Mashhoor Ahmad Salameh Alwardat

Mashhoor Ahmad Salameh ALWARDAT Professor of Astrophysics Dep. of Applied Physics, University of Sharjah, Shj, UAE Director of the Department of Academic Affairs at Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST). Coordinator of the M.Sc. in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Has more than 50 publications in scientific journals, these papers can be found at SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/) He has a novel method for analyzing binary and multiple stellar systems (Al-Wardat’s Method). He established a good international collaboration and recently he is working on the data of Gaia Space Telescope. He is active in the international relations and scientific cooperation. University of Sharjah published his book “Stellar Astrophysics” in Arabic language after being reviewed by anonymous specialists. He has writings on the scientific interpretation of some verses of the Holy Qur’an. His Scientific and research interests: • Spectrophotometry of stars. • Interferometry of binary and multiple stars. • Atmospheric modelling of single and binary solar type and carbon stars. • Light curves of eclipsing X-ray binary stars. • Astronomical site selection and testing. • History of Astronomy.