Eid Hourany Scientist
Dr. Eid Hourany (March 18, 1940 – November 17, 2008) was a French and Lebanese nuclear physicist. He studied in the Science Faculty in the Lebanese University (Arabic: كلية العلوم، الجامعة اللبنانية) at Hadath Beirut. He achieved his State PhD in France at the Institut of Nuclear Physics (French: Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay) at Orsay where he was coached by Dr Toshiko Yuasa. From 1971 until 1982, he was Professor in Physics and finally Head of the Physics department at Hadath University (Beyrouth). He joined French National Research Centre (CNRS) in 1982. From 1982 until 2006 he pursued several research activities and contributed to more than 80 scientific publications. He officially retired from CNRS in 2006 with the grade of "Directeur de Recherche". He continued his research activity until 2008 (year of death)
