Academic staff

As the Provost of University of Birmingham Dubai, Professor Mouzughi leads the academic vision and strategy of the first global top 100 and UK Russell Group university to establish a campus in Dubai. With over 20 years of experience in the higher education sector she has a passion for providing quality and relevant education that meets the needs of the diverse and dynamic UAE and regional markets.

Dr. Adel Abdel-Wahab, Associate Professor and Head of Quality Assurance at Dubai Campus, earned his PhD from Loughborough University. His research on advanced materials, including biomaterials, has led to 30+ publications. He is a Fellow of IMechE, CEng, and SFHEA.

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Dr Mahmoud Alajaty is an Assistant Professor in Strategy and International Business in the Department of Strategy and International Business at Birmingham Business School. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and specialises in teaching topics related to Strategic Management and International Business.

 

Dr Alaya is an Assistant Professor in Supply Chain at the University of Birmingham Business School, having joined the institution in August 2023. Dr. Alaya is best know for his expertise in supply chain resilience and operations fragility.

 

Natalie is an Assistant Professor in Accounting and Finance and based at the Dubai campus. Natalie teaches on both the BSc and MSc degrees and is also one of the Programme Directors for BSc Accounting and Finance in Dubai. 

She is a Chartered Accountant, originally from the UK and after leaving private practice she has enjoyed a lecturing career that has spanned almost two decades both in ...

As a Teacher Education lecturer at the University of Birmingham Dubai, Noshaba supports prospective and early career teachers in critically exploring the relationship between pedagogy, policy and practice as the programme lead of the PGCEi and MA (Education) Learning and Teaching programmes. Prior to joining the University of Birmingham, Noshaba has held Pastoral and Science department leadership ...

Phil Anderson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Birmingham Dubai in the School of Education. A former secondary school teacher and head of department, Phil has a rich background in creativity and the arts, and brings a blend of practical academic insight to the field of education.

He has published journal articles on the topic of technology in education, and his main research ...

Dr Panagiotis Andriotis is a Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, and a GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GIAC GCFE, GIAC GASF). He carries out interdisciplinary research into Cyber Security, Human Factors, and Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing. He teaches Computer Science, Cyber Security and Digital Forensics topics.

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Archibong is an Associate Professor and Director of Mechanical Engineering Programmes at the University of Birmingham, Dubai. A Chartered Engineer and IMechE Fellow, he researches fluids and multiphase flow systems for low-carbon energy, carbon removal, industrial process, and biomedical applications.

 

Rasha Bayoumi is a health psychologist. She has been involved in research, clinical practice and teaching for the past two decades, in Canada, the UK, US, Sudan and Oman. She has worked for the World Health Organization on mental health and reproductive health. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research interests include reproductive ...

Zeenat is an Assistant Professor in Law at the Dubai Campus as well as a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham. She has a range of publications in world-leading peer-reviewed journals in the areas of commercial law, dispute resolution in oil and gas disputes as well as equity and trusts.

Zeenat also has extensive experience in teaching Law at undergrad level as well as post ...

Dr. Sarah Benson is an Associate Professor in inclusion and disabilities in the Department of Disability, Inclusion and Special Needs. She is the programme lead for the Inclusion and Special Education Needs PGCert and Masters’ in the UK and Dubai.

Dr. Benson has published articles and book chapters on inclusive policy in the Middle East. Her interests lie in not only inclusive policy, but ...

Vic Benuyenah is an Assistant Professor and the Interim Dubai MBA Programme Director. He has a background in organisational psychology and the application of economic theory to HRM/management decisions. Vic is a Senior Fellow of the HEA, MCIPD and a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society of England. He has extensive experience teaching business courses and managing higher education teams. Dr. ...

Ahmad Bhatti is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at Birmingham Business School. He joined the Birmingham Business School in June 2018 and has held different roles since then. Currently, he is the Programme Director for MSc Management (Singapore). Ahmad is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and specialises in teaching topics related to Procurement and Operation ...

Marvyn is an Assistant Professor of Marketing, having joined the institution in February 2024. His research expertise includes brand positioning, regulatory focus and mode, place branding, and the effects of context on consumer perceptions and behaviour. Marvyn is also actively involved in the scholarship of learning and teaching.

 

Dr Olly Bones leads the Psychology group in Dubai. His research background in is auditory neuroscience and cognitive psychology.

Leanne Brown is a Teaching Fellow in English for Academic Purposes at the University of Birmingham Dubai campus. She has worked in the field of English language education and management for over 13 years in different settings across Asia, Australasia, Europe, and the Middle East. Leanne is currently completing her PhD in the Department of Linguistics and Communication.

