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Professor A.K.M. Azharul Islam
Professor A.K.M. Azharul Islam

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Professor A.K.M. Azharul Islam
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Professor A.K.M. Azharul Islam
Department of Physics
Rajshahi University
Rajshahi
Bangladesh
+ 88 0721 750041/4102
+ 88 0721 750980
1711726026

Biography

Matriculation in 1961 (First Division; stood 8th from Shariakandi High School, Bogra), HSC in 1963 (First Division; stood 5th from Rajshahi Govt. College); B.Sc. in Physics in 1966 (First Class; stood First, R.U.); M.Sc. 1967 (First Class, stood First, R.U.), DIC (Imperial College), Ph.D. 1972 from London University.
Field of specialization: (i) Elementary particle physics (1967 - 1978), (ii) Condensed matter physics (current interest), Superconductivity, defects of solids, electronic structure of materials.
Merit scholarship for doctoral work at Imperial College of Science & Technology in 1967; President's (of former Pakistan) Gold medal and Prizes for Academic achievements (1968), Governor’s prize (1964), University and Habib Bank Gold Medals (1966, 1967), University Grants’ Commission Award (1997) for original research in Science & Agriculture, International ISESCO Science Award 2001 - in Recognition of Meritorious Achievements in the Field of Physics, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Gold Medal 2006 for meritorious performance in the field of science and education.
Lecturer in Physics, Rajshahi University (January, 1968), Professor since 1984. Chairman, Department of Physics (1989 - 1992). Dean, Faculty of Science (1986 - 1988). Member of Senate, Syndicate, Academic Councils of Rajshahi and other Universities, Board of Governors, RCMP, Chittagong University. Vice-Chancellor, International Islamic University Chittagong (2002 Sep-2008 Jan).
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Scientific Research ISSN 2070-0237 (Print); ISSN 2070-0245 (Online), Editorial Board, Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Former member of the Editorial Board, Rajshahi University Studies, Reviewer of several International Journals.
Already guided 80 research students - currently guiding several Ph.D., M. Phil. and M.Sc. research workers. Around 100 scientific publications mostly in international journals; Edited Proceedings of International workshop (catalogued by US Library of Congress, ICTP & other libraries of the world); 13 books (in Bengali), some of these in their 2nd & 3rd editions. Superconducting Noble Metal Diboride (Chapter 3 in: Superconductivity Research developments; Editor: James R Tobin, pp 63-92 © 2008 Nova Science Publications, Inc, New York). A book on contemporary socio-political events entitled “Bedevilled World” published by Global Media Publications (New Delhi) has also been published in two other languages (Bengali from Chittagong and Arabic from Beirut). Nearly 75 popular science articles and radio programs on science, religion etc
Visited 25 countries and attended 32 international conferences.

Post-doctoral fellow at Imperial College (London), J. J. Thomson Laboratory (Reading University, UK, on Royal Society Fellow- ship); Visiting scientist at: (i) IRC, University of Cambridge (U.K), (ii) JN Centre for Advanced Research, Bangalore (India), (iii) ICTP (Italy). Organized international workshops (participation from 15 countries) as Director (1996) and as Chairman (1998).
Fellow: (i) The Institute of Physics (London), (ii) Bangladesh Academy of Sciences; Member: (i) The New York Academy of Sciences, (ii) The American Physical Society, (iii) AAAS (USA), (iv) The Asian Physical Society, (v) The Bangladesh Physical Society (Vice-President for 1986 - 1988), (vi) Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Science; Life Member: Bangla Academy and a few other Societies, (vii) Senior Associate, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

Academy

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Elected Fellow
1999