Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy

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Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and activist who serves as a professor at the Forman Christian College and previously taught physics at the Quaid-e-Azam University.[4][5] Hoodbhoy is also a prominent activist in particular concerned with promotion of freedom of speech, secularism, scientific temper and education in Pakistan.

Known for Parton distribution functions, Field Theory, Phenomenology, supersymmetry and Abstract algebra Awards UNESCO Kalinga Prize (2003) Fulbright Award (1998) Faiz Ahmed Faiz Award (1990) Abdus Salam Award (1984) Bakers Award for Electronics (1968) Associate of ICTP "Book of the Year Award" by National Book council of Pakistan in 1993 ROCASA (2007) for enhancing the public understanding of Science by Academy of Sciences of the developing World, Trieste, Italy Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (2010) by American Physical Society Listed number 85 in Foreign Policy Magazine's list of Top 100 Global Thinkers[1] Scientific career Fields Nuclear physics Quantum Chromodynamics Institutions Quaid-e-Azam University National Center for Physics FC College University Virtual University of Pakistan

In 1981, Hoodbhoy went on to conduct post-doctoral research at the University of Washington, before leaving to serve as a visiting professor at the Carnegie Mellon University in 1985. While still a professor at the Quaid-e-Azam University, Hoodbhoy worked as a guest scientist at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics from 1986 to 1994. He remained with the Quaid-e-Azam University until 2010, throughout which he held visiting professorships at MIT, University of Maryland and Stanford Linear Collider.

In 2011, Hoodbhoy joined LUMS while also working as a researcher with Princeton University and as copa columnist with the Express Tribune. His contract with LUMS was terminated in 2013 which resulted in a controversy.[8] He is a sponsor of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and a member of the monitoring panel on terrorism of the World Federation of Scientists. Hoodbhoy has won several awards including the Abdus Salam Prize for Mathematics (1984);[10] the Kalinga Prize for the popularization of science (2003); the Joseph A. Burton Forum Award (2010) from the American Physical Society. In 2011, he was included in the list of 100 most influential global thinkers by Foreign Policy.In 2013, he was made a member of the UN Secretary General's advisory board on Disarmament.

He is the author of Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality.He is the head of Mashal Books in Lahore, which claims to make "a major translation effort to produce books in Urdu that promote modern thought, human rights, and emancipation of women". Hoodbhoy has written for Project Syndicate, DAWN,[16][17] The New York Times and The Express Tribune.Hoodbhoy is generally considered one of the most vocal, progressive and liberal members of the Pakistani intelligentsia.His daughter, Alia Amirali, is also a well-known feminist and political activist.