
Minhaj Ahmad
Software Engineer
Minhaj Ahmad
Software Engineer
Educational Qualifications
Master of Technology (Computer Science and Engineering)
Bachelor of Technology(Computer Engineering)
Entity
Qatar Computing Research Institute
Division
Cybersecurity
Biography
I am a Software Engineer with years of industry experience in different technologies. I have extensive experience in data processing and big data technologies and web related backend technology.
I also have some experience administration and maintenance of Big data related clusters like Hadoop and Spark cluster.
Being part of the Cybersecurity group along, I also have experience in Cybersecurity related research aspects.
Master of Technology (Computer Science and Engineering)
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi; India
2012 - 2014
Bachelor of Technology(Computer Engineering)
Aligarh Muslim University; India
2006 - 2010
- Cyber Security
- Big Data
- Data Science
Software Engineer
Qatar Computing Research Institute HBKU
Sep 2016 - present
Software Engineer
Cisco
Aug 2014 - Aug 2016
Teaching Assistant
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Jul 2012 - May 2014
Assistant Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
Jul 2010 - Jul 2012
- Mar 2012; Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 99.86 Percentile; IITs and IISCs; India
Mr. Ahmad Musleh
Software Engineer
Educational Qualifications
BSc. Computer Science
Entity
Qatar Computing Research Institute
Biography
Ahmad Musleh is a software engineer at Qatar Computing Research Institute. He carries an interest in taking prototypes and forming them into industry grade products. He previously held research assistant positions at Qatar University and Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. Musleh graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University, in 2015.
BSc. Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
2011-2015
- Software Engineering
- DevOps
- Data Engineering
Software Engineer
QCRI
Present
Research Assistant
Qatar University
July 2017 - March 2018
Research Assistant
CMU-Q
January 2017 - April 2017
"LA3: A Scalable Link- and Locality-Aware Linear Algebra-Based Graph Analytics System" Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB 2018)
In Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Intelligent Text Processing and Computational Linguistics (CICLING), Konya, Turkey, April

Dr. Georgios Dimitropoulos
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Dr. Georgios Dimitropoulos
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Educational Qualifications
Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.)
LL.M.
Entity
College of Law
Biography
Dr. Georgios (George) Dimitropoulos is a Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and S.J.D. Program Coordinator at the College of Law, as well as an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University in Qatar. His research focuses on redefining the boundaries of domestic and international law, with particular emphasis on economic sovereignty and the impact of digital technologies on traditional legal models.
Dr. Dimitropoulos is currently the Lead Principal Investigator of the Industrial Policy for Digital Development (IPDD) Project, funded by the Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF). He is also an incoming WTO Chairholder of the World Trade Organization Chairs Programme (WCP). He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of World Investment & Trade and the Asia Pacific Law Review and is Vice-Chair of the International Law and Technology Interest Group of the American Society of International Law (ASIL).
George holds an LL.M. and J.S.D. from Yale Law School, and an LL.M. and Ph.D. summa cum laude from the University of Heidelberg. He has held visiting positions at institutions like NYU, UCL, and SMU. His work has appeared in leading journals such as the Washington Law Review, the World Trade Review, and the Journal of International Economic Law. Some of his recent work includes the books Regulating Blockchain: Techno-Social and Legal Challenges (co-edited with Philipp Hacker, Ioannis Lianos, and Stefan Eich, OUP, 2019) and International Commercial Courts: The Future of Transnational Adjudication (co-edited with Stavros Brekoulakis, CUP, 2022).
Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.)
Yale Law School, United States
2021
LL.M.
Yale Law School, United States
2014
PhD in Law
University of Heidelberg, Germany
2011
LL.M.
University of Heidelberg, Germany
2008
LL.B.
