Sufian Tayeh | |
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سفيان تايه | |
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| Born | Sufian Abdurrahman Osman Tayeh (1971-08-20)20 August 1971 Jabalia Camp,Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Died | 2 December 2023(2023-12-02) (aged 52) Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Cause of death | Airstrike |
| Other names | Abu Osama |
| Education | UNRWA school |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Gaza |
| Occupations | Lecturer, university professor and physicist, university president |
| Employer | Islamic University of Gaza |
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| Fields | Physics andapplied mathematics |
Sufian Tayeh (Arabic:سفيان تايه,romanized: Sufyān Tāyah; 20 August 1971 – 2 December 2023), often spelledSofyan Taya and also known asAbu Osama, was aPalestinian scientist who served as president of theIslamic University of Gaza from August 2023 until his killing in December 2023.[1][2]
Tayeh was a university professor and a researcher inphysics andapplied mathematics. He was killed, alongside all members of his family, in December 2023 by anIsrael Defence Force airstrike.
Sufian Tayeh was born in 1971 inJabalia Camp of northern Gaza.[3] He received his primary education in theUNRWA school in the camp. He obtained aBachelor's degree in Physics from the Islamic University of Gaza in 1994 and in the same year he began working for the university.[4]
He was a leading researcher inphysics andapplied mathematics.[5] Tayeh was winner of the Palestine Islamic Bank Award for Scientific Research for the years 2019 and 2020, recipient of the Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Scientists and the Islamic University Award for Scientific Research for the year 2021.[6]
Tayeh's research interests includedoptical waveguides, optical waveguidesensing,ellipsometry,dye-sensitized solar cells, andOLEDs.[7] He was still research-active at the time of his killing.
He was killed in an airstrike on a residential building by theIDF during theIsrael-Hamas War.[2][5]
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