Dr. A A Mamun, Professor of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 31 December 1966. He completed his B. Sc. (Hons.) and M. Sc. (Thesis) in physics from Jahangirnagar University, and secured first class first position in both the B. Sc. (Hons.) and M. Sc. (Thesis) Examinations. Prof. Mamun successfully completed his Ph. D. in plasma physics from the University of St Andrews (UK) under a very prestigious scholarship, Commonwealth Scholarship that he was awarded (by an international open competition) by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (UK).