A. A. Mamun


Abdullah Al Mamun is a Bangladeshi physicist who is a professor of physics at Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Early life and education

A A Mamun was born in Dhamrai Upazila, Dhaka, East Pakistan on 31 December 1966, and passed the Secondary School Certificate and Higher Secondary Certificate examinations, from Kushura Abbas Ali High School  and  Government Science College in 1981 and 1983, respectively.
Mamun attended Jahangirnagar University, and passed Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in physics in 1986 and 1987, respectively.  On the  basis of his extraordinary academic results, and performances in other activities at the university, Mamun was given an opportunity to represent Jahangirnagar University and Bangladesh in "International Youth Village Program 1989" held in Fukuoka, Japan, where he met with Naruhito, then crown prince of Japan.
Mamun gained a PhD in plasma physics at the University of St Andrews by a Commonwealth Scholarship under the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan. He then performed postdoctoral studies in Germany and Scotland on an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral research fellowship, and a Commonwealth postdoctoral research fellowship, respectively. As well as his faculty position at Jahangirnagar University, Mamun has a visiting position at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.

Research contributions

Mamun has published over 400 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. The Institute of Physics published his textbook on dusty plasma physics.
According to a report published in PLOS Biology, Mamun is one of the top 2% scientists working in the fields of fluids and plasma, as well as top 2% scientists working in all branches of sciences.

Awards and honours

Mamun has also been honored by a number of honorary appointments for his scientific contribution to physics. The important ones are as follows: