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Abdullah Al Mamun (born December 31, 1966) is a Bangladeshi physicist, a professor of physics at Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 31 December 1966, Mamun attended Jahangirnagar University where he gained a BSc and a MSc in physics. As part of the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan he gained a PhD in plasma physics at the University of St Andrews.

Mamun then performed postdoctoral studies in Germany and the UK, under an Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and a Commonwealth Post-doctoral Research Fellowship. As well as his faculty position at Jahangirnagar, Mamun has a visiting position at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.

Mamun published over 200 research articles. The Institute of Physics (London) published his textbook on dusty plasma physics.

• Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Gold Medal for Physical Sciences (Junior Group 2004)
• Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Gold Medal for Physical Sciences (Senior Group 2011)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award in 2009 from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

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