Center Leadership
Dr. Habiba Al Safar
Dr. Habiba Al Safar

Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Student Affairs & Director of BTC

habiba.alsafar@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Dietrich Lorke
Dr. Dietrich Lorke

Professor & Chair, Anatomy and Cellular Biology

dietrich.lorke@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Andreas Henschel
Dr. Andreas Henschel

Associate Professor

andreas.henschel@ku.ac.ae
Advisory Board Members
Dr. Braulio Peramo
Dr. Braulio Peramo

Medical Director, Ob/Gyn IVF Consultant, Al Ain Fertility Clinic

bperamo@aafc.ae
Dr. Mustafa Almaini
Dr. Mustafa Almaini

Chief Medical Officer, Chief of Rheumatology, Allergy & Clinical Immunology Division, Mafraq Hospital

mmaini@seha.ae
Dr. Hinda Daggag
Dr. Hinda Daggag

Corporate Genetic Project Head, Corporate Academic Affairs, Abu Dhabi Health Services Company – SEHA

hdaggag@seha.ae
Faculty
Dr. Syed Salman Ashraf
Dr. Syed Salman Ashraf

Professor & Acting Department Chair, Biology

syed.ashraf@ku.ac.ae
Dr. David Sheehan
Dr. David Sheehan

Professor & Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

david.sheehan@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Sabina Semiz
Dr. Sabina Semiz

Professor

sabina.semiz@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Eman Alefishat
Dr. Eman Alefishat

Associate Professor & Assistant Dean, Medical Education

eman.alefishat@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Herbert Franz Jelinek
Dr. Herbert Franz Jelinek

Associate Professor

herbert.jelinek@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Sung Mun Lee
Dr. Sung Mun Lee

Associate Professor

sung.lee@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Wael Mohammed Osman
Dr. Wael Mohammed Osman

Assistant Professor

wael.osman@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Dymitr Ruta
Dr. Dymitr Ruta

Chief Researcher at Etisalat BT Innovation Center

dymitr.ruta@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Abdulrahim Sajini
Dr. Abdulrahim Sajini

Assistant Professor

abdulrahim.sajini@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Selena Richards
Dr. Selena Richards

Assistant Professor

selena.richards@ku.ac.ae
Researchers
Dr. Sarah Chehadeh
Dr. Sarah Chehadeh

Lab Engineer

sarah.chehadeh@ku.ac.ae
Hussain Kannout
Hussain Kannout

Research Associate

hussein.kannout@ku.ac.ae
Mariam Khalili
Mariam Khalili

Research Associate

mariam.khalili@ku.ac.ae
Suna Nazar
Suna Nazar

Lab Assistant

suna.nazar@ku.ac.ae
Fathimathus Waasia
Fathimathus Waasia

Research Associate

fathimathuz.awaasia@ku.ac.ae
Dr. Gihan Daw Elbait
Dr. Gihan Daw Elbait

Senior Lecturer

gihan.elbait@ku.ac.ae
Hema Vurivi
Hema Vurivi

Research Associate

hema.vurivi@ku.ac.ae
Zainab Alhalwachi
Zainab Alhalwachi

Visiting Researcher

zainab.alhalwachi@ku.ac.ae
Noura Sayed Mohamed Sayed
Noura Sayed Mohamed Sayed

Visiting Researcher

noura.sayed@ku.ac.ae
Students
Halima Alnaqbi
Halima Alnaqbi

PhD Candidate

halima.alnaqbi@ku.ac.ae
Sarah Azaam
Sarah Azaam

PhD Candidate

sarah.azzam@ku.ac.ae
Aamer Alshehhi
Aamer Alshehhi

Graduate Student, PHD ENGR

aamer.alshehhi@ku.ac.ae
Mira Mousa
Mira Mousa

PHD

mira.mousa@stx.ox.ac.uk
Afnan Mansour
Afnan Mansour

Graduate Student, M.SC. BMED

100043090@ku.ac.ae
Fatima Alshamsi
Fatima Alshamsi

Graduate Student, M.SC. BMED

100041373@ku.ac.ae
Sarah Omar Albarguthi
Sarah Omar Albarguthi

MSc Candidate

100041647@ku.ac.ae