Faïrouz Malek
{{Short description|Algerian particle physicist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Faïrouz Malek
| image = FAIROUZ MALEK 04.2022.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|03|06}}
| birth_place = Algiers
| workplaces = French National Centre for Scientific Research
| fields = Physics
Particle physics
Nuclear physics
Cosmology
Computing
| alma_mater = University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene
Université Grenoble Alpes
| thesis_title = Étude de la fission des hypernoyaux
| thesis_url = https://www.theses.fr/1990GRE10142
| thesis_year = 1990
}}
Faïrouz MalekThis article is a translation of the fr page. is a French and Algerian physicist specializing in nuclear physics, particle physics and cosmology. A research scientist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research,{{Google scholar id}} she is involved in international research at the CERN LHC. She has contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson. She is also known for her commitment to gender parity in science, as well as to the development of science in Africa. She is fellow of the African Academy of Sciences. She is the niece of Algerian composer Ahmed Malek.
Early life and education
Malek studied at Algiers Omar Racim High School and graduated in physics at the University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene.{{Cite web |title=Fairouz Malek Bio and Publications |url=https://lpsc.in2p3.fr/index.php/fr/groupes-de-physique/atlas-main/membres-du-groupe-atlas/14-groupes-de-physique/atlas-ilc/activites-atlas/66666928-page-perso-de-fairouz-malek |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=lpsc.in2p3.fr}} Malek earned a PhD in nuclear and particle physics at Université Grenoble-Alpes (former Joseph Fourier University), where she worked on the fission of hypernuclei.{{Cite thesis |title=Étude de la fission des hypernoyaux |url=https://www.theses.fr/1990GRE10142 |publisher=Grenoble 1 |date=1990-01-01 |degree=These de doctorat |first=Fairouz |last=Ohlsson-Malek}}
Research and career
Malek was member of an experiment at CERN, which research was about the quark–gluon plasma, a physics state observed in 2000.{{Cite web |title=INSPIRE |url=https://inspirehep.net/authors/999101 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=inspirehep.net}}{{Cite journal |last=Fairouz |first=Ohlsson-Malek |date=1999-09-30 |title=Search for the Plasma of Quarks and Gluons at the SPS, and cosmic antimatter in the space - Inquiry on our origins |url=https://inis.iaea.org/search/53049264 |journal=INIS |language=French}} This state of matter is frequently compared to the primordial soup that existed shortly after the Big Bang.
Malek has contributed to the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer detector concept, an apparatus which flew and was installed in the International Space Station to search for the anti-matter in space.
Malek joined the ATLAS experiment at CERN in 2000. She was leading the Grenoble group who were responsible for the design and prototyping of the Liquid Argon (LAr) Calorimeter and was the scientific leader of the French WLCG grid-computing infrastructure.{{Cite journal |last=Malek |first=Fairouz |year=2010 |title=Le calcul scientifique des expériences LHC Une grille de production mondiale |url=https://www.refletsdelaphysique.fr/articles/refdp/pdf/2010/03/refdp201020p11.pdf |journal=Reflets de la Physique |issue=20 |pages=11–15 |doi=10.1051/refdp/2010016}} Together with the worldwide ATLAS experiment collaborators, she contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson, announced in 2012.{{Cite journal |date=2012-09-17 |title=Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020 |journal=Physics Letters B |volume=716 |issue=1 |pages=1–29 |doi=10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|last1=Aad |first1=G. |last2=Abajyan |first2=T. |last3=Abbott |first3=B. |last4=Abdallah |first4=J. |last5=Abdel Khalek |first5=S. |last6=Abdelalim |first6=A.A. |last7=Abdinov |first7=O. |last8=Aben |first8=R. |last9=Abi |first9=B. |last10=Abolins |first10=M. |last11=Abouzeid |first11=O.S. |last12=Abramowicz |first12=H. |last13=Abreu |first13=H. |last14=Acharya |first14=B.S. |last15=Adamczyk |first15=L. |last16=Adams |first16=D.L. |last17=Addy |first17=T.N. |last18=Adelman |first18=J. |last19=Adomeit |first19=S. |last20=Adragna |first20=P. |last21=Adye |first21=T. |last22=Aefsky |first22=S. |last23=Aguilar-Saavedra |first23=J.A. |last24=Agustoni |first24=M. |last25=Aharrouche |first25=M. |last26=Ahlen |first26=S.P. |last27=Ahles |first27=F. |last28=Ahmad |first28=A. |last29=Ahsan |first29=M. |last30=Aielli |first30=G. |arxiv=1207.7214 |bibcode=2012PhLB..716....1A |s2cid=119169617 |display-authors=1 }}
