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'{{Infobox scientist | name =Amer Iqbal | image =Amer Iqbal.jpg | 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 =[[Abdus Salam School of Mathematics|Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences]]<br>[[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_studendghhts = | 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 American [[theoretical physicist]]. He is primarily known for his work in [[string theory]] and [[mathematical physics]]. ==Biography== Dr. Iqbal is a professor of physics and mathematics at the [[Abdus Salam School of Mathematics|Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences]]. He was an associate professor of physics and mathematics at the School of Science & Engineering at the [[Lahore University of Management Sciences]] from September 2009 to August 2015.<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 = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330224233/http://sse.lums.edu.pk/amer_iqbal.htm |archive-date = 2012-03-30 |dead-url = yes |df = }}</ref> Before that, he was an Assistant Professor of [[Mathematics]] at the [[University of Washington]], Seattle. Dr. 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]]. Dr. 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=%7C%40~ROU1DWn~h%401E5TUNa~GFXUTlNQ1p1WlhkemFXUTlNal%404|publisher=[[Lahore University of Management Sciences]]|date=February 7, 2012}}</ref> ==Publications== * B. Bastian, S. Hohenegger, A. Iqbal, S. -J. Rey, “Five-Dimensional Gauge Theories from Shifted Web Diagrams”, arXiv:1810.05109 [hep-th]. * B. Bastian, S. Hohenegger, A. Iqbal, S. -J. Rey, “Beyond Triality: Dual Quiver Gauge Theories and Little String Theories”, to appear in Journal of High Energy Physics, arXiv:1807.00186 [hep-th]. * B. Bastian, S. Hohenegger, A. Iqbal, S. -J. Rey, “Dual Little Strings and their Partition Functions”, Phys. Rev. D 97, 106004 (2018). * Brice Bastian, Stefan Hohenegger, Amer Iqbal, and Soo-Jong Rey, “Triality in Little String Theories,” Physical Review D 97 (4), 046004. * A. Ahmed, S. Hohenegger, A. Iqbal, S. -J. Rey, “Bound States of Little Strings and Symmetric Orbifold Conformal Field Theories”, Phys. Rev. D 96, 081901(R). * S. Hohenegger, A. Iqbal, S. -J. Rey, “Dual Little Strings from F-Theory and Flop Transitions”, J. High Energ. Phys. (2017) 2017: 112. * A. Iqbal, C. Kozcaz, “Refined Topological Strings on Local P2,” Journal of High Energy Physics, (2017) 2017:69 (doi:10.1007/JHEP03(2017)069). * A. Iqbal, K. Shabbir, ”M-Strings and Transverse Orbifold,” European Journal of Physics C (2016) 76: 611. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-016-4453-6. * S. Hohenegger, A. Iqbal, S. -J. Rey, ”Self-Duality and Self-Similarity of Little String Orbifolds”, Physical Review D 94, (04) 046006 (August 2016). * S. Hohenegger, A. Iqbal, S. -J. Rey, ”Instanton-Monopole Correspondence from M-Branes on S1 and Little String Theory”, Physical Review D 93 (06), 066016 (March 2016). * A. Iqbal, B. A. Qureshi, K. Shabbir, ”(q, t) Identities and Vertex Operators,” Modern Physics Letters A Vol. 31, No. 11 (2016) 1650065. * A. Iqbal, K. Shabbir, ”Elliptic CY3folds and Non-Perturbative Modular Transformation,” The European Physical Journal C, 76 3 (2016) 148. * A. Iqbal, C. Kozcaz, S.-T. Yau, ”Elliptic Virasoro Conformal Blocks,” arXiv:1511.00458 [hep-th]. * A. Iqbal, A. Z. Khan, B. A. Qureshi, K. Shabbir, M. A. Shehper, ”Topological Field Theory Amplitudes for AN−1 Fibrations,” Journal of High Energy Physics 12 (2015) 017. * A. Iqbal, B. A. Qureshi, K. Shabbir, M. A. Shehper, ”Brane Webs and Random Processes,” International Journal of Modern Physics-A 30 (33), 1550202 (arXiv:1509.06295 [hep-th]) * S. Hohenegger, A. Iqbal, Soo-Jong Rey, ”M & m Strings and Modular Forms”, Phys. Rev. D 92, 066005 (2015). * S. Hohenegger, A. Iqbal, “M-Strings, Elliptic Genera and N=4 String Amplitudes,” Fortschritte der Physik, Volume 62, Issue 3, pages 155206, March 2014. * B. Haghighat, A. Iqbal, C. Kozcaz, G. Lockhart, C. Vafa, “M-Strings,” Communications in Mathematical Physics, DOI:10.1007/s00220-014-2139-1, August 2014. * A. Iqbal, C. Vafa, “BPS Degeneracies and Superconformal Index in Diverse Dimensions,” Phys. Rev. D 90, 105031, (2014). * A. Iqbal, C. Kozcaz, “Refined Hopf Link Revisited,” J. High Energy Phys. JHEP 04 (2012) 046. * A. Iqbal, S. Nazir, Z. Raza, Z. Saleem, “Generalization of Nekrasov-Okounkov Identity”, Annals of Combinatorics, Volume 16, Issue 4, Page: 745-753 * A. Iqbal, C. Kozcaz, Tanweer Sohail, “Periodic Schur Process, Cylindric Partitions and N=2* Theory,” Nuclear Physics B, Volume 844, Issue 2, Pages 334-347, (2011). * A, Iqbal, C. Kozcaz, K. Shabbir, “Refined Topological Vertex, Cylindric Partitions and U(1) Adjoint Theory,” Nuclear Physics B Volume 838, Issue 3, Pages 422-457, (2010). * S. Gukov, A. Iqbal, C. Kozcaz, C. Vafa, “Link Homologies and the Refined Topological Vertex,” Communications in Mathematical Physics, Volume 298, Number 3, 757-785, (2010). * A. Iqbal, C. Kozcaz, C. Vafa, “The Refined Topological Vertex,” J. High Energy Phys, JHEP 10 (2009) 069. * A. Iqbal, N.Nekrasov, A. Okounkov, C. Vafa, “Quantum Foam and Topological Strings,” J. High Energy Phys. JHEP 04 (2008) 011. ==External links== *[https://scholar.google.com.pk/citations?hl=en&user=5kgMOd0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate Publications - Google Scholar] *[https://www.linkedin.com/in/amer-iqbal/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/amer-iqbal/] ==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]]'