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Mazlan Othman

1951 - Today

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Mazlan binti Othman (Jawi: مصلان بنت عثمان; born 11 December 1951) is a Malaysian astrophysicist whose work has pioneered Malaysia's participation in space exploration. She was her country's first astrophysicist, and helped to create a curriculum in astrophysics at the national university, as well as to build public awareness and understanding of astronomy and space issues. She was appointed director general of Angkasa, the Malaysian National Space Agency and served as the director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in Vienna from 2007 to 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mazlan Othman is the 799th most popular physicist (up from 803rd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Malaysia and the most popular Malaysian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Mazlan Othman ranks 799 out of 851. Before her are John Aitken, Conyers Herring, Kees Schouhamer Immink, Werner Israel, Robert L. Forward, and Daulat Singh Kothari. After her are Derek J. de Solla Price, Hedwig Kohn, He Jiankui, William Penney, Baron Penney, G. N. Ramachandran, and Herbert Goldstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Mazlan Othman ranks 607. Before her are Satymkul Dzhumanazarov, Gerd Kische, Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio, Iraj Danaeifard, Claude Bartolone, and Helen Zille. After her are Robin Sachs, Patricia Richardson, Róža Domašcyna, Jürgen Rüttgers, Steve Walsh, and Piet Kleine.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Mazlan Othman ranks 55 out of 90. Before her are Lee Chong Wei (1982), Irene Fernandez (1946), Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (1966), Tony Fernandes (1964), Simon Russell Beale (1961), and Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor (1972). After her are Joe Simpson (1960), Ambiga Sreenevasan (1956), Michael Wong (1970), Noordin Mohammad Top (1968), Penny Wong (1968), and Rashid Sidek (1968).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Malaysia

Among physicists born in Malaysia, Mazlan Othman ranks 1. 

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