Fakiha Heakal

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Fakiha Mohamed El-Tayeb Heikal is an Egyptian professor of physical chemistry at the University of Cairo and a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. [1] [2]

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Career

Fakiha started her career as a teaching assistant in 1965 at the University of Cairo and published her first paper in 1970. She currently has over ninety publications in international journals and was rated top two percent women scientists in October 2020 by Stanford University. [3] [4] [5]

Fellowship

Fakiha Heakal was elected as a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) in 2022. [1]

Awards

In 2008 and 2012, Fakiha won both the Cairo University and State University Award of Excellence in Basic science. In 2017, she won the Cairo University Award in Advanced Technological Sciences. In 2021, she won the Kwame Nkrumah Award for Scientific Excellence. [6] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "The African Academy of Sciences (AAS)". aasciences.africa. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  2. ↑ "أستاذة بجامعة القاهرة تحصد جائزة "كوامى ناكروما" لأفضل العلماء السيدات بأفريقيا". اليوم السابع (in Arabic). 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  3. ↑ "د. فكيهة الطيب: عرفت بفوزي بأعلى جائزة أفريقية للتميز العلمي بالصدفة وأصبت بذهول بعض الوقت | حوار". فيتو (in Arabic). 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  4. ↑ "مصرية تحصد جائزة أفضل العلماء السيدات في إفريقيا لعام 2020". العربية (in Arabic). 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  5. ↑ عبدالستار, بسمة (2021-02-28). "فكيهة هيكل عن جائزة أفضل العلماء السيدات 2020: نتيجة دراسة سنوات". الوطن (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  6. ↑ "فكيهة هيكل... ‏ تفوز بجائزة الامتياز العلمي "كوامي ناكروما"". Arsco. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  7. ↑ "جائزة "كوامي ناكروما" تحصدها المصرية فكيهة هيكل". JINHAGENCY News (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-07-19.
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