Prof. Georges Nemer is Professor of Genomics and Precision Medicine at the College of Health and Life Sciences, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar. He received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Montreal, Canada, followed by postdoctoral training in cardiovascular genetics at Harvard Medical School. Professor Nemer has been leading the division of Genomics and Translational Biomedicine since 2019 and was appointed as interim Dean of the College (2022-2023), and Associate Dean for Research (2023-2025). Prior to joining HBKU, he was a faculty member at the American University of Beirut, where he built a leading research program in molecular cardiology. His research explores the genetic and molecular basis of cardiovascular diseases and cancer, with expertise in functional genomics, CRISPR-based technologies, and disease modeling. He has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals and leads collaborative projects with the Qatar Genome Project and global partners to advance precision medicine in the region.