Education:

• 1991 PhD: Positron Physics, University of London, Royal Holloway College

• 1984 MSc: Nuclear and Particle Physics, University of London

• 1981 BSc: Physics, Qatar University

Research Interests:

• Positron Physics and its applications

• Environmental nuclear and radiation physics

• Recent trends in physics education

Professional Experience

• 2011 Adjunct Professor of Physics, Texas A&M University Qatar, Doha, Qatar.

• 2009 Professor of Physics, Physics Department, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

• 2003 Associate Professor, Physics Department, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

• 1999 Research Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London (UCL), London, UK.

• 1991Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Qatar, Doha, Qatar.

• 1984 Lecturer, Physics Department, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

• 1981 Teaching Assistant, Physics Department, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.

List of Recent Publications

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Awards and Prizes

• CEO Middle East  Outstanding Contribution to Science Award, 2012. Shaikha Lubna AlQasimi presenting the award in Dubai.

• Listed by CEO Middle East as one of the100 Most Powerful Arab Women for the year 2012.

• Listed by the Arabian Business magazine as one of the 50 most influential people in the State of Qatar for the year 2012.

• International Visitor Exchange Program; Women Innovation in Science and Engineering Leadership Program US Department of State, 2011.

• Ahmad Badeeb Prize for Arab Women in Science, Paris, 2008.

  

   

• Honored by Arab World Institute, Paris (Institute du Monde Arabe) 2005.



 

• University of Qatar merit award for excellence in research 2004.

• British Chevening Scholarship 1998.

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, The Institute of Physics (IOP), FInstP, UK

• Chartered Physicist, CPhys.

• Member of The American Physical Society (APS), USA

• Member of The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), USA

• Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), USA

• Member of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), USA

• Member of The European Physical Society (EPS), France

• Member of the Women in Nuclear (WiN) Global, World Nuclear Association (WNA)

• Member of the Advisory Committee for the World Nuclear University School on Radiation Technologies.

• Member of the World Council on Isotopes (WCI).