President Tebboune congratulates physicist Noureddine Melikechi on academic honor

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has congratulated Algerian physicist Noureddine Melikechi after the University of Massachusetts decided to name a research and innovation program after him in perpetuity. In a public message, the President expressed Algeria's pride in the distinguished career of this renowned NASA scientist. Melikechi, who serves as the Dean of the Kennedy College of Sciences, described the tribute as a great honor he did not anticipate during his lifetime. The newly established program is supported by an initial investment of 2.5 million dollars.