Invitation to a Special Seminar: "Scientific Experience for a Woman Physicist from Gaza, Palestine", by Prof. Hala J.El-Khozondar on Thursday 24 January at 16:00

[ICTP Director]

_*Invitation to a Special Seminar: "Scientific Experience for a Woman 
Physicist from Gaza, Palestine", by Prof. Hala J. El-Khozondar on 
Thursday 24 January at 16:00, Euler Lecture Hall, Leonardo Building, ICTP*_


The experience of a female physicist living in Gaza, Palestine will be 
presented. This part of the world is subjected to unstable political 
circumstances which affects its economy and the living style of the 
people. Lack of electricity and unavailability of drinking water, raises 
the height of the challenge barrier that a normal scientist has to 
overcome. In addition, a brief introduction about different research 
topics that she tackled under the above-mentioned circumstances will be 
presented.

Hala J. El-Khozondar was born in Gaza, Palestine. She got her B.Sc. in 
Physics from BirZeit University, Palestine in 1987. She earned her Ph.D. 
in physics from New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA in 1999. She 
joined the physics faculty at BirZeit University in 1987. She had a 
Postdoc award at Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Germany in 1999. 
She is now a full professor at the electrical engineering (EE) 
department in Islamic University of Gaza. She is an ICTP senior 
associate, FTWAS and FTWAS-ARO. She has high leadership and 
administrative skills demonstrated by her work in initiating and 
developing the quality assurance unit and the external relations at IUG 
and being a committee member for several scholarships and prizes. She 
advises several students. She participated in several conferences and 
workshops. Her research includes studying solar systems, optical fibers, 
wireless communication, optical fiber sensors, MTMs devices, and 
polycrystalline materials. She has over 100 publications. She is a 
recipient of Fulbright Scholarship, DAAD, AvH, Erasmus Mundus, Altaawon 
and Bank of Palestine Zamalah senior visit, IUG Deanery Prize for 
applied sciences, TWAS-ARO prize 2018, TWAS medal lecture 2018 and 
ISESCO Prize in Science & Technolgy 2014. She is also coordinator for 
several projects including TEMPUS for promoting long life learning, and 
Al-Maqdisi to enhance collaboration with French partners.

You are all most welcome to attend

Director's Office, ICTP