Yahya Tayalati is a Full Professor at the University Mohammed V in Rabat and an affiliate professor at the UM6P School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Morocco. Over the past twenty years, he has been involved in various projects within the ATLAS collaboration. Professor Tayalati has contributed to the construction and operation of the liquid argon presampler, and he has played a role in the observation of light-by-light scattering. In the field of neutrino physics, he has been part of the ANTARES telescope project, contributing to limits on exotic particles. Additionally, he has collaborated on the establishment of production lines for digital optical modules and electro-optics routers in Morocco with the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope KM3NeT. Beyond research, Professor Tayalati initiated a project to involve Morocco in the ATLAS High Granularity Timing Detector upgrade, providing training opportunities for the youth and facilitating technology transfer. Recognized for his contributions, Professor Tayalati is a member of the World Academy of Sciences, the African Academy of Sciences and holds an honorary membership in the Islamic World Academy of Sciences. He has received awards, including the Mustafa Prize and the TWAS Arab Regional Award for Science Diplomacy in 2022.
Mohamed Gouighri is a Professor of Physics at the Faculty of Sciences, University Ibn-Tofail in Kenitra, Morocco. His research expertise spans elementary particle physics, accelerator physics, and computational physics. Commencing his research journey with a Ph.D. from the Faculty of Sciences at Ain-Chock, Casablanca University in 2012, Professor Gouighri has since worked in the ATLAS collaboration at CERN. Joining in 2007, he went through the intricate commissioning phase, ensuring the readiness of the ATLAS detector for proton-proton collisions at the LHC. Notably, his contributions led to his involvement in the inaugural ATLAS ECAL team, and his thesis focused on analyzing two B-Physics channels: Bd→J/psi(mu,mu)Ks(pi,pi) and Lambda_b→/psi(mu,mu)Lambda(p,pi). In 2018, the University of Kenitra officially became a part of the ATLAS collaboration. Since then, Professor Gouighri has spearheaded the Kenitra group's involvement in diverse analyses, probing physics beyond the Standard Model. The group actively contributes to the ATLAS upgrade for the HL-LHC phase, with a specific responsibility for the Detector Control System for the High Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD). Expanding his international collaborations, Professor Gouighri serves as the Moroccan team leader for the Hyper-Kamiokande experiment in Japan. This groundbreaking experiment, an evolution of the successful Super-Kamiokande, aims to determine CP violation, observe proton decay, and study atmospheric neutrinos and neutrinos from astronomical sources. Beyond his scientific endeavors, Professor Gouighri has been an esteemed member of the "Global Young Academy" since 2013, advocating for the voices of young researchers worldwide.