Vice Presidents
Dr. Khalid Al-Khater holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from QU, an MBA in Accounting from Saint Louis University and a Ph.D. in Accounting from Dundee University. He began his career at QU as Acting Dean of the College of Business and Economics (CBE) from 2003 to 2005, and as Director of CBE’s MBA program from 2003 to 2005 and Vice Dean of the College from 2000 to 2005. He is currently the Dean of Academic Affairs at Ahmed bin Mohamed Military College. He received the State Incentive Award in the field of accounting in 2012.
Dr. Al-Khater’s research focuses on accounting development in Qatar and he conducts seminars and workshops on a variety of accounting topics and education. He is member of many committees at QU, and in professional accounting associations such as the Qatari Association of Certified Public Accountants, American Accounting Association, Scientific Accounting Association, and the GCC Accounting & Auditing Organization.
Dr. Khalid Al-Khater
Contact Information:
E-mail: vpadmin@qu.edu.qa
Prof. Alkaabi is a full Professor of Social Work at the Department of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University. In 1999, Prof. Alkaabi obtained his MA in Social Work from Washington University (USA) and obtained a PhD in Social Work from Leicester University (UK) in 2004.
Prof. Alkaabi has outstanding contributions to community service and the profession by participating in several committees, and academic and professional workshops. Moreover, he served in many key positions at the levels of department, college, university, and governmental bodies. These include serving as the Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Community College in Qatar, and an Expert in the General Authority for Minors Affairs, Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs. In 2018, Prof. Al-Kaabi was appointed as the Dean of General Studies, a post he served until present. He was appointed as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2019 to 2021, in addition to serving as the Dean of General Studies.
Prof. Alkaabi’s research interests focus on the areas of family, children, and social policy. He obtained several research grants and published in many high-impact peer-reviewed publications. He was the recipient of the Ministry of Interior Best Research Award in 2014.
Prof. Ibrahim Mohamed Al-Kaabi
Contact Information:
E-mail: vpacademic@qu.edu.qa
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Dr. Eiman Mustafawi is an Associate Professor at the Department of English Literature and Linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences. She joined Qatar University as an Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Phonology after obtaining her Ph.D. from University of Ottawa in Canada in 2006. She assumed a number of administrative roles from 2007-2016, including the role of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2009-2011) and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (2011-2016).
During her deanship, she launched many academic programs, including Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. programs, 3 research centers, and led many initiatives and projects, including those leading to enhancing the quality of procedures and performances. She has been a visiting scholar at the Centre for Islamic Studies at Cambridge University during 2016-2017. Dr. Mustafawi has numerous publications in theoretical and clinical linguistics, in addition to sociolinguistics and language policies in Qatar.
Dr. Eiman Mustafawi
Contact Information:
E-mail: eimanmust@qu.edu.qa
Prof. Mariam Al-Ali Al-Maadeed was the Director of QU Center for Advanced Materials and Founder Coordinator of QU master’s program in Materials Science and Technology. She received a Ph.D. in Physics (Materials Science) from the University of Alexandria, Egypt in 2001, and joined QU Department of Physics in the same year. Prof. Al-Maadeed has a huge experience and international recognition in the field of polymers and characterization, as well as in the field of nanocomposites technologies, and nanotechnology expertise. She published more than 120 research papers in international journals and conferences, in addition to a series of book chapters, books and patents. Prof. Al-Maadeed received many research grants, and she is the lead principal investigator in several projects with a number of universities and institutions around the world. She also worked as a reviewer for many scientific journals and conferences.
Prof Al-Maadeed taught several courses at the graduate and postgraduate level in addition to supervising many graduate dissertations at QU and other international universities. She provided consultancy and presented several workshops for a variety of organizations throughout industry, ministries and society, and chaired several conferences. She is member of distinguished associations in the field of science and administration.
Among the awards she received: the State Prize in Physics (2010), the Plastic Excellence Award from the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (2014), and the Leadership Excellence Award for Women from the Conference and Exhibition of Engineering for the Middle East (2015). She is also a leading member of the Albairaq team, having won the World Innovation Summit for Education Award (WISE) in 2015.
Prof. Mariam Al-Ali Al-Maadeed
Contact information:
E-mail: VPRGS@qu.edu.qa
Dr Asmaa Al-Thani is Professor of Virology at the Biomedical Sciences Department in the College of Health Sciences with a joint appointment to the Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Qatar University and Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar.
In addition to her academic roles, Prof. Al-Thani holds the portfolio of Vice President for Medical and Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University. The portfolio follows a record of accomplishment in establishing the academic and research infrastructure for biomedical sciences at Qatar University, including her roles as the Founding Dean of the College of Health Sciences (2016) and the Founding Director of the BRC (2014). Professor Al-Thani’s contribution to the national landscape of biomedical research includes her roles as Vice Chairperson of the Qatar Biobank Board, Chairperson of the National Qatar Genome Committee and establishing National Reference laboratory-Covid19 Unit.
Professor Al-Thani is an active researchers and widely published author in her field of expertise, with over100 published papers in peer-reviewed international journals and around 32 internal and external research grants. She is a reviewer for several scientific journals and conferences and is a member of the American society for Microbiology.
Her accomplishments have been recognized with a number of awards, including the Astrolabi Award from WCMC-Q (2020), the State Encouraging Award in the Medical Sciences and Nursing (2017), the Sheikh Hummaid Bin Rashid Award for Culture and Sciences (2006), Al-Jasra Cultural Club –Qatar (2008), Qatar University Outstanding Faculty Service Award (2012), the College of Arts and Sciences Research Award (2012), and the Arab Paediatric Medical Research Award (2015).
Dr. Al-Khanji received his Bachelor Degree in Education from Qatar University, Masters in Counseling and Human Resource Development from University of Colorado at Denver, Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Temple University, and an MBA from London Business School. He has extensive experience in higher education, student affairs, strategy development and management, corporate and organizational development, human resource development coaching, training and counseling.
Dr. Khalid Mohamed Al-Khanji
Contact Information:
E-mail: khalidmf@qu.edu.qa
phone: (+974) 4403-3703
