Mahmoud Ibrahim Abbas - Beirut Arab University

Name: Mahmoud Ibrahim Abbas
Date and Place of Birth: 11 Febraury 1965, Alexandria – EGYPT.
Current Academic Rank: Professor.
Academic Qualifications: 1- B.Sc. in Physics, May 1987.
2- M.Sc. in Physics, February 1991.
3- Ph.D. in Physics, November 1995.
4- Associate Prof., September 2001.
5- Full Professor, February 2007.
Permanent Address: Physics Department,
Faculty of Science,
Alexandria University,
21511 Alexandria,
EGYPT
E-mail: mabbas@physicist.net, mahmoud.abbas@alex-sci.edu.eg
Current Address: Physics Department,
Faculty of Science,
Beirut Arab University,
11 5020 Beirut,
LEBANON
E-mail: mabbas@physicist.net, mahmoud.abbas@bau.edu.lb
Website: http://www.sci.alexu.edu.eg/En/Staff/cv.aspx?staffID=73004
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FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION AND AREAS OF INTEREST:
Detection and spectroscopy of gamma ray. Determination of the gamma ray detectors
efficiencies.
Postdoctoral Scholarships, Scientific Collaborations and Prizes:
1. Aug. 1998- Jan. 1999 : Postdoctoral scholarship in Center for Ionizing Radiation
Metrology (CIRM), National Physical Laboratory (NPL), London, UK.
2. Nov. 1999- Dec. 2000 : Scientific collaboration with “Istituto Nazional di Fisica
Nucleare (INFN-Sez. Di Genova), Genova, ITALY.
3. School of Astrophysical Sources of High Energy Particles & Radiation” NATO
Advanced Study Institute, 11-21 November 2000, Erice, ITALY.
4. Member in the International Radiation Physics Society (IRPS), USA.
5. I have been selected as one from the 2000 OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS OF THE
21 st CENTURY by International Biographical Center Cambridge, UK.
6. Alexandria University Award for distinguished researcher for the year 2002.
7. I have been included in the 21 st Edition of Who's Who in the World, 2003, USA.
8. July - Aug. 2005 : Scientific collaboration with National Institute for Standard and
Technology (NIST) Washington DC, USA.
9. I have been included in the 2006-2007 Edition of Who's Who in Science &
Engineering, 2006, USA.
Reviewer in the following Scientific Journals:
1. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A (Elsevier).
2. Applied Mathematical Modelling (Elsevier).
3. Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier).
4. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (Elsevier).
5. Radiation Physics and Chemistry (Elsevier).
6. ScienceAsia Journal (the Science Society of Thailand - Thailand).
7. ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (Box 5033; King
Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals; Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia).
8. JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (JESTEC),
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, TAYLOR’S UNIVERSITY, MALAYSIA.
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Conferences:
1. 1 st International Radiation Physics Conference in Egypt(1992).
2. 2 nd International Radiation Physics Conferences in Egypt(1994).
3. 3 rd International Radiation Physics Conferences in Egypt(1996).
4. Experimental Nuclear Physics in Europe Conference (1999), Sevilla, Spain.
5. 19 th International Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids (2001), Paris, France.
6. 12 th International Congress of Radiation Research (2003), Brisbane, Australia.
7. International Conference on Research Trends in Science and Technology (2005),
LAU, Beirut, Lebanon.
8. 22 nd International Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids (2006), Berlin,
Germany.
9. The 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding (ICRS-11) and the 15th
Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (RPSD-2008) of
the American Nuclear Society, April 13-18, 2008, Callaway Gardens, Pine
Mountain, Georgia, USA.
10. Ninth Arab Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, December 13-16,
2008, CNRS, Beirut, Lebanon.
11. Joint ICTP/IAEA Advanced Workshop on Development of Radiation Resistant
Materials 20 – 24 April 2009, Trieste, Italy.
12. National Seminar on Nuclear Law, IAEA, Beirut, Lebanon, 19-21 October 2009.
13. The 16 th International Scienctific Conference of the Lebanese Association for the
advancement of Science, BAU, Beirut, Lebanon, 13-15 November 2009.
14. International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Electronic and Communication
Engineering (ICECECE 2010) July 28-30 2010, Paris, France.
