Abdullah Sadiq | |
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| Born | 1940 (age 83–84) Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Alma mater | Islamia College University Peshawar University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Known for | Phase transition theory Computer simulation Theoretical physics and Solid-state nuclear track detector |
| Awards | Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2002) ICTP Prize (1987) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed matter physics |
| Institutions | Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH) International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI) Air University, Pakistan Air Force Center for Nuclear Physics, Islamabad. |
| Doctoral advisor | Leo Kadanoff |
| Other academic advisors | Abdul Majid Mian |
Abdullah Sadiq (born 1940), is a Pakistani physicist and ICTP laureate who received the ICTP Prize in the honour of Nikolay Bogolyubov, in the fields of mathematics and solid state physics in 1987 for his contributions to scientific knowledge in the field of mathematics and statistical physics.[1] He is the professor of physics and current dean of the department of physics of the Air University of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).
Sadiq is also a renowned educationist of Pakistan with a specialisation in nuclear physics, solid-state physics, and computer programming. He has been a distinguished professor of nuclear physics and solid state physics in many universities of Pakistan.