Faheem Hussain, was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and a professor of physics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
23 Facts About Faheem Hussain
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Faheem Hussain was the first Pakistani physicist to publish a research paper in the field of superstring theory.
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Faheem Hussain was born in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, British India in 1942.
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Faheem Hussain's family moved to West Pakistan shortly before the Partition of India on 14 August 1947.
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Faheem Hussain graduated from St Anthony's High School, Lahore, in 1955 and then enrolled in Forman Christian College.
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Faheem Hussain attended Imperial College, London where physicist Abdus Salam was teaching.
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Faheem Hussain began working with Abdus Salam's group at the Imperial College.
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Faheem Hussain completed his MSc in physics from Imperial College, London under Abdus Salam, and followed by his PhD in Theoretical physics under the supervision of theoretical particle physicist Paul Matthews in 1966.
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Faheem Hussain taught at Garyounis University, Benghazi, Libya, from 1977 to 1979.
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Faheem Hussain had been a visiting professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.
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Faheem Hussain joined the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics at the request of Salam.
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Faheem Hussain worked there as a senior staff scientist in Trieste, Italy.
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Faheem Hussain was the head of the office of external activities for six years.
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Faheem Hussain published extensively in the field of theoretical elementary particle physics.
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Faheem Hussain published articles and papers to solve the science and technology problems in underdeveloped countries.
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Faheem Hussain left Pakistan in 1989 and joined ICTP at the request of Abdus Salam.
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Faheem Hussain worked as a senior staff scientist at ICTP from 1990 then took his retirement and returned to Pakistan in 2004.
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Faheem Hussain eventually became a chairperson of the Physics Department there.
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At LUMS, Faheem Hussain began his research in noncommutative geometry and superstring theory.
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Faheem Hussain there began his work and published articles in the field of Extra dimensions, Noncommutative geometry, and the string theory.
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Faheem Hussain was married to Jane Steinfels Faheem Hussain, an American woman, from 1968 to 1986.
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Faheem Hussain was suffering from prostate cancer and died on 29 September 2009.
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Faheem Hussain was widely respected by his colleagues, collaborators and students, for both his academic brilliance and principled stance on ideals of democracy and freedom of speech.