15. The 3 rd International Symposiums on Nuclear Energy ISNE-10, 15-17 December
2010 Amman, Jordan.
16. Mediterranean Conference on Innovative Materials and Applications, National
Council for Scientific Research, March 15-17, 2011 Beirut, Lebanon.
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Publications:
1. Younis S. Selim and Mahmoud I. Abbas (1994), Radiation Physics and Chemistry
44, pp. 1-4.
2. Younis S. Selim and Mahmoud I. Abbas (1995), Egyptian Journal of Physics 26,
pp. 79-89.
3. Mahmoud I. Abbas, Weaam M. A. Abou-Taleb and M. Bassiouni (1995), Scientific
Journal of Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Vol. IX, pp. 289-298.
4. Younis S. Selim and Mahmoud I. Abbas (1996), Radiation Physics and Chemistry
48, pp. 23-27.
5. A. M. El-Khatib, M. Adel-Fawzy, Mahmoud I. Abbas and M. Mahmoud (1996), El-
Minia Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 9 (Part 1), pp.1-9.
6. Mahmoud I. Abbas and M. Bassiouni (1997), El-Minia Scientific Bulletin, Vol. 10
(Part 1), pp.1-7.
7. Younis S. Selim, Mahmoud I. Abbas M. A. Fawzy (1998), Radiation Physics and
Chemistry 53, pp. 589-592.
8. Mahmoud I. Abbas and M Bassiouni (1999), Experimental Nuclear Physics in
Europe Conference Proceeding CP 495, pp. 268–272. American Institute of Physics
(AIP), USA.
9. Younis S. Selim and Mahmoud I. Abbas (2000), Radiation Physics and Chemistry
58, pp. 15-19.
10. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2000), Talk in the “Astrophysical Sources of High Energy
Particles & Radiation” NATO Advanced Study Institute, 11-21 November 2000,
Erice, ITALY.
11. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2001), Radiation Physics and Chemistry 60, pp. 3-9.
12. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2001), Applied Radiation and Isotopes 54, pp. 761-768.
13. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2001), Applied Radiation and Isotopes 55, pp. 245-252.
14. Mahmoud I. Abbas, Younis S. Selim and M. Bassiouni (2001), Radiation Physics
and Chemistry 61, 429.
15. Mahmoud I. Abbas and Younis S. Selim (2001), Egyptian Journal of Physics 32,
19.
16. Mahmoud I. Abbas, Y. S. Selim and M. Bassiouni (2001), 19 th International
Conference on Atomic Collisions in Solids, Paris, France.
17. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2001), 19 th International Conference on Atomic Collisions in
Solids, Paris, France.
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18. Mahmoud I. Abbas and Younis S. Selim (2002), Nuclear Instruments & Method in
Physics Research –A480, 649.
19. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2003), Egyptian Journal of Physics 34, 1.
20. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2003), 12 th International Congress of Radiation Research,
Brisbane, Australia.
21. Mahmoud I. Abbas, Younis S. Selim and M. Abdel Moneim (2005), Egyptian
Journal of Physics 36, 347.
22. Mahmoud I. Abbas, M. Abdel Moneim and Younis S. Selim (2005), Arab J. Nucl.
Sci. Appl. 38, pp. 351-356.
23. D. M. Timus, S. L. Kalla, H. M. Srivastava, Mahmoud I. Abbas (2005), Arab J.
Nucl. Sci. Appl. 38, pp. 253-264.
24. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2005), International Conference on Research Trends in Science
and Technology Proceeding, pp. 268–272 Beirut, Lebanon.
25. D.M.Timus, M.J.Prata, S.L.Kalla, Mahmoud I. Abbas, C.V.Mocioc (2005),
IRRMA-6 Conference, Hamilton, Canada.
26. Mahmoud I. Abbas, S.S. Nafee and Y. S. Selim (2006), Applied Radiation and
Isotopes 64, 1057.
27. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2006), Applied Radiation and Isotopes 64, 1048.
28. Mahmoud I. Abbas, S.S. Nafee and Y. S. Selim (2006), Egyptian Journal of
Physics 38, 1.
