Prof. Abderrahim Nemmar

Abderrahim Nemmar joined the United Arab Emirates University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Physiology in 2007 and is currently a Professor of Physiology. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Liege (Belgium) in 2000. He served as the Director of Zayed Center for Health Sciences. He worked at the University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven, Belgium), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Pathophysiology (Pulmonology). He was the recipient of various prominent awards from prestigious international societies including the American Thoracic Society (David Bates Award), the European Respiratory Society (Best Paper Annual Award), and the Belgian Thoracic Society (Boehringer Ingelheim Award of Pulmonology). His research focuses on the pathophysiological mechanisms of pulmonary inflammation and cardiorespiratory diseases due to inhalation of airborne toxicants, including ambient particulate air pollution, waterpipe (shisha) smoking, and engineered nanoparticles.