Ibtesam Saeed Badhrees is a research scientist in experimental particle physics at
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) and a Distinguished Fellow of New Westminster College.
Badhrees is the first Saudi woman member of
CERN
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. In addition, she is the first Saudi female
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holder to work in the National Center for Mathematics and Physics in
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. Her research areas are in Experimental Elementary Particle Physics,
Astrophysics
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,
Medical Physics and
Nuclear Physics. In addition, Badhrees acts as an adjunct professor at
Carleton University in
Canada
Biography
Ibtesam Badhrees was born and brought up in
Jeddah
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,
Saudi Arabia. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in
Physics from
King Abdulaziz University in 1990 and then earned a Master of Science in
Applied Physics/
Laser from
Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1997. She finished her PhD in
Particle Physics from
University of Bern in 2011. She also holds a PhD, in
International Relations, from the
Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations. She was the recipient of the
Saudi Cultural Mission academic excellence award in 1996, 1997, 2007 and was named the "Woman Physicist of the Month" for August 2014 by the
American Physical Society
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.
She speaks Arabic, English and French.
Awards and recognition
*Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission Academic Excellence Award, United States, 1996–1997.
*Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission Academic Excellence Award,
Europe, 2007.
*
CERN
The European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN (; ; ), is an intergovernmental organization that operates the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Established in 1954, it is based in a northwestern suburb of Gene ...
, as the first Saudi woman join the organization as a user researcher.
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*Alsharaq Alawsat Journal, 2008.
*Saiduty Magazine, 2008.
*MBC, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, 2008.
*MBC, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, 2009.
*Madame Figaro, 2009.
*Laha Magazine, As one of distinctive women in Saudi Arabia, 2013.
See also
*
Timeline of women in science
*
Women in physics This article discusses women who have made an important contribution to the field of physics.
Physics awards
Nobel laureates
* 1903 Marie Curie: "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on ...
References
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Living people
People associated with CERN
Fairleigh Dickinson University alumni
Fairleigh Dickinson University faculty
King Abdulaziz University alumni
Saudi Arabian women physicists
Saudi Arabian academics
University of Bern alumni
21st-century Saudi Arabian women scientists
Saudi Arabian women academics
Particle physicists
Year of birth missing (living people)