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Noureddine Melikechi                     
                Algerian Physicist

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Noureddine Melikechi was born in 1958 in 
Thénia, he left his town for the "Lycee Abane 
Ramdane" in EL-harrach, Algiers

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There he received his Baccalaureate in Mathematics 
in 1976. He enrolled at the University Houari 
Boumediene of Sciences and Technology, He 
went on to pursue graduate work  where he 
worked towards his Masters in 1982 and Doctorate 
in 1987 at Sussex University

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His acheivements:    Inventing advanced and 
small optical fibers which can be used in 
medical field and dentistry    other useful 
inventions in civil engineering and oceanography; 
   Developing sensitive optical techniques 
for the early detection of cancers;    An 
advanced camera works with laser

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which was used by the NASA to film Mars by 
planting it in the "curiosity rover"

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Awards:    SMART Award    Capitol Hill Award 
   NASA Group Achievement Award    Research 
Award from The National Institutes of Health 
    Research Award from The Department of 
Defense    Biotechnology Award Award    Appreciation 
Award from the National Federation of Canadian 
Muslims

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on August 6, 2012 the Curiosity Rover landed 
successfully on the Mars as a part of NASA's 
mission

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an advanced camera works with laser was on 
board

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which was designed by an Arab physicist came 
from Algeria

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Professor Noureddine Melikechi developped 
through this device a laser filming technique 
that permits to detect a probable life on 
the red planet

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Dr Melikechi's career is full of succes but 
he always emphisises that his start was in 
Algeria

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I was grown-up in Algeria and I studied in 
Algerian schools after that I moved to England 
to get my PhD in Physics and I came here 
to the USA where I worked as a member of 
NASA team

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I am working on projects with NASA since 
1998

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and about the environment and the opportunities 
that the USA provide to the researchers who 
come from all over the world, Dr Melikechi 
says:

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the USA give opportunities to the researcher 
wherever he comes from and he should seize 
the opportunity... America provides means 
at the researcher convenience so he can go 
further

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Professor Melikechi, since mid eghties, is 
working for American research centers and 
universities which let him came through over 
than 14 patents

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in this laboratory, Dr Melikechi, conducted 
experiments about one of the most complicated 
laser utilization in order to prove a probable 
life on the Mars

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Curiosity sends data from the Mars, then 
we analyze these data to see weather they 
exist or not, and if they'd existed before 
or not

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Dr Melikechi's studies was expanded to cover 
whatever could laser contribute to the early 
diagnose of all types of cancer

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We work here to see if someone has a cancer 
in its early phases, because if someone can 
diagnose the cancer in its begining he'll 
be able to be cured in 95% of cases

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Dr Melikechi's career is one of the arabic 
success stories in the USA and he, perhaps, 
becomes a role model for the ambitious Arab 
youth, so what message that the professor 
can send to them?

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My message to Arab youth is that they should 
believe in their capacities, work hard and 
he knows that the real battle is to give 
importance to sience and technology and prosperity