Muhammad Suhail Zubairy
Muhammad Suhail Zubairy, HI, SI, FPAS (born 19 October 1952), is a University Distinguished Professor as of 2014 in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Texas A&M University and is the inaugural holder of the Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics.
Muhammad Suhail Zubairy | |
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| Born | 19 October 1952 Lahore, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Alma mater | Edwardes College Quaid-i-Azam University University of Rochester International Centre for Theoretical Physics |
| Known for | His work in Quantum optics, Quantum computing, and Laser physics |
| Awards | Willis Lamb Award (2014) Bush Excellence Award (2011) Humboldt Research Award (2007) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (2000) Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1993) Abdus Salam Award (1986) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Quantum Physics |
| Institutions | Texas A&M University |
| Doctoral advisor | Emil Wolf |
In 2017, Prof. Suhail Zubairy was awarded the Changjiang Distinguished Chair at Huazhong University of Science and Technology. This is the highest award of the Chinese Government to a university professor and is rarely given to a non-Chinese. He has made pioneering contributions in the fields of Quantum computing, laser physics and quantum optics. He has authored and co-authored several books and over 300 research papers on a wide variety of research problems relating to theoretical physics. His research and work has been widely recognised by the physics community and he has won many international awards. In addition, he took part as the lead lecturer in the Casper College Quantum Science Camp during July 2022.