DOHA: Qatar University (QU) Professor of Nuclear Science Prof Ilham Al Qaradawi (pictured), at the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) was named among the 50 top people of influence in Qatar by Arabian Business.
In the first-ever Qatar Top 50 Power List, Prof Al Qaradawi was listed 48th among such luminaries as Al Jazeera TV chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, ace rally driver Nasser Al Attiyah, and astronomer Dr Khalid Al Subai.
The Power List includes Qataris, expatriates, and Arabs living in Qatar who are influential in business, the arts, culture, science and sports.
"I am proud to be named on this list along with such leading lights in Qatar. It is very heart-warming to be recognised by this influential magazine that is a champion of the business world in the Middle East and Gulf region," said Prof Al Qaradawi.
Prof Al Qaradawi has a long list of impressive accomplishments in the field of physics and nuclear science. She headed QU's Positron Physics Laboratory in developing the magnetically-guided slow positron beam system, making Qatar the only country in the region with this state-of-the-art research tool. She also took part, along with scientists from many other international research institutions, in antihydrogen experiments using the Large Hadron Collider at CERN (European Organisation for Nuclear Research), one of the world's largest and most respected laboratories for scientific research.
In 2010, Prof Al Qaradawi was awarded the rank of Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP) UK, the highest level of membership in the Institute and considered one of the very highest levels of achievement within the physics community. In the previous year, she became a member of the Advisory Committee of the World Nuclear University (WNU) School of Radioisotopes (RI School), where she also lectures in the summer program.
Prof Al Qaradawi has often served in the role of expert judge in several scientific competitions in Qatar. She was recently invited by the British Council in Qatar to be part of the judging panel of "The Big Science Challenge", a science and technology competition launched by the British Council and Rolls-Royce for 11-16 year-old high school students in UK, and the Middle East and Gulf region.
© The Peninsula 2012
