Dr. Sofyan Taya was a theoretical physicist who studied optoelectronics for practical applications. He was born in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza in 1971, and tragically he was killed on Dec 2, 2023 in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.
Dr. Taya was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza in 1971. He began his education at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in the camp. He then went on to study physics and, in 1994, received his bachelor’s degree at the Islamic University of Gaza, and received his doctorate in 2007. He was the physics department head at Islamic University of Gaza from 2008 to 2011, and earlier 2023, was appointed to the president of the university.
Dr. Taya’s research has focused on light and utilising it in specific structures called optical waveguides and photonic crystals for measurements and sensing, with one potential goal of using them in medical bio-sensors. Just in 2020, he spent a few years at the University of Montreal, Canada as part of a fellowship to study sensitivity enhancement of optical waveguide sensors. Additionally, he has a number of published papers on improving solar cell function with organic dyes. In 2021, Dr. Taya was named one of the top 2% of researchers worldwide by an Elsevier and Stanford University study.
On December 2, 2023, Dr. Taya and his family were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp. It is absolutely tragic to see such talent and intellect wasted through the indiscriminate bombing of the Israeli military. Imagine how many more scientists, poets, engineers, and artists the world would have if our efforts were put into rebuilding Gaza instead of razing it to the ground? The +15,000 Palestinians that have been killed to date are not just numbers, but each person has a story, like Dr. Taya. Their deaths could have been prevented if Israel stopped their relentless brutal assault against all of Gaza.
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Dr. Taya was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza in 1971. He began his education at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in the camp. He then went on to study physics and, in 1994, received his bachelor’s degree at the Islamic University of Gaza, and received his doctorate in 2007. He was the physics department head at Islamic University of Gaza from 2008 to 2011, and earlier 2023, was appointed to the president of the university.
Dr. Taya’s research has focused on light and utilising it in specific structures called optical waveguides and photonic crystals for measurements and sensing, with one potential goal of using them in medical bio-sensors. Just in 2020, he spent a few years at the University of Montreal, Canada as part of a fellowship to study sensitivity enhancement of optical waveguide sensors. Additionally, he has a number of published papers on improving solar cell function with organic dyes. In 2021, Dr. Taya was named one of the top 2% of researchers worldwide by an Elsevier and Stanford University study.
On December 2, 2023, Dr. Taya and his family were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Jabalia refugee camp. It is absolutely tragic to see such talent and intellect wasted through the indiscriminate bombing of the Israeli military. Imagine how many more scientists, poets, engineers, and artists the world would have if our efforts were put into rebuilding Gaza instead of razing it to the ground? The +15,000 Palestinians that have been killed to date are not just numbers, but each person has a story, like Dr. Taya. Their deaths could have been prevented if Israel stopped their relentless brutal assault against all of Gaza.
#Palestine #PalestineScientist #FreeGaza #Art #physics
