Dr. Layal Karam is an Associate Professor of food safety and food safety program coordinator at Qatar University. She holds a PhD and post-doc from the University of Science & Technology of Lille - France. She acquired international and practical experience through her work for several years as Manager of a Research & Development center with USAID and consultant with UNIDO to assist food industries. She is a Lead Instructor for delivering the FDA-standardized curriculum for human food safety. With multidisciplinary research expertise, she has received several awards and has several scientific publications and communications in national and international conferences.