Noor Muhammad Butt

For other people named Noor Muhammad, see Noor Muhammad (disambiguation).

Noor Muhammad Butt
Born (1936-06-03) 3 June 1936 (age 88)
Sialkot, Punjab, India
(Present-day in Punjab, Pakistan)
CitizenshipPakistan
Alma materMurray College
Government College University
University of Birmingham
Known forNeutron science and Nanotechnology
Mössbauer spectroscopy
Mössbauer effect
Nuclear deterrence
AwardsSitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Distinction) (1992) by the President of Pakistan
ICTP Award (1975)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear Physics
InstitutionsPakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Quaid-i-Azam University
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
CERN and IAEA
Preston University[1]
Theses
Doctoral advisorPhilip Burton Moon
Other academic advisorsRudolf Peierls
Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry

Noor Muhammad Butt (Urdu: نور محمد بٹ); b. 3 June 1936), SI, FPAS, also known as N. M. Butt, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and professor of physics at the Preston University who is known for his research publications in understanding the gamma-rays burst, Mössbauer effect, diffraction, later the nanotechnology.[2]

Besides teaching courses in topics involving the modern physics, his career has spent working in branches of physics at the national laboratory in Nilore and has authored several college textbooks in physics based on his research, and presently serving as the chairman of the Institute of Nano Science and Technology at the Preston University.[3]

  1. ^ N. M. Butt CV preston.edu.pk
  2. ^ "Profile of Noor Muhammad Butt (scroll down to read his profile)". Pakistan Academy of Sciences website. 26 October 2006. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Pakistan Academy of Science profile of NM Butt". www.paspk.org. Retrieved 31 May 2020.