# Farida Fassi

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January 2026.

**Farida Fassi** [FAAS](/source/African_Academy_of_Sciences) (Arabic: فريدة الفاسي) is a Moroccan professor of physics at [Mohammed V University](/source/Mohammed_V_University) in Rabat. She is the co-founder of the [African](/source/Africa) Strategy for Fundamental Applied Physics and a member of [African Academy of Sciences](/source/African_Academy_of_Sciences).

## Life and education

Fassi was born in [Larache](/source/Larache) where she attended middle and high school before moving to [Tetouan](/source/T%C3%A9touan) to complete her [university](/source/University) studies.[1] She obtained her [Bachelor of Science](/source/Bachelor_of_Science) in [Physics](/source/Physics) from [Abdelmalek Essaâd University](/source/Abdelmalek_Essa%C3%A2di_University) in 1996. After that, she moved to Spain, [the University of Valencia](/source/University_of_Valencia), where she obtain her [Master of Science](/source/Master_of_Science) in 1999.[2] In 2003, she was awarded a [Doctor of Philosophy](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) in particle physics due to her work on the [ATLAS experiment](/source/ATLAS_experiment) at [CERN](/source/CERN).[3][4]

## Career and research

Until 2003, Fassi was part of the ATLAS[5] and Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS)[6] combined experiment team which later discovered the Higgs boson in 2012.[3] After that, she worked in Grid Computing and Distributed Data Analysis. In 2007, Fassi was elected for a fellowship at [CERN](/source/CERN).[4][7] Also, for thirteen years, she has been working in different post-doctoral and Research positions such as the [Spanish National Research Council](/source/Spanish_National_Research_Council), the [French National Centre for Scientific Research](/source/French_National_Centre_for_Scientific_Research), and the [Spanish Center for Particle, Astroparticle, and Nuclear Physics](/source/Spanish_Center_for_Particle,_Astroparticle,_and_Nuclear_Physics).[7] She is a professor of physics at [Mohammed V University](/source/Mohammed_V_University) in Rabat.[8]

Fassi was also featured in the list of top 50 scientists worldwide according to the international 2021 AD Scientific Index.[9][10] She has been cited more than 250,000 times and has a h-index of 219.[11][A] She was ranked thirty eight in the world and second in the African continent and Middle east.[1][12][13][14] Fassi is the founding secretary general of Arab physical Society,[15] and the co-founder of the African Strategy for Fundamental and [Applied Physics](/source/Applied_physics).[16]

## Awards and honours

Fassi was elected a Fellows of the [African Academy of Sciences](/source/African_Academy_of_Sciences) in 2020.[17]

## Selected publications

- CERN ATLAS (17 September 2012). [*Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC*](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037026931200857X), [Physics Letters B](/source/Physics_Letters_B), 716:1, 1–29
- Farida Fassi, " African Strategy for Fundamental and Applied Physics (ASFAP)", The African Physics Newsletter – 8 April 2021.
- Miquel Senar, P. Lason, Farida Fassi: Organization of the International Testbed of the CrossGrid Project.

## See also

- [ATLAS experiment](/source/ATLAS_experiment)
- [Abdellatif Berbich](/source/Abdellatif_Berbich)

## Notes

1. These citations to publications of huge collaborative projects include up to 3000 scientists, e.g., [Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2012.08.020)

## References

1. Dumpis, Toms (13 June 2021). ["Farida Fassi: 'Math is Hard, Physics is Beautiful'"](https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/06/342880/farida-fassi-math-is-hard-physics-is-beautiful). *Morocco World*. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

1. ["Interview with Prof. Farida Fassi at Mohammed V University, Morocco | Arab States Research and Education Network – ASREN"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221124140706/https://asrenorg.net/?q=content/interview-prof-farida-fassi-mohammed-v-university-morocco). *asrenorg.net*. Archived from [the original](https://asrenorg.net/?q=content/interview-prof-farida-fassi-mohammed-v-university-morocco) on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2022-11-24.

1. ["Farida Fassi's schedule for UNGA76 Science Summit"](https://unga76sciencesummit.sched.com/speaker/farida_fassi.22wflye2). *unga76sciencesummit.sched.com*. Retrieved 2022-11-24.

1. Kasraoui, Safaa (12 October 2022). ["Two Moroccan Women Scientists Feature in AD Scientific Index 2023"](https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2022/10/351796/two-moroccan-women-scientists-feature-in-ad-scientific-index-2023). *Morocco World*. Retrieved 2022-11-24.

1. ["Farida Fassi"](https://atlas.cern/authors/farida-fassi). *ATLAS Experiment at CERN*. Retrieved 2023-02-01.

1. Chatrchyan, S. et al. (June 2014). ["Search for new physics in the multijet and missing transverse momentum final state in proton-proton collisions at sqrt (s)= 8 TeV"](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=xzPMuAUAAAAJ&cstart=20&pagesize=80&citation_for_view=xzPMuAUAAAAJ:Fd6TstiuZzAC). *scholar.google.com*. **2014** (6): 55. [doi:10.1007/JHEP06(2014)055](https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)055). [hdl:11379/482603](https://hdl.handle.net/11379/482603). Retrieved 2023-02-01.

1. ["Farida Fassi"](https://atlas.cern/authors/farida-fassi). *ATLAS Experiment at CERN*. Retrieved 2022-11-27.

1. ["Interview with Prof. Farida Fassi at Mohammed V University, Morocco | Arab States Research and Education Network – ASREN"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221124140706/https://asrenorg.net/?q=content/interview-prof-farida-fassi-mohammed-v-university-morocco). *asrenorg.net*. Archived from [the original](https://asrenorg.net/?q=content/interview-prof-farida-fassi-mohammed-v-university-morocco) on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2023-02-01.

1. ["AD 2023 scientific index ranking: two Moroccan women scientists made it, or did they?"](https://en.hespress.com/51039-ad-2023-scientific-index-ranking-two-moroccan-women-scientists-made-it-or-did-they.html). *HESPRESS English – Morocco News*. 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

1. ["Farida Fassi – Arabian Records (1st post : Eid Al Fitr – 01st Shawwal 1439 (AH) / 15th June 2018 ) / (BETA testing – Research – starting April 2020 till date, on-going)"](https://www.arabianrecords.org/tag/farida-fassi/). 9 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

1. ["Dr. Farida Fassi, Professor of physics"](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xzPMuAUAAAAJ&hl=en). *scholar.google.com*. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

1. Index, AD Scientific. ["Farida Fassi – AD Scientific Index 2023"](https://www.adscientificindex.com/scientist/farida-fassi/97502). *www.adscientificindex.com*. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

1. ["نالت شهادتي دكتوراه.. العالمة المغربية فريدة الفاسي في صدارة علماء العرب وإفريقيا"](https://www.skynewsarabia.com/technology/1563429-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%95%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7) (in Arabic). *سكاي نيوز عربية*. Retrieved 2022-11-28.

1. ["فريدة الفاسي.. ال��احثة المتوجة ضمن العلماء الأكثر تأثيرا في العالم لـ"اليوم 24": شرف كبير للمغرب"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSP-shHgN0s), 22 October 2022, retrieved 2022-11-28

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1. ["Farida Fassi | The AAS"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221124140701/https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/farida-fassi#:~:text=Farida%20Fassi%20is%20a%20Professor,University%20of%20Valencia%20in%20Spain). *www.aasciences.africa*. Archived from [the original](https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/farida-fassi#:~:text=Farida%20Fassi%20is%20a%20Professor,University%20of%20Valencia%20in%20Spain) on 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2022-11-24.

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