Abdus Salam

Abdus Salam (born January 29, 1926 – died November 21, 1996) was a physicist from Pakistan and British Raj. He was born in Jhang and passed away in Oxford. Salam was the founder of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South and was a recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Salam pursued his education at various institutions, including the Government College University in Lahore, St John's College at Cambridge University, University of the Punjab, and the University of Cambridge. His doctoral advisor was Nicholas Kemmer.

Among Salam's notable doctoral students were Riazuddin, Masud Ahmad, Ghulam Murtaza, Fayyazuddin, Muneer Ahmad Rashid, Ron Shaw, Robert Delbourgo, Ali Chamseddine, John Clayton Taylor, Peter West, Walter Gilbert, John Polkinghorne, Michael Duff, John Moffat, Yuval Ne'eman, Ray Streater, and Alan Macfarlane[ (36295168) (#doctoral_student) (36295169) (#doctoral_student) (36295170) (#doctoral_student) (36295171) (#doctoral_student) (36295172) (#doctoral_student) (36295173) (#doctoral_student) (36295174) (#doctoral_student) (36295175) (#doctoral_student) (36295176) (#doctoral_student) (36295177) (#doctoral_student) (36295161) (#doctoral_student) (36295162) (#doctoral_student) (36295163) (#doctoral_student) (36295164) (#doctoral_student) (36295165) (#doctoral_student) (36295166) (#doctoral_student) (36295167) (#doctoral_student)].