Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi (, born 1950) is an Iranian theoretical physicist. He is currently an emeritus scientist at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Education and Academic career

Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi received his PhD in 1980 from Imperial College London,

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

, UK. Randjbar-Daemi's contributions are in the area of theoretical high energy physics,

quantum field theory In theoretical physics, quantum field theory (QFT) is a theoretical framework that combines Field theory (physics), field theory and the principle of relativity with ideas behind quantum mechanics. QFT is used in particle physics to construct phy ...

, superstring theory,

supersymmetry Supersymmetry is a Theory, theoretical framework in physics that suggests the existence of a symmetry between Particle physics, particles with integer Spin (physics), spin (''bosons'') and particles with half-integer spin (''fermions''). It propo ...

and supergravity theories in all dimensions and

cosmology Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe, the cosmos. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', with the meaning of "a speaking of the wo ...

. He collaborated with Abdus Salam very closely at both scientific and humanitarian level since his student days at Imperial College. He joined the International Centre for Theoretical Physics(ICTP) in 1988 as Research Physicist and Coordinator of the High energy Section. Previously he had been at the Department of Theoretical Physics,

University of Zurich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

. In 1994, he was designated as head of the High Energy Group at ICTP. In August 2005, he was promoted to assistant director of ICTP. Since April 2011, he served as the acting deputy director until his retirement on 31 December 2015. He initiated several programmes in ICTP, for instance, the Diploma Programme and the special basic physics programme for

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n students. He has contributed to ICTP in many ways which are at times beyond his professional responsibilities. When ICTP was on the verge of a shutdown due to major financial crisis in 1991, his interaction with the scientific community of Iran prompted the minister of science and higher education to provide ICTP with a loan, which ensured the continuation of ICTP's operation. Because of his outstanding contributions in promoting science and technology in the developing countries, he received the Spirit of Abdus Salam Award in the year of 2016.

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External links

ICTP web pageSeifallah Randjbar-Daemi's papers in SPIRES databaseSpirit of Abdus Salam Award 2016
1950 births Living people 21st-century Iranian physicists Alumni of Imperial College London Theoretical physicists Scientists from Tabriz {{physicist-stub

Education and Academic career

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