Kamaloddin Jenab (; 1908–2006) was an Iranian pioneer physicist. He is often credited for founding academic experimental science in Iranian universities. Shargh newspaper article: http://www.sharghnewspaper.com/850612/html/dannesh.htm He was the first Iranian to obtain a PhD in nuclear physics, and is often credited for laying the foundations of that science in Iran. Born in 1908 in

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, he earned a scholarship to study abroad, taking him to France where he studied physics at

Nancy-Université Nancy-Université was a French federal university which federated the three principal institutes of higher education in Nancy, Lorraine before their merger into the University of Lorraine: * Henri Poincaré University (UHP, also known as Na ...

, chemistry at

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, and finally culminating in a PhD from

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small group of institutes ...

in the U.S. Jenab studied under

Robert Millikan Robert Andrews Millikan ( ; March 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953) was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 "for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect". Millikan gradua ...

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where he completed his PhD in

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in 1936. He also participated in the 1936 student Olympics, and being an avid swimmer, swam across the

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at the age of 25. After returning to Iran, Dr. Jenab served as faculty at

Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

until his retirement in 1975 after 40 years of service. He authored many of Iran's first textbooks in

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. In 2004, a film was made to honor his services to Iran's physics community, and he was honored as one of Iran's founding fathers in modern science. He died on August 26, 2006, at the age of 98.

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IPM article on Jenab's biography
1908 births Iranian nuclear physicists University of Paris alumni Nancy-Université alumni California Institute of Technology alumni Academic staff of the University of Tehran 2006 deaths National Front (Iran) politicians Iran Party politicians Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Mathematics and Physics {{Iran-scientist-stub

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