Noor Muhammad Butt

Noor Muhammad Butt (Urdu: نور محمد بٹ); b. 3 June 1936), SI, FPAS, also known as N. M. Butt, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and professor of physics at the Preston University who is known for his research publications in understanding the gamma-rays burst, Mössbauer effect, diffraction, later the nanotechnology.

Noor Muhammad Butt
Born (1936-06-03) 3 June 1936
Sialkot, Punjab, India
(Present-day in Punjab, Pakistan)
CitizenshipPakistan
Alma materMurray College
Government College University
University of Birmingham
Known forNeutron science and Nanotechnology
Mössbauer spectroscopy
Mössbauer effect
Nuclear deterrence
AwardsSitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Distinction) (1992) by the President of Pakistan
ICTP Award (1975)
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear Physics
InstitutionsPakistan Atomic Energy Commission
Quaid-i-Azam University
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
CERN and IAEA
Preston University
Theses
Doctoral advisorPhilip Burton Moon
Other academic advisorsRudolf Peierls
Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry

Besides teaching courses in topics involving the modern physics, his career has spent working in branches of physics at the national laboratory in Nilore and has authored several college textbooks in physics based on his research, and presently serving as the chairman of the Institute of Nano Science and Technology at the Preston University.

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