Noureddine Melikechi

Noureddine Melikechi
Born1958
Alma materUniversity Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene
AwardsFellow of the Optical Society of America, Excellence Award for Youth Empowerment and Development in Africa, 2014, NASA Group Achievement Award
Mars Science Laboratory, 2013
Arfken Scholar-in-Residence
Miami University, 2013, International Science Award, US- Algerian Business Council, 2012, Academic Research Award,2012
Academic Research Award
DE Bioscience Asso., 2012
Delaware Ambassador to Mars
The Honorable Jack Markell, Governor, 2011
Scientific career
FieldsAtomic, molecular, and optical physics
Photonics
STEM education
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell
Delaware State University
University of Miami, OH
Vassar College, NY
University of Delaware
University of Toulouse, France
Univ. Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algeria
Doctoral advisorProfessor Leslie Allen
Professor Edward E. Eyler

Noureddine Melikechi (born in 1958) is an Algerian atomic, molecular, and optical physicist, educator and inventor. He is the author of more than 125 peer-reviewed publications, six book chapters and 15 patents. Je is a member of the Mars Science Laboratory, NASA’s largest Mars exploration effort to date. Melikechi is dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences and professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.