Meliha Cerimovic teaches Academic English and Study Skills on the Foundation Programme.

Dr Mary Dawood joined the University of Birmingham in 2018. Although based in Birmingham, she delivers the majority of her teaching at the University's Dubai campus. Her research primarily focuses on pedagogical scholarship, with a particular interest in the application of AI in education. Her teaching specialisms include macroeconomics, financial economics, and econometrics.

Dr Senika Dewnarain joined the University of Birmingham in Dubai as an Assistant Professor in Marketing, in April 2022. Senika was awarded her PhD in Hospitality Marketing and Management in 2020. Prior to joining the UoBD, she was working as a Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Tourism Management at Curtin University, in Mauritius, where she also served as a Corporate Trainer in Marketing and Managi ...

Saneesh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Strategy & International Business. His research explores how strategic leadership groups and entrepreneurial teams shape strategic outcomes such as innovation and internationalization. He uses Multivariate Analysis including Meta-analysis, and Topic Modeling in his research.

His emerging interests lie in extending the scholarly ...

Dr. Sauleh Eetemadi is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Birmingham Dubai. After finishing his master’s from Michigan State University in 2005, he joined the Natural Language Processing group in Microsoft Research as a Research Software Development Engineer where over the course of the next 13 years they developed a world class machine translation ...

Dr Mohamed El-Hadidi, an Associate Professor and Programme Director for the Bioinformatics MSc programme at the Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, brings extensive experience to his role. With a strong focus on the insightful analysis of diverse OMICS data, including microbiome and human datasets, his contributions have been highly impactful.

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Dr Khalifa Elmusharaf is an Associate Professor and Director of the Public Health Programme at the University of Birmingham Dubai. 

Dr Elmusharaf is medically qualified. He obtained his PhD in Public Health from University of Galway in Ireland. He is a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health at the Royal College of Physicians UK, and is accredited reviewer by the European Agency for Public ...

Dr Alessio Faccia is an Assistant Professor in Finance with extensive experience in academia and the corporate world. His expertise spans accounting, finance, and business analytics, alongside active involvement in research and entrepreneurial ventures.

 

Dr Afsana Faheem joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Birmingham (Dubai campus) in 2023. Afsana’s research background predominately focuses on inequalities in mental healthcare and treatment.

Derek Fallon lectures in English for Academic Purposes at the University of Birmingham in Dubai.

He has taught in a wide range of educational settings and locations.

Dr Seyed Ghaffar is the Head of Engineering at the University of Birmingham, Dubai, and an Associate Professor in Civil Engineering. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (CEng, FICE).

Olivia Goncalves is a Deputy Director for the Foundation programme, leads the Psychology foundation programme, and teaches on the undergraduate Psychology programmes in Dubai and in Edgbaston. She also provides leadership and support on issues related to personal academic tutoring at the Dubai campus in her role as Senior Tutor. 

Olivia is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a ...

Marc Haber is an Associate Professor at the Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciencesand leads the Health Data Science Programme at the Dubai Campus. He also directs the Human Genome Diversity group which investigates genetic variation in humans to understand why disease incidence and progression differ among populations. The group prioritizes populations that have been historically ...

Dr. Mohamed Haffar, Director of BSc Business Management Programmes, is an Associate Professor in Business Management with over 12 years of UK higher education experience, 40+ publications, and multiple awards for excellence in education and academic leadership.

Mian M. Hamayun is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Head of Programmes at University of Birmingham Dubai campus. He is interested in Transaction Level Modeling (TLM) and Simulation of MPSoC Systems, Performance Estimation, Binary Translation and topics related to Cloud Computing (Virtualization, GPGPU Computing, Internet of Things / Vehicles). He has published a number of ...

Yusuf Hartavi is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Birmingham Business School.

Ryan is an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance, based at the Dubai campus. He teaches on the BSc in Accounting and Finance programme. A Chartered Certified Accountant originally from the UK, Ryan transitioned from private practice to academia, where he has accumulated nearly twenty years of teaching experience in both the UK and the UAE. His research interests include Financial ...

Dr. Fawad Hussain is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, positioned at the Dubai campus. His research interests lie primarily in the domains of artificial intelligence and machine learning, particularly in subspace and multi-view learning and its applications in interdisciplinary research. 

