Nizar El-Rayyes

Nizar El-Rayyes holds a PhD Degree in chemistry, specializing in applied organic chemistry, from Technical University,^{[clarification needed]} Aachen, Germany in 1966. He served as a professor of chemistry at Kuwait University. Later, he served as the Vice President, Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, and the Editor-in-Chief for Al-Basaer Journal at Petra University.

Scientific career

With more than 40 years in the educational and research fields, El-Rayyes has written and translated more than 20 books in the areas of chemistry, organic chemistry, and general sciences.^{[citation needed]} He has also published more than 65 research papers, and participated in the development of more than 20 major projects in the organic chemistry field.^{[citation needed]}

Work history and awards

• Researcher, N.R.C., Cairo, Egypt
• Professor, University of Kuwait
• Visiting Professor at Konstanz University, Germany
• Technical Manager of Da’boul and Akta’ Company for detergents and cosmetics, Damascus, Syria
• Vice-President and Dean of Research and postgraduate studies. Petra University

Honors and grants

• Refereed several research projects, scientific articles and promotions from different Arab countries
• Cited in Who is who in Education
• Cited in Who is who in Asia
• Selected Member of Nomination Committee for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• Granted the prize of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS), for the best scientific book translated into Arabic
• Member of refereeing Committee for Schumann Prize for young Arab Scientist (Chemistry Section)
• Editor of ALBASAER, scientific journal published by Petra University

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