Prof. Mashhoor Al-Refai

Secretary General for The Higher Council for Science and Technology

Advisor for HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan,

the Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Former President of Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Office:       (962) 6-5335282

Mobile:     (962 2) 777393902

Fax:            (962) 6-5337918

Email:        m.refai@hcst.gov.jo

Personal Data

• Date of Birth:         Nov 2, 1959
• Nationality:            Jordanian
• Marital Status:      Married - five children

Education

• PhD (Algebraic Topology) 1989, Colorado State University, USA
• MSc (Mathematics) 1985, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
• BSc (Mathematics) 1981, Yarmouk University, Jordan

PhD Dissertation

Group Actions on Finite CW-Complexes

Positions Held

• Administrative

• Secretary General of The Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST) Oct 2023-Present.
• Advisor for HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, the Chairman of the Board, Jordan, Aug 2022-Oct 2023.
• Trustees of Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan, Aug 2022-Oct 2023.
• President of Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan, Aug 2014 – Aug 2022.
• Vice-President, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan, Sep 2010 – Aug 2014.
• Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Yarmouk University, Jordan, Aug 2006 – Sep 2010.
• Dean of Information Technology & Computer Sciences Faculty, Yarmouk University, Jordan, Sep 2002 – Aug 2006.
• Vice Dean of Science, Yarmouk University, Jordan, Oct 1998 – Sep 2002.
• Chairman of the Dept. of Mathematics & Computer Science, UAE University, United Arab Emirates, Sep 1997 – Sep 1998.
• Chairman of the Dept. of Mathematics, Yarmouk University, Jordan, Sep 1993 –   Sep 1995.

• Academic

• Professor, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Sep 2010 – Present.
• Professor, Yarmouk University, Dec 1999 – Aug 2010.
• Associate Professor, Yarmouk University & UAE University, Oct 1993 - Dec 1999.
• Assistant Professor, Yarmouk University, May 1989 - Oct 1993.

Honors and Awards

• Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Scientists, 1993.
• Best Instructor Award, Uninettuno University, Italy, 2005.
• The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) grant, summer 1995 (University of Stuttgart).
• Scholarship from Yarmouk University, to obtain a M.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
• Scholarship from Yarmouk University, to obtain a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Colorado State University.
• Teaching Assistantship from Colorado State University from 8/1996 until 3/1989 (one semester leave at Oklahoma State University).
• Teaching Assistantship from Oklahoma State University for the spring semester, 1988.
• Teaching Assistantship from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the academic year 1984/1985.

Research Interest

Group Actions on Finite CW-Complexes, Graded Rings and Graded Modules, Graded Radicals and Graded Prime Spectra and Applications to Topology.

Participation in Graduate Study

• 20 MSc and PhD theses supervised.
• Member on examining committees for several MSc and PhD theses.

Grants and Contracts

• Several grants and contracts received from national and international organizations.
• A number of research projects sponsored.

Professional and Scientific Meetings

• Participated in over 100 scientific meetings and events at the national, regional and international levels.

Other Activities

• Member of the Jordanian Higher Education Council (since Dec 21, 2022, for 3 years) (Royal Decree)
• Member of the Jordanian Higher Education Council (2010-2014) (Royal Decree)
• Member of the Education Council (since 2021 for 4 years), Ministry of Education, Jordan
• Member of the Consultative Committee of the Higher Council for Science and Technology, Jordan
• Editor-in-Chief, Jordan Journal of Mathematics & Statistics
• Editor, Abhath Al-Yarmouk (Science and Engineering Series)
• Editor, International Journal of Applied Mathematics
• Editor, Far East Journal of Mathematics
• Advisory Board Member of Jordan Journal of Applied Sciences
• Serving on university and departmental committees.

Publications

• 60 Journal research papers and conference presentations.
• 8 Books (co-authored).