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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Hala Jarallah Noman Al-Khazindar is a Palestinian physicist born in Gaza . She is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems at the Islamic University of Gaza. She has won several prestigious awards, such as the Scientific Research Award in Natural Sciences (2010); the ISESCO Science and Technology Award (2014); the Excellence in Research and Education Award from the World Academy of Sciences and Technology for the Development of Science in Developing Countries (2015).
She is a member of the International Association of Muslim Women in Science, the Women in Science for the Developing World Organization, and the Graduates Association in the Gaza Strip, and a founding member of the Palestinian Women in Science Platform, which focuses on raising awareness and encouraging girls to engage in scientific research while working to increase the number of girls in scientific fields. She says, “ We are working to promote the goals of the parent platform by supporting the presence of girls in scientific specializations and providing them with scholarships. We are currently seeking to form special committees that will provide local support and opportunities for women and girls to motivate them to pursue science and bridge the gap in this field.” “I encourage girls to study it, because people don’t want girls to study it, but it controls many aspects of our lives, starting from the remote control to the electrical circuits related to the mobile phone, electrical power, and alternative energy .”
Her postgraduate studies
Hala Al-Khazindar obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Birzeit University in 1987, a Master’s degree in 1995 from New Mexico State University in the United States of America, and a PhD from the same university in 1999. In 2000, she joined the Islamic University of Gaza to work in electrical engineering.
Her scientific output
She published more than one hundred scientific papers, through which she highlighted her scientific output, starting with the study of optical fibers and their applications in communications and optical sensors; passing through the study of metamaterials and their applications in many fields, especially in communications, then studying the characteristics of microwave transmission lines, especially in the presence of the Schottky rectifier and the resonant rectifier.
Awards
Scientific Research Award for Natural Sciences (2010).
ISESCO Prize for Science and Technology (2014).
World Academy of Sciences and Technology Excellence Award for Research and Education for the Development of Science in Developing Countries (2015).
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