Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal at Chotoder Scratch Programming book launching event
Born	(1952-12-23) 23 December 1952 (age 71) Sylhet, Bangladesh
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	PhD in physics
Alma mater	University of Dhaka (BSc, MSc) University of Washington (PhD)
Occupations	Physicist writer columnist
Spouse	Yasmeen Haque ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	Nabil Iqbal Yeshim Iqbal
Parents	Faizur Rahman Ahmed (father) Ayesha Akhter Khatun (mother)
Relatives	Humayun Ahmed (brother) Ahsan Habib (brother)
Awards	Bangla Academy Literary Award (2004), National ICT Award (2017)

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (Bengali: মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল; pronounced [muɦɔmmɔd dʒafor ikbal]; born 23 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi science fiction author, physicist, academic, activist and former professor of computer science and engineering and former head of the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).^[1] He achieved his PhD from University of Washington. After working 18 years as a scientist at California Institute of Technology and Bell Communications Research, he returned to Bangladesh and joined Shahjalal University of Science and Technology as a professor of Computer Science and Engineering. He retired from his teaching profession in October 2018. He is considered one of Bangladesh's top science fiction writers.