Malek was President of the Alps branch of the French Physics Society, Société Française de Physique{{Cite journal |title=Information de la section locale Grenoble (News from the Grenoble branch) |url=https://www.refletsdelaphysique.fr/articles/refdp/pdf/2000/05/refdp_bsfp-127.pdf |journal=Bulletin de la SFP |publisher=Reflets de la Physique |publication-date=2000 |issue=127 |page=22 |access-date=2023-05-10}} (SFP) from 2000 to 2002. Member of the European Physical Society since 2007, she served in the "physics for development group" during four years (2010-2014). She also served in the "Physics for development Committee (C13)" of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) organization from 2009 to 2015.{{Cite web |title=Members of the C13 IUPAP committee in 2013 |url=https://archive.iupap.org/commissions/c13/members/ |access-date=2022-12-12}}
= Physics for development in Africa =
In 2019, Malek and Kétevi Assamagan, published an opinion letter to address the issue of the absence of the African continent in worldwide science and technology prospects, particularly in fondamental physics.{{Cite web |last1=Assamagan |first1=Ketevi |last2=Malek |first2=Fairouz |title=Opinion: EU Strategy for Particle Physics |url=https://gallery.mailchimp.com/63e42c583930d9f7a8b637982/files/b2cd9e4b-efde-4e8b-bd34-b07ee7209a37/EU_Africa.pdf |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=African Physics NewsLetter |publisher=APS |language=en}} Shortly after, in 2020, Malek co-founded with Kétevi Assamagan among others, the "African Strategy for Fundamental and Applied Physics", seeking to identify priorities, directions and means for the scientific research, education and capacity building for the African continent.{{Cite web |last=Crowell |first=Rachel |title=A collective strategy for physics in Africa |url=https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/a-collective-strategy-for-physics-in-africa |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=symmetry magazine |date=10 August 2021 |language=en}} In 2022, she was invited to join the African Synchrotron Initiative Think Tank, initiated by the African Academy of Sciences, in view to set up a Pan-African Synchrotron facility{{Cite web |title=The African Synchrotron Initiative (ASI) Think Tank {{!}} The AAS |url=https://www.aasciences.africa/news/african-synchrotron-initiative-asi-think-tank |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=www.aasciences.africa |archive-date=2022-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221029194119/https://www.aasciences.africa/news/african-synchrotron-initiative-asi-think-tank |url-status=dead }} and gave a talk on that subject at the 14th African Academy of Sciences General Assembly.{{Cite web |last=Malek |first=Fairouz |date=2022-12-05 |title=A Synchrotron Facility for Africa ? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdgoyhP6ug&t=3973s |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Youtube}}
= Gender parity in science =
Malek is involved in equity and inclusion in science activities. She founded and was the first president of the Association pour la Parité dans les Métiers Scientfiques et Techniques (Parité Science) in 2002.{{Cite web |title=Fairouz Malek |url=https://epws.org/member/fairouz-malek/ |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=European Platform of Women Scientists EPWS |language=en-US}} She contributes to projects and activities to promote women scientists, within the French national association Femmes et Sciences{{Cite web |date=2023-03-16 |title=Contribution of Fairouz Malek to the Editathon "Femmes & Sciences"(Wikiwomen in Red) |url=https://www.femmesetsciences.fr/news-2/editathon-%22femmes-%26-sciences%22%2C-%22femmes-de-t%C3%AAtes%22-%C3%A0-la-casemate |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=femmesetsciences.fr}}{{Cite web |title=Newspaper publishing an article on the 20th anniversary of Parité Science and showing the picture of 6 Presidents, among them Fairouz Malek is cited. |url=https://www.femmesetsciences.fr/news/parit%C3%A9-science-a-f%C3%AAt%C3%A9-ses-20-ans-le-8-novembre-2022-%C3%A0-la-casemate. |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=femmesetsciences.fr}} as well as within the European Platform for Women Scientists (EPWS).{{Cite web |last=Malek |first=Fairouz |date=2021-11-09 |title=The case of women scientists living as refugees |url=https://epws.org/the-case-of-women-scientists-living-as-refugees/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=epws.org}} She coordinated the exhibition "La Science Taille XX elles" to promote women scientists, in Grenoble area.