan's National Center for Physics as a senior scientist. In 2008, he was awarded HEC Distinguished Professor award by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.[2] In 2000, the President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, conferred on him Pakistan's second-highest civilian award Hilal-i-Imtiaz for his contributions to the field of research in physics and science.[2]

• Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) Award by the Government of Pakistan - (2000)[6][2]
• HEC Distinguished Professor Award - (2007)
• Khawarzmi International Award in Physics - (2003)[6][2]
• Gold Medal - Pakistan Academy of Sciences (1979)[6][2]
• D. Dwyer Bhawani Dass Gold Medal, Government College University - (1951)[6][2]

• A fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)[6][2]
• A research member, National Center for Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (1999)[6]
• An Associate Member at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1966–1969, 1972–1980, 1983–1993)[6]
• An honorary Member of American Physical Society (1977)[6][2]
• A Life Member of Pakistan Physical Society (1999)[6]
• A Member, Syndicate, Quaid-i-Azam University (1975–1977)[6]

• Riazuddin
• Abdus Salam

• Research Papers of Fayyazuddin