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Bentoutou, Youcef


Current nationality
Algeria
Current country of residence
Algeria
Biodata
Youcef Bentoutou is senior researcher at the Satellite Development Center of the Algerian Space Agency in Algeria. He obtained his bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees in electrical and electronics engineering at the University of Djillali Liabès in Sidi Bel Abbès. He also completed a training degree at the Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey, United Kingdom, that was directed towards the development of the Alsat-1 disaster monitoring satellite. His research interests include digital signal processing, image processing, computer vision, image registration and satellite on board data handling. In recognition of his accomplishments, he was the recipient of the first TWAS-AAS (African Academy of Sciences)-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists, an IEEE trainee grant, the prize for the best research paper awarded by the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and two recognition certificates from Djillali Liabès University. He is also president of the Scientific Committee for the Center of Space Techniques in Arzew, Algeria.
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Last updated on 05/05/2025

Al-Salman, Ahmad


Current nationality
Jordan
Current country of residence
Jordan
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Al Salman (PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 1999) is a Professor of Mathematics at Yarmouk University, Jordan. He is recognized for outstanding contributions to harmonic analysis, solving long-standing problems and advancing rough integral operators. His PhD dissertation was ranked the best in five years and among the best in the Department’s history at Pittsburgh. He was Editor-in-Chief of the JJMS, achieving Scopus indexing, and serves on several international editorial boards. He served at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Oman (2017–2025), as Head of the Department of Mathematics (2018–2024) and Head of the Quality Assurance Unit. At YU, he also served as Head of the Mathematics Department, Vice Dean for Scientific Research and Graduate Studies, and Acting Assistant Dean for Quality Assurance. He has an outstanding international profile, organizing conferences and delivering talks worldwide, and was a Member of the Founding Organizing Committee of the first Arab–American Frontiers Symposium and a TWAS Young Affiliate (2010–2014). His honors include Distinguished Graduate Award (YU, 2019), scholarships for PhD and B.S, and first-rank medals for both B.Sc. and M.Sc.
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Last updated on 13/11/2025

Naja, Rola


Current nationality
Lebanon
Current country of residence
Lebanon
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Last updated on 05/05/2025

Khalid Ahmed, Asaad


Current nationality
Sudan (the)
Current country of residence
Saudi Arabia
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Prof. Asaad Khalid, with over 20 years in academia and research, is a Professor at the Substance Abuse and Toxicology Research Unit, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia, since 2013. Previously, he was a Research Professor and Head of the Medical Biochemistry Research Unit at the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Institute, Sudan, and briefly a Professor at the National University for Medical and Technical Studies, Khartoum. He has mentored over 16 Ph.D. and 10 M.Sc. graduates and led a drug discovery research group. His anti-malarial research earned WHO recognition in 2009. With 240+ publications and an h-index of 31, he has received accolades like the AU-TWAS Young Scientists National Award (2011) and the PAMS Junior Gold Medal Award (2005). His research focuses on drug discovery from medicinal plants targeting diseases like malaria, diabetes, and tuberculosis, using enzyme inhibition methods and bioinformatics tools. Collaborating globally, his work impacts both science and society.
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Last updated on 13/01/2026
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