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.

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 passed the Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary Certificate examinations, from Kushura Abbas Ali High School (Dhamrai Upazila, Dhaka) and Government Science College (Tejgaon Thana, Dhaka) in 1981 and 1983, respectively.

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.

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

Awards and honours Mamun receiving the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the president of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2009. Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) Gold Medal in Physical Sciences (Junior Group: 2004) University Grants Commission (Bangladesh) Award - 2008 in Physical & Mathematical Sciences. Elected Fellow, The Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Mamun has also been honored by a number of honorary appointments for his scientific contribution to physics. The important ones are as follows:

Director of `Wazed Miah Science Research Centre' at Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Members of the governing bodies of 'National Museum of Science and Technology' as well as 'Bangladesh National Scientific and Technical Documentation Centre'. and of a special issue in Review of Modern Plasma Physics published by the Springer Nature (Japan). Associate Editor of the Journal: Review of Modern Plasma Physics published by Springer Nature (Japan). Editorial Board Member of the journal: Advances in Astrophysics published by Isaac Scientific Publishing (Hong Kong). Regular Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy) appointed twice (from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2002, and from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2013).