Dr. Sarah Aqel is a Research Assistant at the Qatar Biomedical Research Institute of Hamad Bin Khalifa University. She earned her MBBS degree from Yarmouk University, Jordan. She has experience working as an Associate Public Health Physician at the CDC department of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) and as a Clinical Research Coordinator at the Medical Research Center at Hamad Medical Corporation. During her time at these institutions, she contributed to various public health initiatives, medical research projects, and educational activities. Dr. Aqel has been involved in multiple research publications and actively participates in the peer-review process for scientific journals. She continues to contribute her expertise to the advancement of medical science.

Dr. Razik Bin Abdul Mu-u-min is a Research Associate at Qatar Biomedical Research Institute of Hamad Bin Khalifa University. He received his Master’s in Molecular Biomedicine from the University of Manchester. He joined the Qatar Cardiovascular Research Center in 2013 where he worked on developing an optical mapping system for measuring calcium transients and membrane voltage in stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. In 2015, he joined the University of Oxford to pursue his DPhil in the Department of Pharmacology. His research focused on the role of calcium mobilizing messengers in cardiac arrhythmia.

In 2021, Dr. Razik Bin Abdul Mu-u-min joined Qatar Biomedical Research Institute as a Research Associate in Dr. Heba H. Al-Siddiqi’s lab. His main research focuses on generating functional beta cells from human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cell lines to study the role of mitochondria in beta cell differentiation. He also studies the role of the transcription factor MafB in the differentiation of stem cells into functional beta cells.

Shaikha Jamal Alnaimi is a PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). She holds an MSc in Cybersecurity (HBKU, 2024) and a BSc in Electrical Engineering (Qatar University, 2019). Alongside her studies, she works as an Electrical SCADA Engineer at Kahramaa, contributing to the operation and security of Qatar’s electricity infrastructure. Her research interests lie in cybersecurity, quantum technologies, and transforming imaginative ideas into real-world applications through research.

Dr. Nezir Aydin is an Associate Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University’s College of Science and Engineering. He has a BSc and MSc in Industrial Engineering from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkiye, and a PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit, USA.

For over twenty years of academic and research activities, he has been conducting research in decision-making under uncertainty, mathematical modeling, and stochastic optimization in logistics, operations, and supply chain management. He has published over 60 papers in international journals.

Dr Mohammad Shaqfeh is a Lecturer in the College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from United Arab Emirates University, an MSc degree in Communications Technology from Ulm University, Germany, and a PhD in Digital Communication from The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. In addition to a PhD degree in engineering, Dr Shaqfeh also holds a MicroMasters degree in Artificial Intelligence from Columbia University via edX in 2017, and an MA degree in Islamic Studies from Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

He has more than fifteen years of academic (research and teaching) experience at Texas A&M University at Qatar. His teaching experience spans many courses including Computer Programming and Algorithms, Digital Systems Design, Computer Architecture and Design, Embedded Systems, Electronics, Signals and Systems, and Electricity & Magnetism.

Dr Shaqfeh has long research experience in the fields of wireless communication systems and machine learning. He published scholarly papers in high-impact international journals and conferences and has been the Principal Investigator of eight projects funded by Qatar National Research Funds (QNRF).

Dr. Khalid A. Qaraqe is a Professor in the College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. Dr. Qaraqe completed his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from the University of Technology, Iraq and Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Jordan. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States.

From 1989 to 2004, Dr. Qaraqe held various positions in several prominent telecommunication companies and has over 12 years of experience in the telecommunication industry. Dr. Qaraqe has worked on numerous projects and has experience in product development, design, deployments, testing, and integration.

Dr. Qaraqe's research interests include communication theory and its application to wireless communication systems design and performance analysis. His main research interests are mobile networks, broadband wireless access, cooperative networks, cognitive radio, diversity techniques, Index Modulation, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs), mmWave, THz, Visible Light Communication (VLC), FSO, and telehealth applications.

Dr. Qaraqe has also been awarded over 14 million USD in competitive research grants for his research initiatives. He has published 5 books, 20 book chapters, 5 US patents, and more than 200 journals and 313 conference papers.