Bio
Dr. Zouhair Benkhaldoun is Professor in the Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy at the University of Sharjah and Director of Observatories at the Sharjah Academy for Astronomy and Space Science. He is the founder and former director of the Oukaimeden Observatory in Morocco and has authored more than 400 scientific publications, including contributions to the discovery of the TRAPPIST1 exoplanet system. He also serves as President of the Moroccan National Committee for Astronomy, the Arab Astronomical Society, and the Atlas Dark Sky Foundation.