1. Zohra Aziza Baccouche was an American physicist and science filmmaker.
10 Facts About Aziza Baccouche
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Aziza Baccouche was an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media Science and Engineering fellow at CNN and founder and CEO of media company Aziza Productions.
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Aziza Baccouche was born to an African-American mother and Tunisian father on November 25,1976 and brought up in Tunisia.
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Aziza Baccouche developed a brain tumor as a child which caused a disorder called hydrocephalus when she was eight years old.
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Aziza Baccouche earned her master's degree from Hampton University in 1998 and her PhD in theoretical nuclear physics from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2002.
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Aziza Baccouche's dissertation entitled "Phenomenology of Isoscalar Heavy Baryons" focused on heavy baryons.
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Aziza Baccouche was involved with initiatives to increase the number of African-American women studying physics.
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Aziza Baccouche worked as a science media producer and was a frequent contributor to the National Society of Black Physicists conferences.
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In 2020 Aziza Baccouche authored a memoir titled "Seeking Vision" chronicling her life from when she was declared legally blind at the age of eight until her fifth brain surgery.
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Aziza Baccouche was honored with a HerStory Award at the Women's Federation for World Peace USA National Assembly in 2013.