University of Athens, Greece
2006
- International Economic Law & Adjudication
- Digital Law & Policy
- Special Jurisdictions (special economic zones; international commercial courts)
Senior Research Affiliate
Centre for Digital Law, Singapore Management University, Singapore
2025 - Present
Professor
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2025 - Present
Associate Dean for Research
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2024 - Present
Fellow
Athens Public International Law Center, University of Athens, Greece
2023 – Present
S.J.D. Program Coordinator
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2021 - Present
Research Fellow
Yong Pung How School of Law, Singapore Management University, Singapore
2023 - 2024
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2021 - 2024
Associate Professor
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2019 - 2024
Assistant Professor
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2016 - 2019
Senior Research Fellow
Max Planck Insitute, Luxembourg
2013 - 2016
Global Fellow (Hauser Research Scholar)
School of Law, New York University, United States
2011 - 2012
Dimitropoulos, G. (2020). The law of blockchain. Washington Law Review, 95, 1117.
Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar
- 2025 – WTO Chair, World Trade Organization Chairs Programme (WTP)
- 2024 – Excellence in Teaching Award, HBKU
- 2021 – Outstanding Law Professor of the Year, Qatar Business Law Forum
- 2011 – European Group of Public Law (EGPL) Doctoral Thesis Prize, European Group of Public Law
- 2011 – Hauser Research Scholarship, New York University (NYU) School of Law

Markus Gehring
Visiting Professor
Markus Gehring
Visiting Professor
Educational Qualifications
JSD Doctoral Degree
Doctoral Degree
Entity
College of Law
Biography
Markus Gehring, J.S.D. (Yale), MA (Cantab), LLM (Yale), Dr iur (Hamburg), is the Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law at the British Institute for International and Comparative Law. He is currently on leave from his tenured position at the Cambridge University Faculty of Law. He is also a Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Hughes Hall and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He has been a Visiting Professor in several law faculties around the world and held a Jean Monnet Research Chair ad personam in Sustainable Development Law at the University of Ottawa Law Faculty in Canada. He is also an affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Land Economy and a Founding Fellow of the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance (C-EENRG). He holds a J.S.D. and LL.M from the Yale Law School and a Dr iur from the University of Hamburg and is a member of the Frankfurt/Main and Ontario Bars and an associate member of Landmark Chambers in London, UK. He serves as Lead Counsel for Sustainable Trade, Investment and Finance Law with the Centre of International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), based at McGill University.
JSD Doctoral Degree
(JSD Thesis: Europe’s Second Constitution) Yale Law School, New Haven, USA
Oct 2015
Doctoral Degree
magna cum laude (PhD Thesis: Sustainability through Process in World Trade) University of Hamburg, Faculty of Law, Hamburg, Germany
June 2002
Master of Arts
University of Cambridge, U.K
Nov 2008
LLM Degree (Walter W. Oberreit Memorial Fellow)
Research Assistant, European Law and Comparative Constitutional Law Yale Law School, New Haven, USA
June 2003
Professional Law / Bar Exam
Assesor jur.; Referendariat Highest Court of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Nov 2004
Undergraduate Law / State Exam
Highest Court of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
May 1999
Prof Gehring edits the book series on Implementation of Sustainable Development Treaties with Cambridge University Press and is author of several publications on EU, International and Sustainable Development Law.
- Sustainable Development in European and International Law - see http://www.amazon.com/lm/R1ZD2PICUZLEGP/ref=cm_sw_em_r_o_lm_Zh3cnb1CEN25G for book suggestions
- European External Relations Law and Policy
- International Trade
- Investment and Finance Law and Policy
- European Environmental Law
- Twitter: @mwgehring
Transparency in International Investment Arbitration (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
Responsibility, fraternity and sustainability in law : in memory of the honourable Charles Doherty Gonthier (Markham, Ont.: LexisNexis, 2012)
Sustainable Development in World Investment Law (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, Nov 2010)
World Trade Law in Practice (London: Globe Business Publishing, 2006), preface by John H. Jackson
Sustainable Development in World Trade Law (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 2005)
with MC Cordonier Segger in C Tams and S Schill (eds.), Investment and Development (London: Edward Elgar 2015)
International Investment Law and Public International Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2013)
with A Kent in A de Mestral & C Leveque (eds.), Investment Law and Public Policy (Routledge, 2012), p. 284pp
in I L Backer, O K Fauchald & C Voigt (eds.), Liber Amicorum Hans Christian Bugge (Oslo: Universitstforlaget, 2012)
with M C Cordonier Segger & J Hepburn in R Rayfuse & S Scott, International Law in the Era of Climate Change (Edward Elgar, 2012) pp. 84-117
with M C Cordonier Segger in M C Cordonier Segger, F Perron-Welch & C Frison, Legal Aspects of Implementing the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2013)
in A Narlikar, Breaking the Deadlock (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2010)

Dr. Yusuf Bicer
Associate Professor
Dr. Yusuf Bicer
Associate Professor
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
MS in Energy Science and Technology
Entity
College of Science and Engineering
Division
Sustainable Development
Biography
Dr. Yusuf Bicer is an Associate Professor in the College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ontario Tech University, Canada. His PhD thesis investigated photoelectrochemical-based hydrogen and ammonia production options. He completed his BSc in Control Engineering and a master’s in Energy Science and Technology from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
His research focuses on utilizing solar energy in various processes, such as effective cooling in greenhouses through innovative approaches, the development of renewable-based integrated energy systems with desalination, carbon capture and conversion, and clean fuel production, including hydrogen and ammonia.
PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Ontario Tech University, Canada
2017
MS in Energy Science and Technology
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
2014
BS in Control Engineering
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
2012
Electrical Engineering (Exchange Program)
Technical University of Munich, Germany
2009
- Renewable and sustainable energy technologies
- Sustainable desalination
- water treatment
- and cooling technologies
- Energy storage and energy carriers including hydrogen and ammonia
- Carbon capture and conversion for clean fuels
Associate Professor
College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2022 - Present
Assistant Professor
College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2017 - 2022
Teaching and Research Assistant
Department of Automotive, Ontario Tech University, Canada
2014 - 2017
Control Engineer
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Turkey
2012 - 2014
Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar
- 2023; Teaching Excellence Award, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
- 2020; Young Researcher Award 2020, National Hydrogen Technologies Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
- 2016; FEAS Graduate Dean Scholarship, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada.
- 2015; Best Young Researcher Award; International Istanbul Smart Grid Congress and Fair (ICSG 2015) Istanbul, Turkey.
Steven Ratner
Visiting Professor
Educational Qualifications
JD
MA
Entity
College of Law
Biography
Steven Ratner's teaching and research focus on public international law and on a range of challenges facing governments and international institutions since the Cold War, including territorial disputes, counter-terrorism strategies, ethnic conflict, state and corporate duties regarding foreign investment, and accountability for human rights violations. Professor Ratner is also interested in the intersection of international law and moral philosophy and other theoretical issues. A member of the board of editors of the American Journal of International Law from 1998 to 2008, he began his legal career as an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. State Department. He has since advised governments, international organizations, NGOs, and corporations on a range of international law issues. Since 2009, he has served on the State Department's Advisory Committee on International Law and since 2013, he has been an adviser to the American Law Institute for the Restatement (Fourth) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States. In 2010–2011, he was a member of the UN's three-person Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka. He has also served as an expert on international investment law in various arbitrations. He is a member of the American Law Institute.
JD
Yale Law School,
1986
MA
Institut Universitaire de Hautes Études Internationales, Geneva, 1982-83, M.A. (Diplôme, mention très bien), 1993
1982-83
Princeton University, AB
magna cum laude; Major: Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
1982
- International law
- Foreign investment
- International human rights
- International humanitarian law
- United Nations and international organizations
- Ethnic and territorial conflict
- Moral philosophy and international law
- International criminal law
Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
Currently
Consultant on International Law
International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva; Research Fellow, Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement, Geneva
2008-09
Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
2004-09
Albert Sidney Burleson Professor in Law
University of Texas School of Law
1999-2004
Visiting Professor of Law
Columbia Law School
Fall 2000
Fulbright Senior Scholar
OSCE Regional Research Program; Asser Research Fellow, T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague, Netherlands
1998-1999
Professor of Law
University of Texas School of Law
1997-1999
Assistant Professor of Law
University of Texas School of Law
1993-1997
International Affairs Fellow
Council on Foreign Relations; Professor (Adjunct) of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
1992-1993
Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser
United States Department of State (Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser, Attorney-Adviser for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and for Economic, Business, and Communications Affairs)
1986-1993
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, 496 pp.)
