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Awni Mohammad Khasawneh
Team Chair and Contact Person, NAEC team - Jordan
Balqa Applied University
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Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Team Chair and Contact Person, NAEC team - Jordan
Balqa Applied University
kawniatyahoo.com
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Prof MASHHOOR AL-WARDAT
Team Member, NAEC team - Jordan
University of Sharjah
Mashhoor Ahmad Salameh Al-Wardat
Professor of Astrophysics
Department of Applied Physics, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Director of the Academic Affairs Department at Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST)
Coordinator of the Ph.D. program in Space Science and Technology
Coordinator of the M.Sc. program in Astronomy and Space Sciences
An active member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) since 2018, Prof. Al-Wardat serves as the Deputy Chair of the Arab Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) and is the Financial Secretary of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS).
Professor Al-Wardat has published more than seventy articles in esteemed scientific journals, which can be accessed through the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/). He has developed a novel methodology for the analysis of stellar systems and variable stars, termed Al-Wardat’s Method for Analyzing Stellar Systems and Variable Stars, which is available online upon obtaining a password. Furthermore, he has forged substantial international collaborations and is presently engaged in research that utilizes data from the Gaia and TESS Space Telescopes. His contributions to international relations and scientific cooperation are highly commendable.
He published his book, “Stellar Astrophysics,” in Arabic in 2023 through the peer-reviewed publishing system at the University of Sharjah. Prof. Al-Wardat has a particular interest in the history of astronomy in Islam and the Arab world.
Research Interests:
- Spectrophotometry of stars
- Interferometry of binary and multiple star systems
- Analysis of stellar systems and variable stars
- Light curves of eclipsing binary stars
- Astronomical site selection and evaluation
- History of astronomy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1422-211X
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4mOv8LwAAAAJ&hl=en
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Team Member, NAEC team - Jordan
University of Sharjah
Mashhoor Ahmad Salameh Al-Wardat
Professor of Astrophysics
Department of Applied Physics, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Director of the Academic Affairs Department at Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST)
Coordinator of the Ph.D. program in Space Science and Technology
Coordinator of the M.Sc. program in Astronomy and Space Sciences
An active member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) since 2018, Prof. Al-Wardat serves as the Deputy Chair of the Arab Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD) and is the Financial Secretary of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS).
Professor Al-Wardat has published more than seventy articles in esteemed scientific journals, which can be accessed through the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/). He has developed a novel methodology for the analysis of stellar systems and variable stars, termed Al-Wardat’s Method for Analyzing Stellar Systems and Variable Stars, which is available online upon obtaining a password. Furthermore, he has forged substantial international collaborations and is presently engaged in research that utilizes data from the Gaia and TESS Space Telescopes. His contributions to international relations and scientific cooperation are highly commendable.
He published his book, “Stellar Astrophysics,” in Arabic in 2023 through the peer-reviewed publishing system at the University of Sharjah. Prof. Al-Wardat has a particular interest in the history of astronomy in Islam and the Arab world.
Research Interests:
- Spectrophotometry of stars
- Interferometry of binary and multiple star systems
- Analysis of stellar systems and variable stars
- Light curves of eclipsing binary stars
- Astronomical site selection and evaluation
- History of astronomy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1422-211X
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4mOv8LwAAAAJ&hl=en
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Prof Dr Qutaibeh Katatbeh
Team Member, NAEC team - Jordan
Professor of Mathematics & Director of Academic Development and quality assurance center, Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T)
Professor Qutaibeh Katatbeh Director of Academic Development and Quality Assurance Center at JUST, former Dean of faculty of Science and Arts for 4 years, Chair of Department of Mathematics and Statistics for 4 years.
Prof Katatbeh has been teaching mathematics for both undergraduate and graduate students since 2004; moreover, he has published more than 40 papers in reputable journals. His research areas include spectral theory, spectral bounds for Schrödinger operators, and eigenvalue problems, and computational and mathematical physics.
Prof Katatbeh spent his sabbatical leave at Department of Physics and Radiology at MGH, Harvard Medical School / Harvard University 2012-2013 . He also worked with research groups at Concordia University, University of Mass Lowell, TU Berlin, TU ilmenaue, Granada University.
During his work as Dean of Science and Arts, four different departments applied for international accreditation (Canadian Chemical Society, ASIIN, and ABET). He established and taught entrepreneurship and innovation courses for almost six years, developed the social responsibility and communications course at JUST. Both courses were later adopted by the Ministry of Higher Education and are now taught as compulsory courses at all universities in Jordan.
Prof. Katatbeh is now responsible for the academic and administrative quality assurance at JUST. He is mainly responsible for the university local and international accreditation academic and administrative quality assurance, ranking, annual reports and strategic planning and its execution. Prof. Katatbeh has played an important role in coordinating Erasmus Mundus projects since 2007 with Lund University, Granada University and other Europeans universities. He also represented Jordan in local and international meeting, organized and participated in many local and international conferences.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Team Member, NAEC team - Jordan
Professor of Mathematics & Director of Academic Development and quality assurance center, Jordan University of Science and Technology (J.U.S.T)
Professor Qutaibeh Katatbeh Director of Academic Development and Quality Assurance Center at JUST, former Dean of faculty of Science and Arts for 4 years, Chair of Department of Mathematics and Statistics for 4 years.
Prof Katatbeh has been teaching mathematics for both undergraduate and graduate students since 2004; moreover, he has published more than 40 papers in reputable journals. His research areas include spectral theory, spectral bounds for Schrödinger operators, and eigenvalue problems, and computational and mathematical physics.
Prof Katatbeh spent his sabbatical leave at Department of Physics and Radiology at MGH, Harvard Medical School / Harvard University 2012-2013 . He also worked with research groups at Concordia University, University of Mass Lowell, TU Berlin, TU ilmenaue, Granada University.
During his work as Dean of Science and Arts, four different departments applied for international accreditation (Canadian Chemical Society, ASIIN, and ABET). He established and taught entrepreneurship and innovation courses for almost six years, developed the social responsibility and communications course at JUST. Both courses were later adopted by the Ministry of Higher Education and are now taught as compulsory courses at all universities in Jordan.
Prof. Katatbeh is now responsible for the academic and administrative quality assurance at JUST. He is mainly responsible for the university local and international accreditation academic and administrative quality assurance, ranking, annual reports and strategic planning and its execution. Prof. Katatbeh has played an important role in coordinating Erasmus Mundus projects since 2007 with Lund University, Granada University and other Europeans universities. He also represented Jordan in local and international meeting, organized and participated in many local and international conferences.
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Diala Mujahed Sabri Taneenah
Team Member, NAEC team - Jordan
Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS)
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Team Member, NAEC team - Jordan
Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences (AUASS)
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Sattam Salem Shqor
Team Member, NAEC team - Jordan
Mutah University
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Team Member, NAEC team - Jordan
Mutah University
Appointed as NAEC until: Aug. 1, 2027
Contact
To get in touch with the NAEC team for Jordan please contact:
Awni Mohammad Khasawneh via kawniatyahoo.com
Astronomy Education in Jordan
For more information on Astronomy Education in Jordan, see the Astronomy Education in Jordan document (PDF file 265.88 kB Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) icons) prepared by our NAEC team
The Office of Astronomy for Education is hosted by the Haus der Astronomie on the campus of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. The Office of Astronomy for Education is an office of the International Astronomical Union, with substantial funding from the Klaus Tschira Foundation and the Carl Zeiss Foundation. The Shaw-IAU Workshops on Astronomy for Education are funded by the Shaw Prize Foundation.
