About Gihan Kamel
Born 1976. Gihan Kamel is an Egyptian physicist.
Gihan Kamel is an Egyptian physicist known for her work as an Infrared Beamline Scientist in the Synchrotron-light project for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME). She lives in Jordan.
Education and early life Gihan's mother is a doctor and her father is a teacher. The "idea that science and engineering were meant only for men became [her] strongest motivation"
In 2023 she was one of the six women chosen by Nature to comment on their plans for International Women's Day. The others were Sandra Diaz, Martina Anto-Ocrah, Jess Wade, Aster Gebrekirstos and Tanya Monro.
In 2025, Gihan received the John Wheatley Award with Simon Connell and Sekazi Mtingwa.
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