Instructors

Dena Ahmed, Instructor of Computer Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dena.ahmed@nyu.edu
Education: MSc, The British University in Dubai

Research Interests: Agile Software Development; Data Science; Crisis Informatics

Dina Imad Al Khairy, Instructor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dak9@nyu.edu
Education: MSc Concordia University

Research Interests: Bioplastics and Biodegradable plastic, Renewable Energy, Algal research

Assel Al-Bayati, Associate Instructor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: aa13155@nyu.edu
Education: MA Psychology, GradD Neuroscience, BSc Psychology (Hons), York University

Research Interests: Executive functions, Brain-behavior relationships, Health equity, Culturally-responsive science comm...

Lolowa Alkindi, Research Assistant Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: Lra7@nyu.edu
Education: BA Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

Research Interests: Research on Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes, Lightning, Space and CubeSats.

Susan Burke, Instructor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: susan.burke@nyu.edu
Education: MSc Liverpool John Moores University; BSc University of Limerick

Research Interests: Physics Education; Aging Stellar Clusters

Ibrahim Chehade, Instructor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: iyc1@nyu.edu
Education: MSc Wilfrid Laurier University; BSc Wilfrid Laurier University

Research Interests: Therapeutics for Cancer and Amyloid Diseases; Molecular Diagnostics; Synthetic Biology

Katherine Elizabeth Collier, Instructor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: kec2@nyu.edu
Education: BS Mississippi State University; MS Mississippi State University

Research Interests: Romantic Relationships; Power; Gender; Role of Culture in Identity; Psychology within the Legal Syst...

Samar Fadl, Instructor of Chemistry Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: smf10@nyu.edu
Education: MSc The American University in Cairo, Egypt; BSc Alexandria University, Egypt

Research Interests: Food packaging, Biodegradable and bio-renewable polymers, Renewable energy, Microfluidic and MEMS de...

Osama Fawwaz, Instructor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: of10@nyu.edu
Education: MSc Beirut Arab University

Research Interests: Gamma Spectroscopy

Soichiro Hattori, Assistant Instructor of Physics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: soichiro@nyu.edu
Education: BS NYU Abu Dhabi

Research Interests: Computational Data Analysis; Astrophysics

Ashley Isaac, Instructor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ai37@nyu.edu
Education: MSc Microbiology, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Mona Kalmouni, Instructor of Biology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: mk6153@nyu.edu
Education: MSc, McGill University, Canada; MEd, UCL Institute of Education, UK; BSc, University of Toronto, Can...

Research Interests: Nanomedicine and Cancer

Edward James Larkin, Chemistry Instructor Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: ejl7@nyu.edu
Education: BSc University College Dublin, MSc University College Dublin, MA in Education University of Buckingh...

Research Interests: Chemical education, petroleomics, outreach

Catherine Lukan, Instructor of Psychology Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cl8197@nyu.edu
Education: BEd University of Regina, MSc of Psychology University of Liverpool

Research Interests: Gender roles, Culture and Identity Roles, (peri)Menopause and Quality of Life, Socioeconomic Impacts...

Diana Issa Rishmawi, Instructor of Chemistry Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: diana.rishmawi@nyu.edu
Education: MSc University of South Carolina

Research Interests: Supramolecular Chemistry

Chinnu Sebastian, Associate Instructor of Chemistry Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: cms29@nyu.edu
Education: MSc Pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control; King's College London

Research Interests: Nanoscience and Drug Delivery

Dania Zantout, Lecturer of Mathematics Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Email: dz41@nyu.edu
Education: MS American University of Beirut; PhD Clemson University

Research Interests: Automorphic forms, L-functions, Arithmetic Geometry