Background
Qureshi, Iqbal Hussain was born on September 27, 1936 in Ajmer, India. Arrived in Pakistan, 1950. Son of Ashiq Hussain and Hasina Begum Qureshi.
Qureshi, Iqbal Hussain was born on September 27, 1936 in Ajmer, India. Arrived in Pakistan, 1950. Son of Ashiq Hussain and Hasina Begum Qureshi.
Bachelor of Science, Government College, Hyderabad, Pakistan, 1956. Master of Science, University Sind, Hyderabad, Pakistan, 1958. Master of Science, University Michigan, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy, Tokyo University, 1963.
Lecturer, Government College, 1956-1960; officer on special training, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Karachi, 1960-1963; senior scientific officer, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Lahore, 1963-1968; principal scientific officer, Pakistan Atomic Energy Comm., Lahore, 1969-1976; research chemist, United States National Bureau Standards, Washington, 1967-1968; visiting scientist, Atomic Energy Commission, Roskilde, Denmark, 1970-1972; chief scientific officer, Pakistan Atomic Energy Comm., Islamabad, 1976-1988; chief scientist, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, since 1988. Director Pakistan Institute Nuclear science and Technology, Islamabad, 1984-1991. Tech.mem. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, 1991-1995, senior member, 1995-1996, scientist emeritus, 1996.
Fellow Pakistan Academy of Sciences (Gold medal), Chemical Society Pakistan, Pakistan Nuclear Society (chairman advisory committee reactor safety, chairman advisory committee on uses of radiation in agriculture, medicine and industry, president 2001-2005). Member International Union Elementologists, National Committee on International Geosphere-biosphere Program, National Accrediation Committee.
Married Zeenat, September 21, 1965 (wid. July 1984); children: Adnan Iqbal, Imran Iqbal. Married Khurshid, June 9, 1987.