Muhammad Azadul Islam

Background

Islam, Muhammad Azadul was born on December 23, 1951 in Bogra, Bangladesh. Son of Muhammad Mohsin Ali and Amena Khatun. came to the United States, 1975.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Dhaka U., Bangladesh, 1974; Master of Science, U. Alabama, 1977; Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1979; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1981.

Career

Teaching assistant, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1975-1977; faculty fellow, then head teaching assistant, Columbia University, New York City, 1977-1979; graduate research assistant, Columbia Radiation laboratories, New York City, 1979-1981; postdoctoral fellow Joint Institute Laboratory Astrophysics,, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1981-1983; assistant professor, San Diego State University, 1983-1985; assistant professor, State University of New York, Potsdam, 1985-1989; associate professor physics, State University of New York, Potsdam, 1989-1997; professor physics, State University of New York, Potsdam, since 1997. National Endowment for Humanities visiting scholar Columbia University, New York City, 1993. Visiting scholar Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, 1993, Center for Astrophysics Harvard University, 1995.

Achievements

• Muhammad Azadul Islam has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, United University professors, New York State United Teachers, American Federation Teachers, Islamic Society North American (trustee Potsdam chapter since 1990), New York Academy Sciences, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, Sigma Pi Sigma.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, travel, intellectual history of Islamic civilisation.

Connections

Married Aziza Gole Afroz, July 24, 1987. Children: Crescent Mamnun, Cosmo Hasibul.

Father:

Muhammad Mohsin Ali

Mother:

Amena Khatun

Spouse:

Aziza Gole Afroz

child:

Cosmo Hasibul Islam

child:

Crescent Mamnun Islam