GradSlam 2023

Meet the Winnners

Grand Prize

Kamil Elkhoury
Postdoctoral Associate in Engineering

Lab-grown Organs: Engineering Life and Hope

Runner Up

Yousra Ajouaou
Postdoctoral Associate in Biology

Unraveling the Secrets of Healthy Aging

People's Choice Award

Devjoy Dev
PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering

A Gut Feeling: Improving Astronaut Sleep With an Electric Pill

Finalists

Wegood Awad, PhD Candidate in Chemistry | Crystals, ones that ACTUALLY heal

Fayrouz Abou Ibrahim, PhD Candidate in Chemistry | Why temperature and humidity sensing really matters?

Yousra Ajouaou, Postdoc in Biology | Unraveling the secrets of healthy aging

Konpal Ali, Postdoc in Electrical and Computer Engineering | Meowing our way into 6G

Devjoy Dev, PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering | A gut feeling: Improving astronaut sleep with an electric pill

Kamil Elkhoury, Postdoc in Engineering | Lab-grown organs: Engineering life and hope

Mai El Sawy, Postdoc in Physics | Particle physics searches to unveil the secrets of the early universe

Nadine Hosny El Said, Postdoc in Biology | Switching our bad genes off

Shaza Karaman, PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering | The dark knight within you: Lymph node on chip

Wael Said Abdrabou, Postdoc in Biology | The curious life of malaria parasite: All want to age gracefully!

Mohammed Tahri-Sqalli, Postdoc in Electrical and Computer Engineering | From pixels to pulses: The answer is in the doctor’s eyes

Meet the Judges

Aisha Al Naqbi, PhD

Senior Advisor and Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, Student Persistence and Accessibility;
Liaison for The Moses Center for Student
Accessibility in Abu Dhabi

Gregory Pardlo

Visiting Associate Professor of Practice in Literature and Creative Writing, NYUAD

Hana Barakat

Senior Associate Director, startAD

Kathleen Furr, EdD

Director, Preaward and Research Development, Office of Research