Shaukat Hameed Khan

Shaukat Hameed Khan
Born (1941-09-04) September 4, 1941
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(Present day in Punjab in Pakistan.)
Alma materGordon College
University of Oxford
Known forLaser science: AVLIS development and plasma stealth
Pakistan's nuclear deterrent program
AwardsPride of Performance (1993)
Scientific career
FieldsOptical physics
InstitutionsPakistan Atomic Energy Commission
CERN
GIK Institute of Technology
Comsats University
University of Sialkot
ThesisThe Laser Triggered Spark Gap (1969)
Websitepas site

Shaukat Hameed Khan (Urdu: شوکت حمید خان; born 4 September 1941) PP, PhD, FPAS, is a Pakistani optical physicist and a visiting professor of physics at the Comsats University in Islamabad. Khan is known for his understanding in spark gap and plasma-induced Lasers in ionized environment.

His career is mostly spent at the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission before taking professorship at the GIK Institute of Technology and Engineering and eventually becoming its rector. Besides teaching educating on physics, Khan is known for his strong public advocacy for scientific education in Pakistan and sustainable development through technology.