The Most Famous
BIOLOGISTS from Jordan
This page contains a list of the greatest Jordanian Biologists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,097 Biologists, 2 of which were born in Jordan. This makes Jordan the birth place of the 42nd most number of Biologists behind Hungary, and Lebanon.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Jordanian Biologists of all time. This list of famous Jordanian Biologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Lubna Tahtamouni (b. 1976)
With an HPI of 38.54, Lubna Tahtamouni is the most famous Jordanian Biologist. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Lubna Hamid Tawfiq Tahtamouni (Arabic: لبنى تهتموني; born 24 January 1976) is a Jordanian biologist known for her work in developmental biology and cancer research. She is the head of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology at Hashemite University in Zarqa, Jordan. She has won multiple awards for her work on breast cancer, and is known as an advocate for allowing young women in the Arab world to choose a career in science. In 2016, she was named one of BBC's 100 Women.
2. Rana Dajani (b. 2000)
With an HPI of 34.29, Rana Dajani is the 2nd most famous Jordanian Biologist. Her biography has been translated into 26 different languages.
Rana Dajani (Arabic: رنا الدجاني) is a Jordanian molecular biologist and tenured professor of biology and biotechnology at Hashemite University. She earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Iowa. Dajani is an expert on genetics of Circassian and Chechen populations in Jordan, also on conducting genome-wide association studies on diabetes and cancer on stem cells. Her work in stem cell research initiated the development of the Stem Cell Research Ethics Law and all regulations in Jordan. She is an advocate for the biological evolution theory in relation to the religion of Islam, and believes strongly in the education and empowerment of women, being a member of the United Nations Women Jordan Advisory Council. She is the recipient of the Jordan's Order of Al Hussein for Distinguished Contributions of the Second Class. Dajani is the president of the Society for Advancement of Science and Technology in the Arab World [5](SASTA). Dr. Dajani is a Fulbright scholar alumna, having received two awards. She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and possessed an Eisenhower Fellowship as well. She is also a former Yale University visiting professor at the Yale Stem Cell Center and a visiting scholar at both the University of Cambridge and the Stem Cell Therapy Center in Jordan. She was the 2019-21 Zuzana Simoniova Cmelikova Visiting Scholar at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond Dr. Dajani is the founder and director of the non-governmental organization, "We Love Reading," a program which strives to foster a love of reading in young children beyond academics in the Arab world. Through We Love Reading, she has trained over 7000 women to read aloud in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria and established multiple libraries across Jordan. The UK-based Muslim Science Magazine[10] praised her as one of the most influential women scientists in the Islamic World; and Arabian Business lists Dajani as one of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Arab Women," in which she ranked number thirteen.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Jordanian biologists born between 1976 and 2000. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Jordanian biologists include Lubna Tahtamouni, and Rana Dajani. As of April 2024, 1 new Jordanian biologists have been added to Pantheon including Lubna Tahtamouni.
