SHORT C.V.

Prof. Mashhoor Al-Refai

Secretary General for The Higher Council for Science and Technology

Former President of Princess Sumaya University for Technology

Office:       (962) 6-5335282

Mobile:     (962) 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 of Trustees, 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 – Oct 2023.
• 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 leaves 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).