Assistant Professor
Naif Arab University for Security Sciences
Saudi arabia
Tunisian Assistant professor. She got my PhD in the field of molecular biology and genetics in 2013 from the University of Monastir, Tunisia.
Her research interests have initiated in Medical genetics. It has encompassed many projects focusing on the study of molecular diagnosis markers of cardiovascular diseases.
Since 2015, she started a new challenge in the field of DNA forensic analysis in the department of Forensic biology at the college of forensic sciences in Naif Arab University for security sciences (NAUSS), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where she works as an assistant professor of molecular biology and genetics. She also teaches cytogenetics, biostatistics, and bioinformatics. This experience has introduced her to a variety of people interested in teaching of forensic DNA analysis and crime scene investigation.
She is involved in many projects whether in medical genetics or forensic DNA analysis.
She was an advisor for many master thesis projects focusing on the use of Circulating DNA in criminal justice and breast cancer, X-STR analysis in a cohort of a Saudi population, Monoamine oxidase and aggressive behavior, mitochondrial DNA mutations, G6PD genetics, application of Next generation sequencing in forensic sciences and in the detection of somatic mutation in Saudi breast cancer patients etc…
In addition, her experience in Biostatistics gave her firsthand exposure to a wide range of forensic and biomedical studies, which helped her, gain a broader perspective of the field
