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Namık Kemal Pak
Namık Kemal Pak (born in 1947 in the Samsun Province of Turkey, died in Ankara, Turkey on the 10th of November 2015) was a renowned Turkish scientist. Professor Dr. Pak was a subatomic theoretical physicist and wrote several influential articles and books on the topic. He held various memberships and offices at prestigious institutions. After graduating from the Physics Department at the Science Faculty of Ankara University in 1962, he moved on to University of California, Berkeley where he received his PhD degree from the Department of Physics in 1972 as a NATO and American Atomic Energy Institution Fellow. In 1977, he became an associate professor at the Department of Physics at Hacettepe University, and in 1988 he was appointed as a professor in Department of Physics at the Middle East Technical University (ODTU). Professor Dr. Pak was the Vice President of the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) between 1990-1997, and the President of TUBITAK between 1999 and 2003.