Adah Almutairi
Adah Almutairi | |
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Adah Almutairi in 2013 | |
| Born | November 1, 1976 |
| Occupation | Former Associate Professor UCSD |
| Known for | Pharmaceutical sciences and nanomedicine |
| Awards | NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2009)[1] |
Adah Almutairi (Arabic: غادة المطيري; born November 1, 1976) is a scientist and was an associate professor[2] at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Her work focuses on nanomedicine, nanotechnology, chemistry and polymer science.
Early life and education
Almutairi was born on November 1, 1976, in Portland, Oregon, United States to Saudi parents.[3]
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. She joined the University of California, San Diego in 2008 and left in 2022.[2] Almutairi is currently a Board of Trustees Member with the Future Investment Initiative.[4]
Awards and honors
Almutairi received the NIH Director's New Innovator Award in 2009.[1] She is a 2016 Kavli Fellow [5] and 2023 TAKREEM Laureate.[6]
References
- ^ a b "NIH Director's New Innovator Award - 2009 New Innovator Award Recipients". commonfund.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05.
- ^ a b "Adah Almutairi". Compensation at the University of California: Annual Wage. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
- ^ Piercey, Judy. "What's New at Founders' Day 2012". ucsdnews.
- ^ "Professor Adah Almutairi". FII Institute.
- ^ "334 Young Scientists to Participate in 2016 Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposia of the National Academy of Sciences" (Press release). National Academy of Sciences. November 12, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "LAUREATES 2023". TAKREEM AMERICA. Retrieved February 29, 2024.