List of modern Arab scientists and engineers
The following is a non-conclusive list of some notable modern Arab scientists and engineers. For medieval Arab scientists and scholars, see List of pre-modern Arab scientists and scholars
A
- Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist, 1999 Nobel Prize laureate.[1]
- Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, world renowned Saudi pediatric surgeon specializing in the separation of conjoined twins.[2]
- Ali Moustafa Mosharafa, Egyptian theoretical physicist.[3]
- Ahmad Zaki Pasha, leading Egyptian philologist.[4]
- Amin J. Barakat, Lebanese-American physician, known for the diagnosis Barakat syndrome.[5]
- Abbas El Gamal, Egyptian electrical engineer, information theorist and the 2012 recipient of Claude E. Shannon Award[6]
- M. Amin Arnaout, Lebanese physician-scientist and nephrologist, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.[7]
- Ali Al-Wardi, notable Iraqi Social Scientist specialized in the field of Social history.[citation needed]
- Adah Almutairi, Saudi chemist and inventor, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at University of California.[8]
- Ali H. Nayfeh, Palestinian-American mechanical engineer and the inaugural winner of the Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award.[9]
- Abdul Jerri, Iraqi American mathematician.[10]
- Ali Chamseddine, Lebanese physicist known for his contributions to particle physics, general relativity and mathematical physics.[11]
C
- Charles Elachi, Lebanese-American professor of electrical engineering and planetary science at the California Institute of Technology. Former Center Director of NASA.[12]
D
- Dina Katabi, Syrian-American Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.[13]
E
- Essam E. Khalil, Egyptian engineer and professor at Cairo University.
- Essam Heggy, Egyptian NASA scientist.[14]
- Edward Said, Palestinian-Lebanese-American, a former professor of literature at Columbia University, a literary critic, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies.[15]
- Elias James Corey, Lebanese-American organic chemist. The recipient of 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[16]
F
- Farouk El-Baz, Egyptian American space scientist and geologist who worked with NASA.[17]
- Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Syrian-American Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, 2006 recipient of IEEE Edison Medal.[18]
H
- Hassan Aref, Egyptian physicist and former Professor at Virginia Tech.[19]
- Hatim Zaghloul, Egyptian inventor[20]
- Hunein Maassab, Syrian-American professor of Epidemiology, inventor of Live attenuated influenza vaccine[21]
- Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah, Lebanese electrical and electronics research engineer, mathematician and inventor[22]
- Huda Zoghbi, Lebanese geneticist and medical researcher, the recipient of 2016 Shaw Prize in medicine.[23]
- Huda Akil, Syrian neuroscientist and a Professor at the University of Michigan Medical School.[24]
- Hassan K Khalil, Egyptian-American scientist and a University Distinguished Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) of Michigan State University.
I
- Ibrahim Abouleish, Egyptian professor and the L. Lau Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto[25]
J
- Joanne Chory, Lebanese-American plant biologist and geneticist. 2018 Breakthrough Prize laureate and winner of the 2019 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.[26]
L
- Lina J. Karam, Lebanese-American engineer and IEEE Fellow known for her contributions to signal processing, image/video processing and compression, computer vision and perceptual-based processing. She is the first woman to be appointed as Dean of Engineering in the Middle East region.[27]
M
- Mostafa El-Sayed, Egyptian chemical physicist, a leading nanoscience researcher, and a US National Medal of Science laureate.[28]
- Michel Aflaq, Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist.[29]
- Munir Nayfeh, Palestinian-American particle physicist, renowned for his pioneering work in nanotechnology.[30]
- Mona Nemer, Lebanese Canadian scientist specializing in molecular genetics and cardiac regneration who is Canada's Chief Science Advisor and a former Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Montreal.[31]
- Mohamed Atalla, Egyptian engineer and physical chemist, inventor of the MOSFET (MOS transistor), and National Inventors Hall of Fame laureate.[32]
- Mohamed Sanad, Egyptian antenna scientist and professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University.[33]
- Ma Haide, Lebanese-American doctor who practiced medicine in China.[34]
- Mourad Ismail, Egyptian mathematician, known for Rogers–Askey–Ismail polynomials, Al-Salam–Ismail polynomials and Chihara–Ismail polynomials[35]
- Peter Medawar, Lebanese-British biologist, recipient of 1960 Nobel Prize in Medicine.[36]
- Michael Atiyah, Lebanese-British leading mathematician of the 20 century. Recipient of both Fields Medal and Abel Prize.[37]
- Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-British cardiothoracic surgeon.[38]
N
- Nadia Awni Sakati, Syrian pediatrician known for Sakati–Nyhan–Tisdale syndrome, Sanjad-Sakati syndrome and Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome.[39]
- Nayef Al-Rodhan, Saudi philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, an Honorary Fellow of St. Antony's College at Oxford University.[40]
O
- Omar M. Yaghi, world-known Jordanian-American chemist, the recipient of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry.[41]
- Omar Fakhri, Iraqi medical scientist.
- Oussama Khatib, Syrian roboticist and a professor of computer science at Stanford University.[42]
R
- Rachid Yazami, Moroccan engineer and scientist, and co-inventor of the lithium-ion battery.[43]
S
- Salem Hanna Khamis, Palestinian economist and statistician known for the Geary-Khamis method of computing purchasing power parity of currencies.[44]
- Shadia Habbal, Syrian-American astronomer and physicist who worked with NASA.[45]
- Samir Amin, Egyptian-French Marxian economist.[46]
- Steve Jobs, Syrian-American inventor, and industrial designer. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and a co-founder of Apple Inc.[47]
T
- Taha Baqir, Iraqi archaeologist, linguist, historian, and former curator of the National Museum of Iraq.[48]
- Taher Elgamal, Egyptian cryptographer known for his ElGamal discrete log cryptosystem and ElGamal signature scheme.[49]
- Tony Fadell, Lebanese-American inventor, designer, and Computer Engineer. One of the co-inventors of the iPod and the iPhone.[50]
V
- Victor Assad Najjar, Lebanese pediatrician and microbiologist known for Crigler–Najjar syndrome[citation needed]
w
- Waleed Al-Salam, Iraqi mathematician who introduced Al-Salam–Chihara polynomials, Al-Salam–Carlitz polynomials, q-Konhauser polynomials, and Al-Salam–Ismail polynomials.[51]
- Wafaa El-Sadr, Egyptian physician, Professor at Columbia University.[52]
Y
- Yusuf Ibrahim (doctor), Egyptian physician known for Congenital cutaneous candidiasis.[53]
Z
- Zaha Hadid, world-renowned Iraqi-British architect. The first woman to receive Pritzker Architecture Prize.[54]
- Zoghman Mebkhout, French-Algerian mathematician known for his work in algebraic analysis, geometry, and representation theory.[55]
- Zaki al-Arsuzi, Syrian philosopher, philologist, sociologist, historian, and Arab nationalist.[56]
See also
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