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Her Excellency Dr. Laila Abu Hassan


Jordanian Scientist, Inventor in the Field of Physics, and Politician who was a Member of the 25th Jordanian Senate.

She earned a PhD in Physics from the University of Sussex, UK in 1987, a Master’s in Physics from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon in 1978, and a Bachelor’s in Physics from the University of Jordan in 1970.

She conducted a series of successful research projects in collaboration with distinguished scientists in Jordan and other countries. These researches were published in international scientific journals, and she registered three patents under the name of the University of Jordan with the US and European patent offices, among others.​