With great sadness, the Editorial Board mourns their colleague “Rania A. Markub” begging to Allah The Most Gracious, The Most Merciful to accept her and make her rest in The Paradise.

Rania was born in 1974

She obtained her BSc and MSc in laser physics from the University of Technology, Baghdad in 1996 and 1999, respectively.

She joined the Editorial Board of IJAP in January 2009 as Middle East Coordinator.

in 20 January 2015, she died in Cairo, Egypt.