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.
• Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Rabeeah, a world renowned pediatric surgeon specializing in the separation of conjoined twins.
• Ali Moustafa Mosharafa, Egyptian theoretical physicist.
• Ahmad Zaki Pasha, leading Egyptian philologist.
• Amin J. Barakat, Lebanese-American physician, known for the diagnosis Barakat syndrome.
• Alim Louis Benabid, French-Algerian neurosurgeon, 2014 Lasker Award laureate.
• Abbas El Gamal, electrical engineer, information theorist and the 2012 recipient of Claude E. Shannon Award
• M. Amin Arnaout, a physician-scientist and nephrologist, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
• Ali Al-Wardi, notable Iraqi Social Scientist specialized in the field of Social history.
• Adah Almutairi, Saudi chemist and inventor, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at University of California.
• Ali H. Nayfeh, Palestinian-American mechanical engineer and the inaugural winner of the Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Award.
• Abdul Jerri, Iraqi American mathematician.
• Ali Chamseddine, Lebanese physicist known for his contributions to particle physics, general relativity and mathematical physics.
• Abbas Bahri, Tunisian mathematician and the recipient of 1989 Fermat Prize.

C

• Charles Elachi, Lebanese-American professor of electrical engineering and planetary science at the California Institute of Technology. Former Center Director of NASA.

D

• Dina Katabi, Syrian-American Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT.

E

• Essam E. Khalil
• Essam Heggy, Egyptian NASA scientist.
• Edward Said, Palestinian-American, a former professor of literature at Columbia University, a litrary critic, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies.
• Elias James Corey, Lebanese-American organic chemist. The recipient of 1990 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

F

• Fatema Mernissi, renowned Moroccan sociologist and writer.
• Farouk El-Baz, Egyptian American space scientist and geologist who worked with NASA.
• Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Syrian-American Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, 2006 recipient of IEEE Edison Medal.
• Fethi Benslama, Tunisian psychoanalyst and a Professor of Psychopathology at Paris Diderot University.

H

• Hassan Aref, Egyptian physicist and former Professor at Virginia Tech.
• Hatim Zaghloul,
• Hunein Maassab, Syrian-American professor of Epidemiology, inventor of Live attenuated influenza vaccine
• Hassan Kamel Al-Sabbah,
• Huda Zoghbi, Lebanese geneticist and medical researcher, the recipient of 2016 Shaw Prize in medicine.
• Huda Akil, Syrian neuroscientist and a Professor at the University of Michigan Medical School.

I

• Ibrahim Abouleish, 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

J

• Joanne Chory, Lebanese-American plant biologist and geneticist. 2018 Breakthrough Prize laureate.

M

• Magda Ericson, Tunisian and Algerian physicist.
• Michael DeBakey, renowned Lebanese-American cardiac surgeon, 1963 Lasker Award laureate and inventor of the Peristaltic pump.
• Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer, explorer and researcher at Dome Charlie, in Antarctica.
• Mahdi Elmandjra, Moroccan futurist, economist and sociologist.
• Mostafa El-Sayed, Egyptian chemical physicist, a leading nanoscience researcher, and a US National Medal of Science laureate.
• Michel Aflaq, Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist.
• Munir Nayfeh, Palestinian-American particle physicist, renowned for his pioneering work in nanotechnology.
• Mona Nemer, Lebanese Canadian scientist specializing in cell research, and a former Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Montreal.
• Mohamed Sanad,
• Ma Haide,
• Mourad Ismail, Egyptian mathematician, known for Rogers–Askey–Ismail polynomials, Al-Salam–Ismail polynomials and Chihara–Ismail polynomials
• Peter Medawar, Lebanese-British biologist, recipient of 1960 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
• Michael Atiyah, Lebanese-British leading mathematician of the 20 century. Recipient of both Fields Medal and Abel Prize.
• Magdi Yacoub

N

• Nadia Awni Sakati Syrian pediatrician known for Sakati–Nyhan–Tisdale syndrome, Sanjad-Sakati syndrome and Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome.
• Nayef Al-Rodhan Saudi Saudi philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, an Honorary Fellow of St. Antony's College at Oxford University.
• Nora Berrah, Algerian physicist and a professor at the University of Connecticut.

O

• Omar M. Yaghi, world-known Jordanian-American chemist, the recipient of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Chemistry.
• Omar Fakhri, Iraqi medical scientist.
• Oussama Khatib, Syrian roboticist and a professor of computer science at Stanford University.

R

• Rachid Yazami, Moroccan scientist and engineer, one of the co-inventors of the lithium ion batteries.

S

• M. Salah Baouendi, Tunisian-American mathematician and a former Professor of Mathematics at the University of California
• Salem Hanna Khamis, Palestinian economidt and statistician known for the Geary-Khamis method of computing purchasing power parity of currencies.
• Shadia Habbal, Syrian-American astronomer and physicist who worked with NASA.
• Samir Amin, Egyptian-French Marxian economist.
• Steve Jobs, Syrian-American inventor, and industrial designer. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and a co-founder of Apple Inc.

T

• Taha Baqir, Iraqi archaeologist, linguist, historian, and former curator of the National Museum of Iraq.
• Taher Elgamal, Egyptian cryptographer known for his ElGamal discrete log cryptosystem and ElGamal signature scheme.
• Tony Fadell, Lebanese-American inventor, designer, and Computer Engineer. One of the co-inventors of the iPod and the iPhone.

V

• Victor Assad Najjar Lebanese pediatrician and microbiologist known for Crigler–Najjar syndrome.

w

• Waleed Al-Salam, Iraqi mathematician who introduced Al-Salam–Chihara polynomials, Al-Salam–Carlitz polynomials, q-Konhauser polynomials, and Al-Salam–Ismail polynomials.
• Wafaa El-Sadr, Egyptian physician, Professor at Columbia University.

Y

• Yusuf Ibrahim (doctor), Egyptian physician known for Congenital cutaneous candidiasis.

Z

• Zaha Hadid, a world-renowned Iraqi-British architect. The first woman to receive Pritzker Architecture Prize.
• Zoghman Mebkhout, French-Algerian mathematician known for his work in algebraic analysis, geometry, and representation theory.
• Zaki al-Arsuzi, Syrian philosopher, philologist, sociologist, historian, and Arab nationalist.

See also

• List of Arab scientists and scholars

References