Professor Dr. Malik Al-Shraireh, President of Yarmouk University, received in his office Professor Dr. Firas Afaneh, Commissioner of Nuclear Sciences at the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and Chair of the Jordanian National Committee for the Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME). The meeting discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two sides in various scientific and research fields.
The meeting was attended by Professor Dr. Moheeb Awawdeh, Dean of the Faculty of Science; Dr. Qasim Mhaidat, Head of the Department of Physics; and Dr. Ali Al-Momani, the university’s representative on the SESAME National Committee.
During the meeting, it was agreed that Yarmouk University will host the 14th Jordanian Synchrotron Users Workshop, scheduled for April 2026. The possibility of signing a memorandum of understanding between the two parties was also discussed to enhance frameworks of cooperation, strengthen the university’s role in supporting advanced scientific research, and build effective national partnerships. At the conclusion of the meeting, both sides exchanged commemorative shields as a confirmation of the depth of bilateral relations and their shared desire to continue future cooperation.
Following the meeting, Professor Dr. Firas Afaneh delivered a lecture entitled “Opportunities for Scientific Research in the Laboratories of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and the Synchrotron Facility” at the Adnan Badran Auditorium in the Faculty of Science. The lecture was attended by a number of faculty members and students. Dr. Afaneh presented the most advanced laboratories at the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission and ways to utilize them in applied research, in addition to reviewing the operational beamlines at the SESAME Center and their scientific capabilities in supporting national research projects.
These meetings come within Yarmouk University’s vision to strengthen its ties with leading national institutions and to open new horizons for research collaboration and scientific innovation.
