Rammal Rammal was a Lebanese condensed matter

Condensed Matter

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 physicist. He was born in Doueir

Doueir

Doueir , or Dweir, is a village of 7,500 inhabitants in Southern Lebanon near Nabatiyeh and north of the Litani River...

  and passed his baccalaureate

Bachelor's degree

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 there but studied at the Joseph Fourier University

Joseph Fourier University

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 in France

France

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. He achieved his doctorate in 1981 working at CNRS in Grenoble

Grenoble

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 and continued working in France for most of his professional life.
The Rammal Award for scientists from Mediterranean countries was created in his honour and has been awarded annually since 1993.