Muhammad Suhail Zubairy

Muhammad Suhail Zubairy
Born (1952-10-19) 19 October 1952 (age 72)
Lahore, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Alma materEdwardes College
Quaid-i-Azam University
University of Rochester
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Known forHis work in Quantum optics, Quantum computing, and Laser physics
AwardsWillis Lamb Award (2014)
Bush Excellence Award (2011)
Humboldt Research Award (2007)
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (2000)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1993)
Abdus Salam Award (1986)
Scientific career
FieldsQuantum Physics
InstitutionsTexas A&M University
Doctoral advisorEmil Wolf

Muhammad Suhail Zubairy, HI, SI, FPAS (born 19 October 1952),[1] is a University Distinguished Professor as of 2014[2] in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Texas A&M University and is the inaugural holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics.

In 2017, Prof. Suhail Zubairy was awarded the Changjiang Distinguished Chair[3] at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. This is the highest award of the Chinese Government to a university professor and is rarely given to a non-Chinese. He has made pioneering contributions in the fields of Quantum computing, laser physics and quantum optics. He has authored and co-authored several books and over 300 research papers on a wide variety of research problems relating to theoretical physics. His research and work has been widely recognised by the physics community and he has won many international awards. In addition, he took part as the lead lecturer in the Casper College Quantum Science Camp during July 2022.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pakistan Academy of Sciences was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Quantum Physicist Suhail Zubairy Appointed University Distinguished Professor", Texas A&M University website, archived from the original on 22 February 2017, retrieved 18 October 2022
  3. ^ "Changjiang Distinguished Chair Professor", Huazhong University of Science and Technology School of Physics website, archived from the original on 16 April 2017, retrieved 18 October 2022