الأستاذ الدكتور نجيب أبو كركي رئيس جامعة الحسين بن طلال – الأردن – عضو المركز الأردني للبحوث والدراسات

 

Professor Najib Abu Karaki, President of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University – Jordan – Member of the Jordanian Center for Research and Studies
Academic qualificationsEngineering Diploma from the French National School of Geographical Sciences – Paris in 1982Advanced studies diploma in geophysics from the Institute of Earth Physics Studies in Paris / Pierre and Marie Curie University – Paris – France, the first-ranked university in France. 1983PhD in Seismology on the subject of seismicity of the Jordanian Rift and the Eastern Mediterranean Basin countries from the Institute of Geophysics Studies in Strasbourg / Louis Pasteur University – Strasbourg – France with first class honors in 1987.Academic tasks and administrative positions
Professor of Geophysics, Seismology and Environment at the University of Jordan since 1990 (professorship since 2001)
Professor of Geophysics and Seismology at the Faculty of the Royal Jordanian Geographical Center for Surveying Sciences 1988-1990
Professor of Risks, Disasters and Environmental Disaster Management at Prince Hussein bin Abdullah Academy for Civil Protection 2010-2012
Member of the Board of Trustees of Princess Sumaya University for Technology since 2009, Chairman of the Academic Committee in the Council.

Member of the Board of Trustees of Al-Zaytoonah University 2002-2006
2012- Member of the Royal Committee for Geothermal Energy in Jordan
Member of the Central Tenders Committee at the University of Jordan 2008-2009
Chairman of the Central Tenders Committee at the University of Jordan 2009-2012
Member of the Finance Committee at the University of Jordan 2009-2012
Member of the Board of Directors of the University of Jordan Hospital 2009-2012
Director of the Department of Consulting, Technical Services and Studies at the University of Jordan.1996-1999
Director of the Center for Studies and Consultations at the University of Jordan 2011-2012
Member of the Board of Directors of the Marine Science Station – Aqaba 2012-2014
Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Jordan 2012-2014
President of the Alumni Club of French Universities and Institutes in Jordan 2017
Vice Dean of the Faculty of the Royal Jordanian Geographical Center for Academic Affairs 1988-1990
Chairman of the Intel Arab World Science and Engineering Awards Jury 2013 * Chief Judge of the Intel International Environmental Science Award in Los Angeles, California / May 2011 (Grand Judge)

Member of the Intel International Award Jury for Selecting Jordanian National Projects with Potential for Success 2012-2016 and regularly

Winner of the Golden Shield of Scientific Creativity from the Euro-Arab Organization for Environmental, Water and Desert Research (the highest award of the organization) in 2013.

Winner of the Shield of Honor from the Jordanian Astronomical Society.

Member of the Jury Committees of the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award and the Hisham Hijjawi Award for Young Arab Scientists

Member of the Board of Directors of the French School in Amman 2005-2008
Secretary of the Jordanian Child Rights Association. 2002-2006
The Fifth Water Conference 2015 Participation in the Fifth Water Conference
President of Al-Hussein Bin Talal University – Jordan 2018
Regular and effective participation in the General Assembly of European Geoscientists Conference in Vienna every year, often with more than one paper annually between 2005-2016, which is one of the most important scientific conferences in the world, attracting about ten thousand participants every year.