بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

 Dr. FADEL ABDULAZIZ  BUKHARI

Associate Professor of Cosmology and Galaxy Clusters, Faculty of Science at King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah

1.      Scientific qualification: Ph.D.

2.      Scientific field: Cosmology and Clusters of Galaxies.

3.      Job addresses: Dept. of Astronomy, Faculty of Science, P.O.Box  80203, King  Abdulaziz University. Jeddah 21589.

4.      Degrees:

a.     Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics with an accumulative grade point average

      Excellent with first honor degree,

      King Abdul Aziz University, 1980.

b.      Master of Science in Cosmology, the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, 1983.

c.       Doctor of philosophy in Orientation of Galaxies in Clusters, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 1999.

5.      Jobs:

a.       Demonstrator in Dept. of Astronomy, King Abdulaziz University in1400 H .

b.      Assistant Professor  in Dept. of Astronomy, King  Abdulaziz University in 1421 H .

c.      Imam of Almobark Mosque in the Ministry of Islamic Affairs from 23 / 12 / 1419 H up to 9 / 8 / 1420 H.

d.      Imam of Almsarat Mosque in the Ministry of Islamic Affairs from 9 / 8 / 1420 H up to 28 / 6 / 1438 H.

e.       Associate professor in Dept. of Astronomy, King Abdulaziz University from 1435 H up to 20/6/1443 H

       where he retired.

6.  Teaching courses:

       Cosmology (1), Cosmology (2), Clusters of Galaxies, Structure of Galaxies,

        Spherical Astronomy (1), Spherical Astronomy (2), General Astronomy (1), General

        Astronomy (2), Physics of the Solar System.

7.  Conferences:

      I have attended several conferences in Jeddah, Hail, Riyadh, London, Manchester

       and Sydney which I cannot assess now.

8.  Academic activities:

a.       Teaching astronomical courses in Astronomy Dept.

b.       Developing astronomical courses such as : Cosmology 1 (628), Spherical Astronomy 1 (331),

       General Astronomy 1 (201), General Astronomy 2 (202), Physics of the Solar

       System (203).

c.       Writing a book " Clear Introduction to Spherical Astronomy." which  is about being

        finished.

d.      Searching for text books in various fields of astronomy and obtaining 171 text books.

e.       Searching for astronomical periodical journals and obtaining 17 fundamental journals.

f.       Calculation of  accurate prayer timetables for Jeddah and Riyadh which are in full 

       agreement with observations made by modern telescopes. There is a site of mine in the

       Internet includes such timetables for Jeddah from 1431 H up to 1443 H.

9.  Memberships  in  astronomical societies:

a.       Member in the International Astronomical Union (I A U).

b.      Member in the Arabic Astronomical Union (AAI).

      10.  Publications:

a.    Empirical Determination of the Apparent Shape and Orientation of a Galaxy Cluster.

Bukhari, F. A., The Astrophysical Journal vol. 333, 561- 563, 1988.

b.    Analytic Determination of the Pole of a Galaxy cluster.

Bukhari, F. A., The Astrophysical journal vol. 333, 564 - 567, 1988.

c.    Determination of Galaxy Members in Clusters.

              Bukhari, F. A., Cram, L. E.,  Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 288, 245 - 257, 2003.

d.    Geometrical Properties of Galaxy Clusters.

Bukhari, F. A., Cram, L. E.,  Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 283, 157-167, 2003.

e.    Orientation of Galaxies in Clusters,

Bukhari, F. A., Cram, L. E.,  Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 283, 169 - 219, 2003.

f.    Five General Cosmic Models.

Bukhari, F. A.,  Journal of King  Abdulaziz University: Science, 2013.

g.   Cosmological Distances in Five General Cosmic  Models.

Bukhari, F. A., International Journal of Astronomy and  Astrophysics, 2013, 3,183 – 188.

h.   A Closed Model of the Universe.

Bukhari, F. A.,  International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics,  2013, 3,189 – 198.

i.    Cosmological Distances in Closed Model of the Universe.

Bukhari, F. A.,  International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics,  2013, 3,199 – 203.

  j.    Distribution of Mass and Energy in Five General Cosmic Models.

Bukhari, F. A.,  International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics,  2015, 5, 20

  k.   Distribution of Mass and Energy in Closed Model of  the Universe.

Bukhari, F. A.,  International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysic, 2015, 5, 291– 301.

  l.   Expansion Speeds and Accelerations of the Universe in Five General Cosmic Models

Bukhari, F.,A., Journal of Applied Physical Science International, 2021, 13 (1) : 38–57.

  m. Distribution of Pressure in Five General Cosmic Models

Bukhari,  F. A. ,2022, Journal of  Applied Physical  Science International, 14 (1) : 22- 37.

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