Ms. Samia Ltaief obtained her Master's degree in Research in Life Sciences, specializing in Microbiology and Molecular Epidemiology from Sciences University of Tunis in January 2013. Her project was focused on the adaptation of BHK-21 cells in suspension culture and the study of their capacity for replication of the rabies virus. She carried out her project in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Biotechnology and Vaccine Development at the Pasteur Institute, Tunisia; she was supervised by Dr. Hella Kallel. Following the completion of her Master's degree, Ms. Ltaief worked as a Senior Lab Technician at a private medical laboratory in Tunisia for one year. She then moved to the XEN Lab of Dermocosmetic products in Tunisia in May 2014 and worked as a Quality Manager for one year. In February 2018, she joined National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR) in HMC in Qatar as a trainee, learning various immunological techniques.

Currenlty Ms. Ltaief works in QBRI as a senior research associate. Her research interest is focused on studying the role of the immune system among those with autism spectrum disorder and its correlation with neuronal phenotypes under the supervision of Dr. Abeer Al-Shammari.