(New York: Wolters Kluwer, 2015, 958 pp.) (with Jeffrey Dunoff and David Wippman)
(Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, 536 pp.) (with Jason Abrams and James Bischoff )
(Washington: American Society of International Law, 2004, 271 pp.) (editor with Anne-Marie Slaughter)
111 American Journal of International Law (forthcoming 2017)
5 International Theory 1-34 (2013)
22 European Journal of International Law 459-506 (2011)
102 American Journal of International Law 475-528 (2008)
15 Journal of Political Philosophy 251-75 (2007)
100 American Journal of International Law 808-29 (2006) (reprinted in American Society of International Law, A Century of International Law 283-304 (2007))
16 European Journal of International Law 695-719 (2005)
111 Yale Law Journal 443-545 (2001)
32 New York University Journal of International Law and Politics 591-698 (2000)
- Member, American Law Institute, 2016-present
- John P. Humphrey Lecturer on Human Rights, McGill University Faculty of Law, 2014
- Adviser, American Law Institute Restatement (4th) of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States, 2013-present
- Member, Advisory Committee on International Law, U.S. Department of State, 2009-present
- Member, Board of Editors, American Journal of International Law, 1998-2008
- Fulbright Scholarship, United States Information Agency, 1998-99
- Certificate of Merit, American Society of International Law, 1998 (for best academic book)
- Finalist, Robert W. Hamilton Annual Authors’ Award, University of Texas at Austin, 1997
- Francis Deák Prize, American Society of International Law, 1994 (for best article by younger author)
- Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow, 1992-93
- Superior Honor Award and Group Superior Honor Award, U.S. Department of State, 1989 and 1991
- Daniel M. Sachs Graduating Scholarship, Princeton University, 1982

Richard H. Steinberg
Visiting Professor
Richard H. Steinberg
Visiting Professor
Educational Qualifications
BA
JD
Entity
College of Law
Biography
Richard Steinberg is Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles; Visiting Professor of Global Studies at Stanford University; and Counselor to the American Society of International Law.
Dr. Steinberg is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning http://iccforum.com/, served on the Board of Editors of the American Journal of International Law from 2004-2014, and served on the Editorial Board of International Organization from 2003-2012. He has taught law courses at Stanford Law School, the University of California Berkeley (Boalt Hall) School of Law, Sciences Po (Institut d’Etudes Politiques) in France, the University of Coimbra in Portugal, and elsewhere.
Professor Steinberg has written over 40 articles, and edited or co-authored seven books on international law.
Prior to arriving at UCLA, Professor Steinberg worked as Assistant General Counsel to the United States Trade Representative in Washington, D.C., and later as an associate with Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco. He also served as Project Director at the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) at UC Berkeley.
BA
Yale University
1982
JD
Stanford Law School
1986
PhD
Stanford University
1992
Law Clerk, Baker & McKenzie
San Francisco
1985
Legal Research Assistant, Deputy United States Trade Representative
Geneva
1985
Assistant General Counsel, United States Trade Representative
Washington, D.C.,
1989-91
Associate, Morrison & Foerster,
San Francisco,
1991-93
Lecturer, Boalt Hall School of Law
University of California at Berkeley
1994-95 & 1995-96
Project Director, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE)
University of California at Berkeley,
1993-96
Visiting Professor
Stanford University,
2006- Present
International Institutions (Vols. I-IV) (London: Sage).
International Law and International Relations (Cambridge University Press).
The Evolution of the Trade Regime: Politics, Law, and Economics of the GATT/WTO (Princeton University Press, 2006).
Partners or Competitors? The Prospects for U.S.-EU Cooperation on Asian Trade (Boulder: Rowman & Littlefield).
“Punishment and Policy in International Criminal Sentencing: An Empirical Study,” __ American Journal of International Law __ .
