A A Mamun

Abdullah Al Mamun (born 31 December 1966) is a Bangladeshi physicist who is a professor of physics at Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1][2]

Abdullah Al Mamun
Born (1966-12-31) 31 December 1966
Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan
Alma materJahangirnagar University
University of St Andrews
OccupationUniversity professor

Early life and education

A A Mamun (son of Darbesh Ali and Rizia Ali) was born in Dhamrai Upazila, Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) on 31 December 1966, and he passed the Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary Certificate examinations, respectively, from Kushura Abbas Ali High School  (Dhamrai Upazila, Dhaka) and  Government Science College (Tejgaon Thana, Dhaka) in 1981 and 1983, respectively.[3]

Mamun with Naruhito at “International Youth Village Program-1989” in Fukuoka, Japan.

Mamun  attended Jahangirnagar University, and passed Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in physics in 1986 (held in 1989) and 1987 (held in 1991), respectively.[3]  On the  basis of his extraordinary academic results, and performances in other activities at the university, Mamun was given an opportunity to represent Jahangirnagar University and at the same time Bangladesh in “International Youth Village Program-1989” held in Fukuoka, Japan, where he met with Naruhito, the crown prince (of that time) of Japan.[3]

Mamun gained a PhD in plasma physics at the University of St Andrews by a Commonwealth Scholarship under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan.[3] He then performed postdoctoral studies in Germany and Scotland by an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral research fellowship, and by a Commonwealth postdoctoral research fellowship, respectively.[4][3] As well as his faculty position at Jahangirnagar University, Mamun has a visiting position at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.[5]

Research contributions

Mamun has published over 400 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals.[6] The Institute of Physics (London) published his textbook on dusty plasma physics.[1]

On the basis of a report published in PLOS Biology, Mamun is one of top 2% [position:130 out of 43,218 (2%)] scientists (in the world) working in the fields of fluids and plasma, as well as top 2% [position: 28,781 out of 159,624 (2%)] scientists (in the world) working in all branches of sciences (including engineering and medical sciences).[7]

Awards and honours

Mamun receiving the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the president of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2009.

Mamun has also been honored by a number of honorary appointments for his scientific contribution to physics. The important ones are as follows:

References

  1. "JU Faculty selected as the recipient of Bessel Research Award", The Daily Star, 31 May 2009.
  2. "Academy Gold Medal Award". Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  3. "JU People Portal". Jahangirnagar University. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  4. "Prof. Dr. A. A. Mamun". www.humboldt-foundation.de. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. "ICTP Associate and Federation Scheme Portal". International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. Dr. A. A. Mamun publications indexed by Google Scholar
  7. Ioannidis, John P. A.; Boyack, Kevin W.; Baas, Jeroen (16 October 2020). "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". PLOS Biology. 18 (10): e3000918. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918. ISSN 1545-7885. PMC 7567353. PMID 33064726.
  8. "TWAS Awards for Young Scientists-". www.bas.org.bd. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  9. "TWAS elects 35 new TWAS Fellows". TWAS. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  10. "3 Bangladeshi scientists elected TWAS fellows". Dhaka Tribune. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  11. "Fellows of BAS". www.bas.org.bd. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  12. "Jahangirnagar University". www.juniv.edu. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  13. Eliasson, B.; Stenflo, L.; Bingham, R.; Mendonça, J. T.; Mamun, A. A.; Shaikh, D. (August 2010). "Preface". Journal of Plasma Physics. 76 (3–4): 257. Bibcode:2010JPlPh..76..257E. doi:10.1017/S0022377809990936. ISSN 1469-7807.
  14. "Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics". Springer. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  15. "Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics". Springer. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  16. "Advances in Astrophysics, AdAp". www.isaacpub.org. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  17. "List of Associates — ICTP Portal". portal.ictp.it. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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