Prof. Ashraf Latif Tadross (Brief Biography)

Prof. Ashraf Latif Tadross (Brief Bio.)

Professor of Astrophysics, and the former head of Astronomy Dept., 

National Research Institute for Astronomy & Geophysics (NRIAG)

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Date and Place of Birth: 20/1/1965 - Cairo, Egypt.

Current Occupation: Professor of star clusters and Galactic structure - Astronomy Dept., NRIAG, Egypt. 
Email: altadross@gmail.com
Mobile: 01224095523

Qualifications: 
- Ph.D. - Astronomy - January 2001.
- DAAD' Ph.D. Scholarship in Jena - Germany 1998 - 2000. 
- M.Sc. - Astronomy - January 1996.
- B.Sc. - Astronomy - May 1987.

- Head of the Astronomy Department: October 2012 ~ May 2019
- Head of the Theoretical Astro & High Energies Lab: November 2014 ~ August 2017
- Professor: June 2012
- Head of the Galaxy Lab: February 2009 ~ April 2013
- Associate Professor: September 2006 ~ June 2012
- Doctor: January 2001 ~ September 2006
- Assistant Lecturer: March 1996 ~ January 2001
- Demonstrator: June 1990 ~ March 1996

Prizes:

- Awarded the “Incentive prize of the Country” in Physics in 2009.                
- Awarded the prize by the name of “Prof. Khairy Ali” in Astronomical Science in 2005 & 2015.
- Awarded a certificate of appreciation at the Second Arab Conference on Astronomy and Geophysics - October 2010.
- Awarded a certificate of appreciation and the shield of the institute in the scientific forum in 2019 in Astronomy Outreach and Community Service.

Membership and scientific societies:

- Member of the International Astronomy Union, IAU.
- Member of the Scientific Society of Astronomy and Space Science.
- Member of the IAU Society Office for Astronomy Outreach (AOA).

- Member of the IAU Society Office for Astronomy Education (OAE).
- Member of the Permanent National Committee for promotions.

- Member of the Syndicate of Scientific Professions.
- Member of the permanent committee for promotions.
- Head of the Media Committee of NRIAG (2015-2020).

Papers: 43
Citations: 359
H-index: 10  (Taken from NASA-ADS in September 2023).

Scientific Activities:

- He belongs to the school of the open star clusters and Galactic structure.
- Studied more than 350 stellar clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy for the first time.
- A referee in many journals, e.g., New Astronomy, Advances in Space Research, Journal of Advanced Research, NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics, Journal of Basic &  Applied Scientific Research, Indian Journal of Physics...

- He established a new laboratory in the Astronomy Department "Theoretical Astronomy and high energies Lab."

- He established his page and the page of Astronomy Outreach on the Facebook site to be a contact channel between the department and the public, amateurs, and the media. This page describes and explains everything about Astronomy and Space events in Arabic.

- Become the Principal Investigator of the Imhotep Project (2019-2021) with the French side to study open star clusters within the Milky Way Galaxy using the space telescope GAIA.

He has written several books on simplifying Astronomy in Arabic:
1- To the moon on Apollo's wings...
2- Go back to the moon...
3- “Space” the unknown world...
4- Space shuttle between success and failure...
5- Stars between facts and myths...
6- Explanatory information on astronomy outreach (part 1)...

Activities in international sites:

- NASA-ADS
- SCOPUS ID: 6602558164
- ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7090-3684
- Researcher ID: J-3820-2015
- Web of Science: Publons
- Google Scholar
- Research Gate
- Academia
- Mendeley

- Google I   

- Google II