Mariam Sultana is a Pakistani astrophysicist. Sultana completed her doctoral studies in astrophysics at the

University of Karachi The University of Karachi ( sd, ; informally Karachi University, KU, or UoK) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Established in June 1951 by an act of Parliament and as a successor to the University of Sindh (whic ...

under the supervision of Nuritdinov Salohitdin Nasritdinovich in 2012. She is the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in

astrophysics Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline said, Astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the h ...

in Pakistan. Sultana teaches as an assistant professor at the

Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology The Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology ( ur, ); alternatively known as FUUAST) is a public university primarily located at Islamabad, Pakistan. The university has two satellite campuses; the central campus is located in Is ...

Biography

Mariam Sultana is from Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan. She received her Masters of Sciences in Applied Mathematics from University of Karachi in 2004. She started her Ph.D. course work in 2006 under the supervision of Salakhutdin Nuritdinov. She specialized in the field of astrophysics and completed her Ph.D. in 2012. She works in

extragalactic Extragalactic astronomy is the branch of astronomy concerned with objects outside the Milky Way galaxy. In other words, it is the study of all astronomical objects which are not covered by galactic astronomy. The closest objects in extragalactic ...

astronomy Astronomy () is a natural science that studies astronomical object, celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and chronology of the Universe, evolution. Objects of interest ...

and her research focuses on understanding the stability and the formation of

ring galaxies A ring galaxy is a galaxy with a circle-like appearance. Hoag's Object, discovered by Art Hoag in 1950, is an example of a ring galaxy. The ring contains many massive, relatively young blue stars, which are extremely bright. The central region ...

. Her doctoral thesis was examined by James Binney and Ana Katrin Schenk.

Awards and honors

Mariam has won the Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited (CCBPL) ''Savvy and Successful Award'' in 2015. She has published 34 research papers in international journals and her work has been cited 64 times. She is the first female astrophysicist from Pakistan.

Fellowships and memberships

* Assistant Professor at

(FUUAST), * Research Associate at Karachi University’s (KU) Institute of Planetary Astrophysics, Karachi Pakistan.

References

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