Alya Arabi

Associate Professor

Institution:

United Arab Emirates University

Country:

Canada

Nomination Year:

From 2017 To 2021

Biography:

Dr. Alya A. Arabi is Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences at UAEU (2020-). She is Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at University College London, UK (2017-). In 2012, Dr. Arabi received her PhD in Chemistry from Dalhousie University, Canada. In 2008, she was awarded a Bachelor of Sciences Honors degree with highest aggregate from Mount Saint Vincent University joint with Dalhousie University, Canada. Dr. Arabi received numerous prestigious awards including the Killam Predoctoral Scholarship, NSERC Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral, and the 2nd Khalifa Fund Techo-preneur Award in the UAE. Dr. Arabi accepted Adjunct Faculty positions at Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada, and Abu Dhabi University, UAE (2012-2013). She then joined the College of Natural and Health Sciences at Zayed University, UAE, as an Assistant Professor (2014-2018), and as an Associate Professor (2018-2020). Her research interests lie in the investigation of biochemical systems using computational tools. She studies 1) the effect of external factors such as electric fields and intercalators on mutations in DNA, and 2) bioisosterism in drug design. Her research is published in highly-ranked international journals. ORCID Link: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-314X Scopus Link: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=26435115600 Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.ae/citations?user=HMpNF2cAAAAJ&hl=en

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