Minhaj Ahmad

Software Engineer

Office location

RC-B1-1144

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

Office location

RC-B1-1267

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

Office location

3.17, Minaretein Building, Education City

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

  • 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

Office location

Office Number, Floor, Building

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

Office location

A009D/LAS (Penrose) building

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

  • 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

Office location

NA

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

Office location

Office Number, Floor, Building

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

Office location

3.19

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

  • 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