Sanaa Bardaweel received her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Minnesota in the United States of America in 2010. She currently holds a Full Professor position and serves as the Head of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department at the School of Pharmacy at the University of Jordan. In 2019, Professor Bardaweel was awarded with the prestigious Samia Mango Award for the best female researcher in Jordan. Dr. Bardaweel's research is focused on the fields of medicinal chemistry of anticancer drugs and cancer molecular biology. She is the principle investigator in many nationally and internationally funded projects. Dr. Bardaweel has published more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed, high-impact journals. She has presented her research in many regional and international conferences as an invited speaker. Dr. Bardaweel serves as an editor for many specialized journals in the fields of medicinal chemistry, cancer research, and pharmaceutical sciences. She has supervised more than 40 graduate and undergraduate students through her academic career.