Noor Muhammad Butt
Born (1936-06-03) June 3, 1936 (age 87)
Sialkot, Punjab, Present-day Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Alma materUniversity of Punjab, Pakistan
University of Birmingham UK
Known forMossbauer Spectroscopy
Neutron-Scattering and Diffraction from Solids;
AwardsSitar-e-Imtiaz
Scientific career
FieldsNuclear Physics and Solid State Physics
InstitutionsPakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
Pakistan Science Foundation(PSF)
National Commission on Nano-Science and Technology (NCNST)
Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH)

Prof. Dr. Noor Muhammad Butt or N. M. Butt is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, research scientist and chairman of Pakistan Science foundation from 2005 to 2008 and National Commission on Nano-Science and Technology (NCNST). He is an elected fellow of Pakistan Academy of Sciences and Islamic Academy of Sciences. dr. Butt is an eminent educationist of Pakistan. In 1958, he joined Government College, Lahore, as a lecturar till 1961.


Early Life and Education

Noor Muhammad Butt was born in Sialkot in 1936. He recieved his elementary and intermediate education from there. He completed his matriculation from Murray College. In 1951, he attended Punjab University, majoring inapplied physics. He recieved his B.Sc in Physics from Punjab University in 1955. In 1957, he recieved his M.Sc. in Physics from the same institution. The same year he joined Government College, Lahore, as a physics Lecturer. He stayed there till 1961.




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