Saleh Hasan Naqib is a Bangladeshi professor, researcher and the 25th

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of the

University of Rajshahi The University of Rajshahi (), also known as Rajshahi University (RU), is a public research university located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. It is the second oldest and third largest university in Bangladesh. The university's 59 departments are or ...

Early life and education

Naqib was born on August 3, 1970 in

Rajshahi Rajshahi (, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city and a major Urban area, urban, administrative, commercial and educational centre of Bangladesh. It is also the administrative seat of the eponymous Rajshahi Division, division and Rajshahi Distr ...

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. He completed his secondary education in 1987 from

Rajshahi University School The University of Rajshahi (), also known as Rajshahi University (RU), is a public research university located in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. It is the second oldest and third largest university in Bangladesh. The university's 59 departments are or ...

and higher secondary education in 1989 from

Rajshahi College Rajshahi College (Bengali language, Bengali: রাজশাহী কলেজ) is a public college, public educational institution in Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Established in 1873, it is the third oldest college in Bangladesh after Dhaka College a ...

. He pursued his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) and Master of Science (M.Sc.) degrees in physics at the Rajshahi University. He later earned his Ph.D. in cuprate superconductivity from the

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in the United Kingdom, where he studied as a Commonwealth Scholar.

Career

Naqib joined the University of Rajshahi as a lecturer in the Department of Physics in 1998, currently serving as professor of the department. His main research interests are

superconductivity Superconductivity is a set of physical properties observed in superconductors: materials where Electrical resistance and conductance, electrical resistance vanishes and Magnetic field, magnetic fields are expelled from the material. Unlike an ord ...

and

computational physics Computational physics is the study and implementation of numerical analysis to solve problems in physics. Historically, computational physics was the first application of modern computers in science, and is now a subset of computational science ...

. Naqib is a member of the

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American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of ...

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, Bangladesh Physical Society, Asian Council of Science Editors, Advisory Board and Section Editor of the Journal of Scientific Research and Editorial Board of the Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Science (BAS). He was a member of the pro-

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teacher's forum.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Naqib, Saleh Hasan Living people Rajshahi College alumni University of Rajshahi alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Academic staff of the University of Rajshahi Bangladeshi physicists Vice-chancellors of the University of Rajshahi Place of birth missing (living people) 1970 births