Tasneem Zehra Husain

Tasneem Zehra Husain
Born
Lahore, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
CitizenshipPakistani
Alma materKinnaird College
Quaid-i-Azam University
International Center for Theoretical Physics
Stockholm University
RelativesAmir Husain (brother)
AwardsVice-Chancellor's Gold Medal
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Physics
InstitutionsLahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
Delaware University (DU)
National Center for Physics (NCP)
Doctoral advisorAnsar Fayyazuddin

Tasneem Zehra Husain is a Pakistani theoretical physicist. She is one of few Pakistani women to obtain a doctorate in physics, and the first Pakistani woman string theorist.[1] An eminent scientist, she has been a guest speaker at a various schools and colleges in an effort to promote science and technology in Pakistan.

Husain has represented Pakistan at the Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany and led the Pakistan team to the World Year of Physics (WYP) Launch Conference in Paris. In 2013, Husain was invited by the Cambridge Science Festival to be the moderator for a panel of eminent scientists.[2]

In November 2014, Husain released her first novel, "Only the Longest Threads."[3] Kirkus Reviews described the novel as, "A fictional approach to physics that captures both the substance of the theory and the passion of its practitioners."[4]

  1. ^ Staff (9 May 2019). "Meet Dr Tasneem Husain – Pakistan's first woman string theorist". Web Desk. SAMAA. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Only the Longest Threads. Philadelphia, PA: Paul Dry Books. 11 November 2014. ISBN 978-1589880887.
  4. ^ "ONLY THE LONGEST THREADS". kirkusreviews.com. Retrieved 21 July 2017. A fictional approach to physics that captures both the substance of the theory and the passion of its practitioners.