Abdullah Al Mamun (born 31 December 1966) is a Bangladeshi physicist who is a professor of physics at

Jahangirnagar University Jahangirnagar University (, abbreviated as JU; initially started as Jahangirnagar Muslim University; ) is a fully residential public university, public research university located in Savar Upazila, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established in ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; , ), List of renamed places in Bangladesh, formerly known as Dacca, is the capital city, capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city of Bangladesh. It is one of the list of largest cities, largest and list o ...

, Bangladesh..

Early life and education

A A Mamun (son of Darbesh Ali and Rizia Ali) was born in

Dhamrai Upazila Dhamrai () is an upazila of Dhaka district in Dhaka division, Bangladesh. It is the largest upazila in the district by land area. Geography Dhamrai upazila is located about 40 kilometers northwest of the capital city of Dhaka. It is bounded by th ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

(now

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

) on 31 December 1966, and passed the

Secondary School Certificate Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) or Matriculation examination, is a public examination in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Maldives and Nepal conducted by educational boards for the successful completi ...

and

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examinations, from Kushura Abbas Ali High School (Dhamrai Upazila, Dhaka) and Government Science College (

Tejgaon Thana Tejgaon () is a thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is in the centre of Dhaka, the capital. In 2006, the boundaries of the thana were redrawn when Tejgaon Industrial Area Thana was created out of the former larger a ...

, Dhaka) in 1981 and 1983, respectively. Mamun attended

, and passed

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and

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in 1986 (held in 1989) and 1987 (held in 1991), respectively. On the basis of his extraordinary academic results, and performances in other activities at the university, Mamun was given an opportunity to represent Jahangirnagar University and Bangladesh in “International Youth Village Program 1989” held in

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, where he met with Naruhito, then crown prince of Japan. Mamun gained a

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plasma physics Plasma () is a state of matter characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons. It is the most abundant form of ordinary matter in the universe, mostly in stars (including th ...

at the

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by a Commonwealth Scholarship under the

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. He then performed postdoctoral studies in

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and

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on an

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postdoctoral research fellowship, and a

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postdoctoral research fellowship, respectively. As well as his faculty position at Jahangirnagar University, Mamun has a visiting position at the

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, Italy.

Research contributions

Mamun has published over 400 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. The

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(

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) published his textbook on

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physics. According to a report published in

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, Mamun is one of the top 2% osition:130 out of 43,218 (2%)scientists (in the world) working in the fields of fluids and plasma, as well as top 2% osition: 28,781 out of 159,624 (2%)scientists (in the world) working in all branches of sciences (including engineering and medical sciences).

Awards and honours

Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) is an academic forum for Bangladeshi scientists and technologists. Established in 1973, it aims to fulfill the role of promoting research and development of sciences in Bangladesh. History After the partiti ...

(BAS) Gold Medal in Physical Sciences (Junior Group: 2004) * Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) Gold Medal in Physical Sciences (Senior Group: 2011) * Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award in 2009 from the

Alexander von Humboldt Foundation The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation () is a foundation that promotes international academic cooperation between scientists and scholars from Germany and abroad. Established by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany, it is funded by t ...

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(TWAS) Prize-2006 for young physicists (Trieste, Italy) in recognition of his great contribution in physics. *

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Award - 2008 in Physical & Mathematical Sciences. * ITCPP (ICTP) Young Physicist Medal and Certificate - 2000 from the International Topical Conference on Plasma Physics (ITCPP),

(ICTP). *Elected Fellow,

, Italy. *Elected Fellow, The

, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mamun has also been honored by a number of honorary appointments for his scientific contribution to physics. The important ones are as follows: * Director of `Wazed Miah Science Research Centre’ at

, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. * Members of the governing bodies of ‘ National Museum of Science and Technology’ as well as ‘

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’. * Guest Editors of a special issue in ''Journal of Plasma Physics'' published by the Cambridge University Press, and of a special issue in ''Review of Modern Plasma Physics'' published by the

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(Japan). * Associate Editor of the Journal: ''Review of Modern Plasma Physics'' published by

(

). * Editorial Board Member of the journal: ''Advances in Astrophysics'' published by Isaac Scientific Publishing (

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

). * Regular Associate of the

(

, Italy) appointed twice (from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2002, and from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2013).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mamun, A. A. 1966 births Living people Bangladeshi physicists Jahangirnagar University alumni Alumni of the University of St Andrews Academic staff of Jahangirnagar University