Jeff Dunoff and Mark Pollack, Interdisciplinary Perspectives on International Law and International Relations: The State of the Art (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
Judith Goldstein and Martha Finnemore, editors, Power in the Contemporary Era (Cambridge University Press, 2013).
V(1) J. Scholarly Perspectives 74-89 (2009).
Walter Mattli and Ngaire Woods, editors, The Politics of Global Regulation (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009).
"Power and International Law," A Centennial Essay, 100(1) American Journal of International Law 64-87 (January 2006).
98(2) American Journal of International Law 247 (April 2004)
"When the Peace Ends: The Vulnerability of EC and U.S. Agricultural Subsidies to WTO Legal Challenge," 6(2) Journal of International Economic Law 369-417 (June 2003)
56(2) International Organization 339-74 (Spring 2002).
91(2) American Journal of International Law 231(April 1997).
- BA, Magna Cum Laude with Distinction, Yale College, 1982
- MacArthur Foundation Fellow in International Security Affairs, 1987-88, The Center for International Security and Arms Control, Stanford University
- Ford Foundation Fellow, Western Security and European Society, 1988-89, The Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
- Recipient of “Gold Medal Honors Laureate Award” from Computerworld magazine for “World Good,” Washington, DC, June 2013 (for creating and serving as Editor-in-chief of ICCforum.com)
- Recipient of “World’s Top Three Justice Innovations Award 2012” from the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law, The Hague, Netherlands, November 2012 (for creating and serving as Editor-in-Chief of ICCforum.com).
Dr. Ilias Bantekas
Professor
Educational Qualifications
Diploma in Theology
PhD in International Law
Entity
College of Law
Biography
Dr. Bantekas is a Professor of Transnational Law (with an emphasis on sports law, contracts, arbitration and international law) at HBKU and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies of the University of London. He has advised international organizations, including UN, CoE, IDEA, OIC, UNDP and is regularly appointed as arbitrator in international commercial disputes. He was appointed to the list of arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2023 and advises private entities and national federations on various regulatory and contractual aspects of sports law. He has authored more than 200 peer reviewed articles, including in the American Journal of Int’L; British YB Int’l L; ICLQ; European J Int’l L; Human Rts Quarterly; J Int’l Dispute Settlement; Arbitration Int’l; American Rev Int’l Arbitration; Berkeley J Int’l L; Pennsylvania J Constitutional Law and others. He is the author of 20 books, 13 of which have been published by Oxford and Cambridge University Press.
Diploma in Theology
University of Cambridge
2005
PhD in International Law
University of Liverpool
1999
LLM in International & European Law
University of Liverpool
1996
Degree in Law
University of Athens
1994
- Sports law
- Comparative contract law
- International arbitration
- International human rights law
Full Professor
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2018-present
Full Professor
Faculty of Law, Brunel University London
2006‑2018
Senior Fellow
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London
2009‑present
Fellow
School of Law, Harvard University
2003‑2004
Associate Professor
School of Law, University of Westminster
1998-2006
International Human Rights Law and Practice, Cambridge University Press, 4th ed, 2024, with L Oette.
Contract Law of Qatar, Cambridge University Press, 2023, with A Al-Ahmed.
Professional Tennis and International Law, Cambridge University Press, 2024, with M Begovic (eds).
- 2002; Paul Reuter Prize

Hilary Christina Bell
Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Hilary Christina Bell
Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Educational Qualifications
Masters of Laws
Diploma in Legal Practice
Entity
College of Law
Biography
Hilary Bell teaches construction and infrastructure development law, dispute resolution and legal skills courses. Hilary is an innovative academic leader, she is the JD Degree Coordinator, a member of the Curriculum Committee, and chairing the College's Admissions Committee. As a professor, Hilary complements academic perspectives with that of an experienced practitioner. She has 11 years of professional dispute resolution experience and has practiced in the UK and Qatar.
