Dr. Majeda Khraisheh achieved a BEng in Chemical Engineering (2002) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (1996) from Queen’s University Belfast. She is the Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, in the College of Engineering of Qatar University. She joined Qatar University from University College London in 2009. She is a fellow of the Institute of British Chemical Engineers and is one of the most highly cited researchers at Qatar University, with upwards of 4500 citations and an h-index ranking of 30. She has published her research in top-tier chemical and environmental engineering international journals. Two of these papers were rated as the 1st and 2nd best papers in their field in 2010. She has achieved top awards in leadership and mentoring, including the Leadership Excellence Award for Women from the Conference and Exhibition of Engineering for the Middle East in 2013, The Qatar University Outstanding Teaching Awards in 2012, and The Qatar University Merit Award in 2014.