Assistant Professor
Dr. Amani Kraishan

Curriculum Vitae
  • Major: Nuclear Physics and Radiation
  • College: College of Science
  • Department(s): Physics Department
  • E-mail: amani.f.kraishan@ahu.edu.jo
  • Phone No.: 0772045644

  • Hadron Structure
  • Detector development for particle physics
  • Nuclear Physics

  • Measurement of Longitudinal Single-Spin Asymmetry For W Boson Production In Polarized proton-proton Collisions At STAR”, Poster, RHIC/AGS Users Meeting (Brookhaven National Lab, NY), June 2018.

  • “Probing Helicity and Unpolarized Quark/Anti-quark Distribution Function Using W Boson Production at RHIC”, RHIC/AGS Users Meeting (Brookhaven National Lab, NY), June 2017.

  • Measurement of Longitudinal Single-Spin Asymmetry for W Boson Production at Forward Pseudocapacitive in Polarized proton-proton Collisions at STAR”, Poster, RHIC/AGS Users Meeting (Brookhaven National Lab, NY), June 2017.

  • “Measurement of Longitudinal Single-Spin Asymmetry for W Boson Production at STAR at Forward Rapidity ”, APS April Meeting (Washington, DC), January 2017.

  • The Forward GEM Tracker (FGT) of STAR at RHIC”, Poster, RHIC/AGS Users Meeting (Brookhaven National Lab, NY), June 2016.

  • “Test of Commercially Manufactured Large Single Mask GEM Foils”, APS Division of Nuclear Physics Fall Meeting (Santa Fe, NM), October 2015.

  • Recognition Award by Battelle Memorial Institute and Stony Brook University (2018)

  • The Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in Physics, Temple University (2016)

  • Fellowship for M.Sc. and PhD research, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan

    (2009-2014)

  • Highest honor B.Sc. Student award, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan

    (2006)

  • Fellowship for Bachelor studies, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan (2003-

    2006)

  1. Assistant Professor of Physics

  2. Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Ma’an, Jordan (2018-Present 
    o Teaching Physics courses to undergraduate students
    o Prepare syllabi, reading material, tests, and quizzes
    o Grade exam and providing detailed feedback

    Teaching Assistant

    ( Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (2013-2018
    o Instructed introduction to physics laboratories and introduction to cosmology (20-40) students
    o Tutored students individually and in small group, guiding them through homework solutions and basic physics concept
    o Graded worksheet, quizzes, lab reports, and homework, providing  feedback to aid in learning 

    Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan (2006-2009)
    oInstructed introduction to advance physics laboratories 


General Physics  II
General Physics Lab I & II
Mathematical Physics I & II
Classical Physics I & II
Optics II

Academic qualifications and certificates

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, 2018
    .Temple University, College of Science and Technology, Philadelphia, PA, USA

  • Master of Science (M.S.), Physics, 2012
    .University of Delaware, College of Art and Science, Newark, DE, USA

  • Bachelors of Science (B.S.), Physics, 2006
    .Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, College of Science, Jordan

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