Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry | |
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| Born | Rao Rafi Muhammad July 1903 |
| Died | 4 December 1988 (aged 85) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Physicist |
| Known for | Gamma and beta decay, and his work in atomic and nuclear physics in Pakistan fission energy research |
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| Fields | Nuclear physics |
| Institutions | Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH) Government College University (GCU) High Tension Laboratory (HTL) Aligarh Muslim University University of Birmingham University of California Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernest Rutherford |
| Doctoral students | Tahir Hussain |
| Other notable students | Samar Mubarakmand Noor Muhammad Butt |
Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry (Urdu: رفیع محمد چوہدری) FPAS HI, NI, SI, Skdt (1 July 1903 – 4 December 1988) best known as R. M. Chaudhry, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and a professor of particle physics at the Government College University.[1] His teaching and instructions on modern physics influenced many of his student to pursue career in physics who regard him as one of the key architects of having been the pioneer of experimental nuclear physics research in Pakistan [2] and, along with Abdus Salam and Ishrat Hussain Usmani, one of the main creators of Pakistan's nuclear weapons research program in the 1970s. Chaudhry, who served as professor of nuclear physics at Government College University, was later referred to by Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, one of his students, as "the true father of the nuclear weapons program of Pakistan".[3]
- ^ GCU, Government College University, Lahore (4 September 2009). "Dr. Rafi Muhammad Chaudhri Chair in Physics". Chief Librarian GC University Library, Lahore. GC University. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Haq, Prof. M. Ikramul (17 January 2004). "Remembering Dr Rafi Chaudhry". Dawn.
- ^ A.Q. Khan and Samar Mubarakmand – Krepon – Arms Control Wonk