Zohra ben Lakhdar Akrout (Arabic: زهرة بن لخضر عكروت; born 12 March 1943) is a Tunisian spectroscopist specializing in developing new spectroscopic methods to study the influence of pollutants on the quality of air, water, and plants.[1][2][3] She earned in 2005 the L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science.
Zohra ben Lakhdar | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 12, 1943 |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Pierre and Marie Curie University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Spectroscopy |
| Thesis | Application à l'étude de la raie 4047Å de mercure de la méthode à balayage magnétique (1978) |
Career
editBen Lakhdar graduated in 1968 from Pierre and Marie Curie University.[4] She earned her PhD from the same university in 1978 with a thesis entitled "Application à l'étude de la raie 4047Å de mercure de la méthode à balayage magnétique" (study of the line shape of 4047Å mercury line using a tunable magnetic field).[4][5] She went back to Tunisia to become professor in 1982 at the Tunis University and served as director of the Laboratory of Atomic Molecular Spectroscopy and Applications (LSAMA).[6][7] She was a founding member of the Tunisian Physics Society and a founding member of the Tunisian Astronomy Society.[8]
Honours
editShe was elected in 1992 to the Islamic World Academy of Sciences.[9] She is a fellow of the African Academy of Science since 2006.[10] She became senior associate member at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). She earned in 2005 the L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science for "experiments and models in infrared spectroscopy and its applications to pollution, detection and medicine".[5][11] She was identified as a Science hero by The My Hero Project.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Scientists with Vision: Professor Zohra Ben Lakhdar". www.wipo.int. November 2005. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ "Dr Zohra BEN LAKHDAR, physicienne à l'honneur à Paris". Babnet Tunisie (in French). 5 March 2005. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ a b "The My Hero Project – Zohra Ben Lakhdar". myhero.com. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ^ a b "BEN LAKHDAR – AKROUT, Zohra". www.if.ufrgs.br. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ a b Lakhdar, Zohra Ben (2005-12-02). "Following the Light: Opening Doors to Science in Tunisia". Science. 310 (5753): 1435–1437. doi:10.1126/science.1115181. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 16322441. S2CID 29636555.
- ^ "LSAMA-FST". Laboratoire de Spectroscopie Atomique Moléculaire et Applications (in French). Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ "Zohra Ben Lakhdar". Thinkers & doers. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ "Prof. Zohra Ben Lakhdar". www.iasworld.org. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ "IAS » Prof. Zohra Ben Lakhdar". www.iasworld.org. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ "Ben Lakhdar-Arkout, Zohra, Prof". www.aasciences.org. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
- ^ "Prof. Zohra Ben Lakhdar, 2005 For Women In Science Laureate for Africa (Tunisia)". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-11-17.