Editorial Board

Dr. Elias Vagenas is an Associate Professor of the Dept. of Physics at Kuwait University. He studied at the University of Athens, Greece, and he was awarded his Ph.D. degree in 2002. Then, he did a postdoc at the University of Barcelona, Spain, (2002-2004) and a second postdoc at the University of Athens, Greece, (2005-2007). In 2008, Dr. Elias Vagenas was elected as Researcher C at the Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens and, in 2011, he got his tenure and was promoted to a Researcher B. In Sept. 2013, he moved to Kuwait University as Associate Professor and joined the Theoretical Physics Group in the Department of Physics. Dr. Elias Vagenas serves as Editor for many scientific journals, e.g., Universe, Gravitation and Cosmology, Advances in High Energy Physics. Additionally, he is the Review Editor for the International Journal of Modern Physics D and Modern Physics Letters A. Furthermore, he acts as referee for more than 15 scientific journals. Dr. Elias Vagenas has published more than 60 articles in refereed journals with more than 5,000 citations (Google Scholar) and h-index 38.

Department of Mathematics, Kuwait University

milica.andelic@ku.edu.kw

Kuwait University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biological, Sciences, Safat 13060

hussain.bahbahani@gmail.com, hussain.bahbahani@ku.edu.kw

Nedaa Ali Alsarraf is an associate professor at Kuwait University, Kuwait. She received her B.Sc. degree from Kuwait University, Kuwait, in 1988, and MPhil and PhD in Bacterial taxonomy, from Bristol University, UK, in 1997. Her research interest mainly Bacterial taxonomy, microbial bioremediation and biodegradation of oil contaminated environments, and current research interest in nano-bioremediation. Supervised several MSc Degree students in microbiology program. Convenor of several MSc examinations committee. Published more than 40 research papers. Reviewed several international papers and many research proposals and reports sent by OVPR/KU. Participated in the evaluation of many Scientific poster day held by the Faculty of Science. The Program Director of Biological Sciences MSc program, College of Graduate Studies (2018-2021).

Prof. Samir Jaoua is working as a Full Professor at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, at the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Technology of Compiegne (France). He is also a qualified Professor in French universities, a Professor at the University of Sfax (Tunisia), and an official member of the Committee of Professors at the University of Sassari (Italy). Prof. Samir Jaoua is Microbiologist and molecular and microbial Biotechnologist, having more than 33 years of experience in microbiology and molecular & Microbial Biotechnology in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Tunisia, and Qatar. He has been teaching BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. courses in Microbiology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Genetic engineering and DNA Technology, Environmental genomics and bioengineering, and many others. He has supervised 19 successfully defended PhDs, in addition to many BSc senior projects and MSc theses. He is mainly the senior author of more than 145 international original research articles in international peer-reviewed Scopus and web of Sc. Journals.