29. Mahmoud I. Abbas, S.S. Nafee and Y. S. Selim (2006), Radiation Physics and
Chemistry 75, 729.
30. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2006), Applied Radiation and Isotopes 64, 1661.
31. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2006), Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 39, 3952.
32. Mahmoud I. Abbas, S.S. Nafee and Y. S. Selim (2006), The American Nuclear
Society’s 14 th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding
Division, April 2-6, New Mexico, USA, pp. 412-414.
33. Mahmoud I. Abbas, S.S. Nafee and Y. S. Selim (2006), The 27 th Annual
conference of the Candian Nuclear Society, June 11-14, Toronto, Canada.
34. Mahmoud I. Abbas, S.S. Nafee, L.R. Karam and Y. S. Selim (2006), Transactions
of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 94, pp. 351-352.
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35. Mahmoud I. Abbas, S.S. Nafee, L.R. Karam and Y. S. Selim (2006), Transactions
of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 95, pp. 514-515.
36. Mahmoud I. Abbas, N.M. Fahmy and Y. S. Selim (2007), Egyptian Journal of
Physics 38, 1.
37. L. Pibida, S.S. Nafee, M. Unterweger, M.M. Hammond, L. Karam and Mahmoud I.
Abbas, (2007), Applied Radiation and Isotopes Journal 65, pp. 225-233.
38. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2007), Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research -
B256, pp. 554-557.
39. D.M. Timus, M.J.Prata, S.L.Kalla, Mahmoud I. Abbas, F. Oner and E. Galiano
(2007), Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research –A580, pp. 149-152.
40. S.S. Nafee and Mahmoud I. Abbas (2007), Transactions of the American Nuclear
Society Vol. 97, pp. 447-448.
41. S.S. Nafee, M. Abdelzahr and Mahmoud I. Abbas (2008), Accepted for publication
in AAST & M Journal, Egypt.
42. S.S. Nafee and Mahmoud I. Abbas, IX Radiation Physics & Protection Conference,
15-19 November 2008, Nasr City – Cairo, Egypt.
43. S.S. Nafee and Mahmoud I. Abbas (2008), Applied Radiation and Isotopes 66 1474–
1477.
44. S.S. Nafee and Mahmoud I. Abbas (2008), Nuclear Instruments & Methods in
Physics Research - A592/1-2, pp. 80-87.
45. Mahmoud I. Abbas and S.S. Nafee (2008), Ninth Arab Conference on the Peaceful
Uses of Atomic Energy, December 13-16, CNRS, Beirut, Lebanon.
46. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2009), Joint ICTP/IAEA Advanced Workshop on
Development of Radiation Resistant Materials, April 20–24, Trieste, Italy.
47. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2009), Nuclear Technology 168, pp. 41-44.
48. S.S. Nafee, M.S. Badawi, A.M. Abdel-Moneim, S.A. Mahmoud, Mahmoud I.
Abbas (2009), An analytical approach for the calibration of HPGe cylindrical
detector using an inverted well-beaker. Transactions of the American Nuclear
Society Vol. 101, pp. 645-646.
49. S.S. Nafee, A.M. Abdel-Moneim, Mahmoud I. Abbas, M.S. Badawi, S.A.
Mahmoud, (2009), Full-energy peak efficiency determiantion for the 4π gamma-ray
detector by a numerical simulation method. Accepted for publication in Arab Journal
of Nuclear Science and Applications.
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50. Salam Noureddeen and Mahmoud I. Abbas, Proceeding of World Academy of
Science, Engineering and Technology, Issue 68, July 2010, pp. 1784-1795 , ISSN:
2070-3740.
51. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2010), Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research –
A615, pp. 48-52.
52. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2010), Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research –
A621, pp. 413-418.
53. Mahmoud I. Abbas (2010), Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research –
A622, pp.171-175.
54. Mahmoud I. Abbas, The 3 rd International Symposiums on Nuclear Energy ISNE-
10, 15-17 December 2010 Amman, Jordan.
55. Mahmoud I. Abbas and Salam Noureddeen (2011), Radiation Measurements 46,
pp. 440-445.
56. Mahmoud I. Abbas, (2011), Advanced Materials Research 324, pp 273-276. (Trans
Tech Publications, Switzerland. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.324.273)
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