Speakers

Wafa Tayseir Al-Jamal

Place of Birth : Jordan
Born : 1980
Position : Reader in Nanomedicine, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Field of study : Drug Delivery & Nanomedicine
H. Index : 24

Dr. Wafa Al-Jamal completed her Ph.D. in Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine in 2008 from the School of Pharmacy, University of London (now known as UCL-School of Pharmacy). She is currently a Reader in Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery at Queen’s University Belfast, School of Pharmacy, UK. She is also a Prostate Cancer Research Fellow. Dr. Al-Jamal joined the University of East Anglia, Norwich, as a Lecturer in Drug Delivery (2013-2017), after working as a Senior Research Fellow at University College London and King’s College London (2008-2013).

Dr. Al-Jamal’s main research interest focuses on engineering novel nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Dr. Al-Jamal is the GSK Emerging Scientist Award winner for 2015, and Gro Brundtland Award winner for 2017. Currently, she is a Visiting Professor at Guizhou Medical School, China.

Her current research, in Cancer Nanomedicine, aims to design smart vectors to deliver a wide range of therapeutic agents and targeting moieties, and to fabricate multifunctional nanoparticles for combinatory therapy and theranostic applications. Her long-term research career is to facilitate the translation of nanoparticle-based therapeutics from the lab to the clinic.

• Reader in Nanomedicine, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (2017-Present)

• Prostate Cancer Fellow, School of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, UK (2017-Present )

• Visiting Professor at Guizhou Medical School, Guiyang, China (2016-03/2019)

• Prostate Cancer Fellow, School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, UK (2014–07/2017)

• Lecturer in Drug Delivery, School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia (2013- 2014)

• Research Associate in Nanomedicine, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, King’s College London (2012-2013)

• Visiting Scientist, Institute of Cancer, Queen Mary University of London, UK (2009-2013)

• Senior Research Fellow, Nanomedicine Laboratory, Centre for Drug Delivery Research, UCL School of Pharmacy/ University College London (2009-2012)

• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Nanomedicine Laboratory, Centre for Drug Delivery Research, UCL School of Pharmacy/ University College London (2008-2009)

• Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University, Jordan (2003-2004)