Omar Amawi Email & Phone Number

Omar has more than 18 years of experience in the fields of Science, Technology and Innovation policies, planning, technology transfer, implementation and support. His scientific expertise are  Agricultural/Irrigation Engineering and water resources management. He started his career as a research associate and teaching assistant at Utah State university and Texas A&M university between the years 1996-2007. In 2008, he joined the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST) as the PMU director for the EU funded project “Support to Research and Technological development and Innovation Initiatives in Jordan SRTD” which aimed at developing Jordan’s scientific and technological capacity with a focus on the use of RTD results by the industrial and SME sector and accelerated the integration of Jordan into the European Research Area. Late in year 2009 he was appointed as the director for the department of policies and scientific projects management at the HCST, responsible for the development of the National STI policies and Strategies for Jordan, and the management of the funded R&D project by HCST. In 2012, he was appointed as the director for the International cooperation department at HCST, and the PIO director for stage II of the SRTD project, targeting applied research, commercialization and Technology Transfer support. In addition, Omar coordinated the FP 7 EU-JordanNet II project, and served as H2020 coordinator National Contact Point (NCP). Additionally, he represented Jordan in many projects funded by the European Commission namely: Med Spring, ERANETMED, INVENT, 4 PRIMA and others.He is also the president of Nexus Think Tank (NTT) within the H2020 5TOI 4EWAS project (Quintuple Helix Approach to Targeted Open Innovation in Energy, Water, Agriculture in the South Mediterranean). Omar represented Jordan and Co-chaired PRIMA initiative from 2012-2017, and was elected Deputy director for PRIMA Foundation in February 2018.

Listed skills include Initiate And Maintain Program Partnerships With External Agencies, Monitor Project Implementation, Team Work, Update, and 20 others.