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-05 |title="La Science taille XX elles": an art and science exhibition to promote women scientists and inspire the young generation |url=https://epws.org/la-science-taille-xx-elles-an-art-and-science-exhibition-to-promote-women-scientists-and-inspire-the-young-generation/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=epws.org}}{{Cite news |title=Grenoble : une expo au Jardin de ville pour rendre visibles les femmes scientifiques |work=Le Dauphiné Libéré |url=https://www.ledauphine.com/science-et-technologie/2021/11/30/grenoble-une-expo-au-jardin-de-ville-pour-rendre-visibles-les-femmes-scientifiques |access-date=2022-12-07}}{{Cite web |date=2021-11-23 |title=A Grenoble, des femmes scientifiques participent à une exposition photo pour susciter des vocations chez les jeunes filles |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/arts-expos/photographie/a-grenoble-des-femmes-scientifiques-participent-a-une-exposition-photo-pour-susciter-des-vocations-chez-les-jeunes-filles_4855929.html |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Franceinfo |language=fr-FR}}
Distinctions
- From 2000 to 2002, she served as president of the Alpes branch of the French Physics Society
- On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of CERN, her profile was presented, among other scientists, at the Palais de la Découverte, from October 17, 2014 to July 19, 2015 in the exhibition "Experts in the field - Views on CERN ”{{Cite web |title=Le CNRS et le CEA célèbrent les 60 ans du Cern en France {{!}} LHC France |url=https://www.lhc-france.fr/spip.php?article768 |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=www.lhc-france.fr |language=fr |archive-date=2022-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220134743/https://www.lhc-france.fr/spip.php?article768 |url-status=dead }} as well as on the “CERN 360° Experience”{{Cite web |title=EXPERIENCES CERN 360° |url=http://www.experience-cern360.fr/index.html?video=no |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=www.experience-cern360.fr}}
- In 2020, she was distinguished fellow of the African Academy of Sciences{{Cite web |title=The AAS fellow profile of Faïrouz Malek |url=https://aasciences.africa/fellows/fairouz-malek |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=www.aasciences.africa}}
Selected publications
Malek has authored or co-authored more than 1200 articles, most of which deal with the physics of the ATLAS experiment. Among all of these articles, 18 have been cited more than 500 times.{{Cite web |title=INSPIRE |url=https://inspirehep.net/authors/999101 |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=inspirehep.net}}
= Articles and book chapters =
- Michèle Leduc, Faïrouz Malek et Roger Maynard, Reflets de la physique, May 2007{{Cite journal |last1=Leduc |first1=Michèle |last2=Malek |first2=Faïrouz |last3=Maynard |first3=Roger |date=2007-05-01 |title=Un congrès Nord-Sud à Oujda sur la recherche et l'enseignement de la physique |url=https://www.refletsdelaphysique.fr/articles/refdp/abs/2007/02/refdp20074p2/refdp20074p2.html |journal=Reflets de la Physique |language=fr |issue=4 |pages=2 |doi=10.1051/refdp/2007036 |issn=1953-793X|doi-access=free }}
- Faïrouz Malek, Reflets de la physique, July- August 2010{{Cite journal |last=Malek |first=Fairouz |date=2010-07-01 |title=Le calcul scientifique des expériences LHC - Une grille de production mondiale |url=https://www.refletsdelaphysique.fr/articles/refdp/abs/2010/03/refdp201020p11/refdp201020p11.html |journal=Reflets de la Physique |language=fr |issue=20 |pages=11–15 |doi=10.1051/refdp/2010016 |issn=1953-793X|doi-access=free }}
- Faïrouz Malek, Micro Hebdo, 2010{{Cite journal |last=Malek |first=Fairouz |year=2010 |title=Grille informatique, l'union fait la force de calcul |journal=Micro Hebdo Magazine |language=fr}}
- Faïrouz Malek, Reflets de la Physique, October 2011{{Cite web |last=Malek |first=Fairouz |year=2011 |title=L'école de physique avancée au Maghreb 2011 |url=https://www.refletsdelaphysique.fr/articles/refdp/pdf/2011/04/refdp_26.pdf |access-date=2022-11-15 |publisher=Reflets de Physique |language=fr}}
- Faïrouz Malek, Pour la Science, 25 October 2013{{Cite web |last=Malek |first=Faïrouz |title=Les pétaoctets du LHC |url=https://www.pourlascience.fr/sd/physique/les-petaoctets-du-lhc-7593.php |access-date=2022-11-15 |website= |date=October 2013 |language=fr}}
- Faïrouz Malek, Book chapter, CNRS Editions, 2017, 368 p. ({{ISBN|978-2-271-11464-8}}), « Le CERN et les Big Data »{{Cite book |url=https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/les-big-data-decouvert |title=Les Big Data à découvert |publisher=CNRS editions |year=2017 |isbn=978-2-271-11464-8 |language=French}}
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