Name	Mohammad Nassef Hussein Comsan
Date & Place of Birth	20 Feb. 1939, Samalut, El-Minya, Egypt
Sex	Male
Nationality	Egyptian
Marital Status	Married
Education	*University Diploma (M.Sc.) in Physics, Jan.1963, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, U.S.S.R. *Candidate (Ph.D.) in Nuclear Physics, Jan.1968, Physics-Technical Faculty, Kharkov State University, Kharkov, U.S.S.R.
Employment History	Demonstrator 1963-1968 Assistant Professor 1968-1973 Associate Professor 1973-1978 Professor  1978- All at the Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt.
Present Status	Emeritus Professor of Nuclear Physics, Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt.

 
 

Experience in Research

Since 1963 and up till now I am engaged in research in the field of low energy nuclear reactions, nuclear spectroscopy, nuclear electronics, nuclear computation and data analysis, cyclotrons and applications.

Experience in Teaching at the University Level

Design and delivery of courses in different branches of Physics at intermediate  and advanced levels as well as post-graduate courses were given since 1968 at : Cairo, Ain Shams, Al-Azhar, Tanta, Suez Canal, Menoufeya, El-Minya, and Zagazig Universities as well as Military Technical Academy and Higher Technological Institute 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt, and Sanaa University, Yemen.

Teaching Experience in Arabic

From 1970 up till now- teaching of physics courses  at university undergraduate  and post graduate levels in science  and pedagogical faculties, as well as training courses in radiation physics and protection at the Middle East Regional Centre for Radioisotopes for Arab Countries, Centre of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control, Nuclear Research Centre, and the Arab Atomic Energy Agency.

Scientific Supervision

16 M.Sc. theses in physics.  5  Ph.D. theses in physics.

Research Fellowships

i) Scientific visit to the Central Institute of Physics (KFKI), Budapest, Hungary during the period May 1969- March 1970. ii) Scientific visit to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, USSR during the period October 1973-October 1974.

Professional Qualifications

Qualified expert in radiation protection, Ministry of Public Health , Egypt No. 45 (1991)

Membership of Scientific Committees

i) Member (1979-      ) and Chairman (1987-2002) of the Permanent Committee for Judging Scientific Activity at the Atomic Energy Authority, Egypt. ii) Member of the Scientific Publication Committee of the Nuclear Research Centre, AEA, Egypt (1984-1997)

Membership of Scientific Societies

i) Member (1968) and member of the Board (1977-1988) of the Egyptian Society of Nuclear Sciences and Applications.  ii) Member of the Physics and Mathematics Society of Egypt (1968). iii) Member of the Egyptian Physics Society (1970). iv) Founder and President of the Egyptian Nuclear Physics Association (1997). v) Assoc. member of the Institute of Physics (IoP), UK (1999). vi) Member of the International Radiation Protection Soceity (IRPS), Australia (2001). vii) Member of the World Innovation Federation (WIF), UK (2002).

Organization of Scientific Conferences and Workshops

*Conference on Nuclear Sciences and Applications, Cairo: 3rd-1984, 4th-1988. *Conference and Workshop on Cyclotrons and Applications (CCW): - Egyptian – Russian School and Workshop on Cyclotrons and Applications, Cairo, 1996. - 2nd School and Workshop on Cyclotrons and Applications, Cairo, March 1997. - CCW 3rd-Feb. 1999, 4th-Feb. 2001, 5th-Feb. 2003. *Conference on Nuclear and Particle Physics (NUPPAC): Cairo, Nov. 1997, 2nd–Nov. 1999, 3rd-Oct. 2001, 4th- Fayoum, Oct. 2003, 5th- Cairo, Nov 2005. *Environmental Physics Conference (EPC): Minya, Feb. 2004, 2nd- Alexandria, Feb. 2006.

 

Research Grants

National counterpart for the following technical cooperation projects from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna:.  Accelerator Modernization and Use (1980-1985) EGY/0/005  Accelerator Feasibility Study (1988-1990) EGY/0/006 Establishment of a Variable Energy Cyclotron Laboratory (1990-2001) EGY/0/010. Utilization of a Cyclotron Laboratory (1995-2002) EGY/0/013. Upgrading of Radiation Detectors (1999-2002) EGY/4/044. Use of Inshas Cyclotron Facility (2003-2005) EGY/2/009.

 

Teaching and Research Experience and Interest

*Teaching Experience at the University Level Lectures, seminars and tutorials at Egyptian and Arab Universities - Juniour  undergraduate courses in general physics: Mechanics, Properties of Matter, Vibrations and Waves, Heat and Thermodynamics, Electricity and Magnetism, Optics, and Modern Physics for the 1st and 2nd years. Current interest: Electricity and Magnetism, Mechanics, Vibrations and Waves, Modern Physics. - Medium and senior level undergraduate courses in: Electromagnetism, Electrodynamics, Classical Mechanics, Analytical Mechanics, Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Electronics, Accelerators, Atomic Physics, Molecular Physics, Nuclear Physics, High Energy Physics, Elementary Particle Physics, Neutron and Reactor Physics, Radiation Physics, Nuclear Radiation Techniques and Measurements, Methods of Mathematical Physics, Computational Physics. Current Interest : Quantum Mechanics, Nuclear Physics, Computational Physics. - Postgraduate courses in: Classical Electrodynamics, Magnetohydrodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Nuclear Physics. Current Interest: Nuclear Physics, Quantum Mechanics. *Research Interest: Low energy nuclear physics, radiation physics,  computational physics. 87 scientific publications covering the period 1964-2003