In addition to teaching, Hilary coaches teams competing in international moot court competitions, including the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Before joining HBKU Law, she was a construction disputes lawyer in Qatar. Before moving to Qatar, she practiced as a litigator in the UK. Hilary is a Solicitor and Notary Public; a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration; a Member of the International Coach Federation; and a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
Hilary's scholarship focuses on the application of educational pedagogy to teaching critical areas of law including climate law, dispute resolution, and therapeutic jurisprudence. She regularly trains and coaches practicing lawyers to improve their performance, and has trained the trainers of the Nigerian Institute of Chartered Arbitrators on how to design arbitration training courses.
Masters of Laws
Robert Gordon University
2015
Diploma in Legal Practice
Robert Gordon University
2007
Bachelor of Laws
University of Glasgow
2000
- Infrastructure development law
- Climate law
- Legal education
- Representation of Women in Media
Assistant Professor and JD Coordinator
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2017 - Present
Associate
Contentious Construction, Dentons legal practice
2016 - 2017
Clinical Instructor
College of Law, Qatar University
2012 - 2015
Solicitor
Union Litigation, Digby Brown LLP
2007 - 2012
Female Lawyers in Egyptian and Lebanese Films Over the Last 75 Years, in the International Journal of the Legal Profession (April, 2023)
Minimizing Construction Disputes in Africa by Managing Region-specific Risk in Mining and Energy Infrastructure Projects (Nalule ed, Palgrave MacMillan 2023)
Managing Construction Risk in the Natural Gas Industry in EPC Contracts- Implications of the Energy Transition in: Palgrave Handbook of Natural Gas and Global Energy Transitions (Olawuyi ed, Palgrave MacMillan 2022)
Tackling the Legally Disruptive Problem of Climate Change with Disruptive Legal Education in: Climate Change Law and Policy in the Middle East and North Africa Region (Olawuyi ed, Routledge 2021)
- 2023; Achievement in Global Legal Education; Global Legal Skills Conference

Dr. Barry Solaiman
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law
Dr. Barry Solaiman
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Law
LLM International Trade & Commercial Law
Entity
College of Law
Biography
Dr. Barry Solaiman is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor at HBKU College of Law, whose research and teaching focus on Healthcare Law, Constitutional Law, and the regulation of emerging technologies. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Cambridge and is a Fellow of Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics. He is also a Governor of the World Association for Medical Law (WAML).
A leading scholar on law and technology, Dr. Solaiman’s work examines artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and the metaverse. He is co-editor of the Research Handbook on Health, AI and the Law, a landmark resource in the field. His scholarship has appeared in leading journals such as the Medical Law Review, npj Digital Medicine, the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, and the American Journal of Law and Medicine. He has keynoted conferences worldwide and has served as Editor-in-Chief of both the Cambridge International Law Journal and Medicine and Law.
At HBKU, Dr. Solaiman led a multidisciplinary grant that developed Qatar’s first national guidelines for the use of AI in healthcare research. He also serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine–Qatar, where he co-directs the accredited Intersection of Law & Medicine Series.
PhD in Law
University of Cambridge
2018
LLM International Trade & Commercial Law
Durham University
2012
Barrister: Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)
BPP University
2011
LLB (Hons)
Newcastle University
2010
- Healthcare law and bioethics
- Law and technology: artificial intelligence, metaverse & blockchain
- constitutional law & governance
- Lobbying, elections, and democratic processes
Associate Professor of Law
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2025 - Present
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2024 - Present
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in Clinical Medicine
Medicine and Law Journal, Weill Cornell Medicine, Qatar
2021 - Present
Assistant Dean of Students
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2021 - 2024
Interim Editor-in-Chief
Medicine and Law Journal, World Association for Medical Law
2020 - 2021
Advisor
Ministry of Public Health, Qatar
2018 - Present
Assistant Professor of Law
College of Law, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2017 - 2025
Editor-in-Chief
Cambridge International Law Journal, University of Cambridge
2015 - 2016
Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar | ORCID
- British Council, Science and Sustainability Award (2025)
- Harvard Medical School, Center for Bioethics: Fellow (2024)
- World Association for Medical Law: Governor (2023)
- MIT Sloan School of Management: Artificial Intelligence in Health Care (Certification) (2021)
- University of Oxford, Saïd Business School: Oxford Artificial Intelligence Programme (Certification) (2020)
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