Adah Almutairi

Adah Almutairi (Arabic: غادة المطيري; born November 1, 1976) is a scientist and professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Her work focuses on nanomedicine, nanotechnology, chemistry and polymer science.

Adah Almutairi
Adah Almutairi in 2013
Born (1976-11-01) November 1, 1976
Portland, Oregon, United States
Occupation(s)Professor, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Known forPharmaceutical sciences and nanomedicine
AwardsNIH Director's New Innovator Award (2009)[1]

Early life and education

Almutairi was born on November 1, 1976, in Portland, Oregon, United States to Saudi parents.[2]

Academic career

She obtained her Ph.D. in materials chemistry from University of California, Riverside, with a focus on electron delocalization and molecular structure in 2005. She completed her postdoctoral studies in chemistry and chemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2005 to 2008. At Berkeley, Almutairi worked with Jean Fréchet where she developed several nanoprobes for in vivo molecular imaging.[3][4] She joined the University of California, San Diego in 2008.

Awards

Almutairi received the NIH Director's New Innovator Award in 2009.[1]

References
  1. "NIH Director's New Innovator Award - 2009 New Innovator Award Recipients". commonfund.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05.
  2. Piercey, Judy. "What's New at Founders' Day 2012". ucsdnews.
  3. "Principal investigator | Laboratory for Bioresponsive Materials in Therapy & Imaging - PI: Adah Almutairi". almutairi.ucsd.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-06-19. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  4. Almutairi, Adah. "Academic achievements/education". pharmacy.ucsd. Archived from the original on 2017-01-15. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
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