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'{{Infobox scientist | name =Amer Iqbal | image =Replace this image male.svg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | residence =[[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]] | fields =[[Theoretical Physics]] | workplaces = [[University of Washington]]<br>[[Harvard University]]<br>[[Lahore University of Management Sciences]] (LUMS)<br>[[University of Texas at Austin]] | alma_mater =[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) | doctoral_advisor =[[Barton Zwiebach]] | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for =[[Mysterious duality]]<br>Refined Topological Vertex<br>[[M-theory|M-Strings]] | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = [[Abdus Salam Award]] | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | footnotes = | spouse = }} '''Amer Iqbal''' is a [[People of Pakistan|Pakistan]]i [[theoretical physicist]]. He is primarily known for his work in [[string theory]] and [[mathematical physics]]. ==Biography== Amer Iqbal is professor of physics and mathematics at the [[Abdus Salam School of Mathematics|Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences]]. He is also an associate professor of physics and mathematics at the School of Science & Engineering at the [[Lahore University of Management Sciences]].<ref>{{Cite web | last = [[Syed Babar Ali School of Science & Engineering]] | first =School of Science and Engineering | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =LUMS SSE Teams:Department of Physics | work =[[Lahore University of Management Sciences]](LUMS) | publisher = [[Lahore University of Management Sciences]] (LUMS) | url =http://sse.lums.edu.pk/amer_iqbal.htm | doi = | accessdate = }}</ref> Before he was an Assistant Professor of [[Mathematics]] at the [[University of Washington]], Seattle. Amer Iqbal has a [[Master of Science|M.Sc.]] in [[Mathematics]] from [[Quaid-i-Azam University]] [[Islamabad]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Doctorate]] in [[Theoretical physics]] from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He carried out his doctoral research under the supervision of [[Barton Zwiebach]]. He has held postdoctoral positions at the [[University of Texas]] at Austin and at [[Harvard University]]. Amer Iqbal was awarded the [[Abdus Salam]] Award for [[physics]] for his work on super string theory and its relationship with supersymmetry and gauge theories.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Amer Iqbal awarded the Abdus Salam Prize|url=http://www.lums.edu.pk/show_story_detail.php?xyz={{!}}%40~ROU1DWn~h%401E5TUNa~GFXUTlNQ1p1WlhkemFXUTlNal%404|publisher=[[Lahore University of Management Sciences]]|date=February 7, 2012}}</ref> ==Publications== *{{GoogleScholar|id=5kgMOd0AAAAJ}} ==External links== *[http://strings.lums.edu.pk Home Page] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Iqbal, Amer}} [[Category:Quaid-i-Azam University alumni]] [[Category:Pakistani physicists]] [[Category:String theorists]] [[Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Pakistani educators]] [[Category:Pakistani scholars]] [[Category:Pakistani science writers]] [[Category:Theoretical physicists]] [[Category:Scientists from Lahore]] [[Category:Lahore University of Management Sciences faculty]]'