RHU alumna Nazik Attab, (class 2012 – BS computer and communication engineering) won the 2017 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWIS) Rising Talent Award for African and Arab Region. She was presented the award at the International Rising Talent Gala that was held in Paris March 23. Nazik has completed her Master’s degree and is currently completing her PhD at Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in the Field of Microsystems Engineering. She is also a visiting professor in Stanford University.
In the award citation, it was mentioned that Nazik represents the future of science. The award is a recognition for her exceptional contribution in the field of research that focused on the fabrication of low-power low-cost, high speed nano-memory devices.
L’Oréal-UNESCO FWIS International Rising Talents are selected by an international committee of renowned scientists. To support rising young women researchers, the international Rising Talents Grant awards annually 15 PhD students and post-doctoral fellows. Chosen from among the winners of the 250 fellowships awarded locally by L’Oréal subsidiaries and UNESCO around the world, these young researchers are considered the future of science.
On March 31, their Excellencies President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri showed their support to the cause, during official visits held in honor of Ms. Nazek El Atab and two other Lebanese winners of the L’Oréal-UNESCO FWIS 2017 international edition.
The Lebanese ambassador in Paris also invited them to his residence in Paris to honor their achievement.
There will be a roundtable meeting for all the Lebanese winners on April 4 and there will be people from academia and UNESCO. She has sent me the attached invitation to attend or any professor or dean from RHU to attend.