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Meknes – Yahya Tayalati, a professor at Mohammed V University in Rabat and a member of the KM3NeT, the European research infrastructure Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope, has been awarded Iran’s prestigious Mustafa Prize.
The Mustafa Prize is a relatively new but illustrious scientific and technology prize presented to Islamic scholars and scientists on a biannual basis.
Among the main criteria considered by the selection committee are the new and exceptional aspect of the contending research, as well as the high scientific profile of candidates and their international recognition in their respective fields.
Professor Tayalati received this award for his contributions that go beyond the usual physical model, including “Observation of the Light by Light Scattering and the Search for Magnetic Monopoles.”
The Moroccan was among five Muslim scientists that were honored at a ceremony at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall. The other four are Cumrun Vafa of Iran, M. Zahid Hasan of Bangladesh, Mohamed Sayegh of Lebanon, and Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary of Pakistan.
The five winners were chosen from a pool of around 500 applicants, and each winner received a prize of $500,000.
The biennial prize, which was established as part of Iran‘s plan to become a regional scientific powerhouse, has been awarded four times since 2015.
The Mustafa Prize is awarded in four categories of information and communication science and technology, life and medical science and technology, nanoscience and nanotechnology, and all areas of science and technology.