Dr Hwaidi is Associate Professor in Law at the University of Birmingham (Dubai). He was the Course Leader of LLM Competition Law and LLB Equity and Trusts Law at the University of Birmingham at Edgbaston Campus in the UK. He is currently the Director of the LLM Programme at Dubai Campus.  He is an Honorary Research Associate at University College London UCL- Centre of Blockchain and a Fellow ...

Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim currently serves as an Associate Professor (Computer Science) and Undergraduate Programme Director at the University of Birmingham - Dubai, UAE. His research interests include the Internet of Things, Quality of Service (QoS) prediction, Web services, and Cloud and Fog computing. With regards to teaching, Dr. Ibrahim is interested in Object-oriented programming, ...

Dr. Muhammad Usman Ilyas is currently serving as Assistant Professor (Computer Science) at the University of Birmingham - Dubai, UAE. Prior to that he was serving as Associate Professor (Computer and Network Engineering) at the College of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 2016-2022.

Prior to that he was ...

Umaima Imran is an Assistant Professor at the Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham Dubai. She received her PhD in Economics from Toronto Metropolitan University in 2024. Her research lies in macroeconomics, with a particular focus on development economics, international economics, and political economy.

Heather Jeffrey is a lecturer in marketing with research and teaching interests in Cultural Studies. Heather is a member of the European Commission-funded International Network for Comparative Analysis of Social Inequalities, and an associate for the non-profit organisation Equality in Tourism. She has published peer reviewed articles on the topic of gender (re)presentations, and her research has ...

Pam is longtime educator and teacher trainer, and she teaches English for Academic Purposes at the university's foundation program. Her professional interests include instructional technology, assessment, and curriculum development.

Niveen's research interests and activities are broad and build on interconnected thematic areas such as heritage, cultural studies, memory, identity and trauma in contemporary literature and culture. She has worked extensively on the impact of historical trauma on the shaping of contemporary identities and memories of under-represented communities within the Middle East and American culture.

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Rebecca leads the English for Academic Purposes Programme in the Foundation Year and all related English enhancement in-sessional activities at the Dubai campus. She also is the Deputy Director for the Foundation Pathways (EPS, MLGS, SSBL, GEES) and the Academic Integrity Officer.

Dr Nabeel Khan is an Associate Professor of Cyber Security at the University of Birmingham, Dubai, where he leads the MSc Cyber Security programme. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and an MSc in Networking and Data Communication from Kingston University, London. His research focuses on cloud and network security, IoT challenges, and the applications of machine learning in cyber security. Dr ...

Muhammad is an Associate Professor of Accounting and the Programme Director of MSc Accounting and Finance in Birmingham Business School Dubai. Previously, he was an Associate Professor and Programme Director of MSc International Accounting and Finance at the University of Bradford, UK. In addition, Muhammad is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a Senior ...

Dr. Laila Kudsiova is an Associate Professor and Postgraduate Research Lead in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, based at the University of Birmingham’s Dubai campus. She currently teaches across various modules on Biomedical Sciences and is overseeing the PhD programmes in Dubai.

Having initially qualified as a pharmacist in the UK, Laila then went on to pursue her passion for ...

I am the current Co-Programme Director for Biomedical Sciences in the University of Birmingham Dubai campus.  I handle varied aspects in the management of the programme which involves liaising and collaborating with academic leaders in both the Edgbaston and Dubai campuses. I manage the academic team that teaches and facilitates learning activities across the varied modules of the Biomedical ...

Abir Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in Education , History and Culture  at the University of Birmingham Dubai.

Abir has 18 years of academic experience in UK Higher Education. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has worked as external examiner to a number of British universities.

Abir is experienced in the development and introduction of Middle Eastern history ...

Dr Majid Malboubi is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering.

Inspired by the workings of nature, Dr Malboubi applies the principles of mechanics and design micro-tools to unravel the physics underlying cellular processes and to understand how cells interact with their surroundings. Dr Malboubi completed his PhD at the University of Birmingham and worked on the interaction of ...

A researcher in the area of environmental economics, institutional economics, land economics, and systems of innovation. He has taught undergraduate(Bachelors and Honours) for nearly nine years at Rhodes University. He has also served as a Deputy Dean of teaching and Learning and Community Engagement in the Faculty of Commerce at Rhodes University.

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As the Vice Provost Research of University of Birmingham Dubai, Professor Mehandjiev leads the Research activities and strategy of the University of Birmingham in Dubai, UAE.  He brings to this role over 30 years of experience as a UK academic, including 12 years as a research director or staff manager at various levels. He strives to make a difference through engaged research based on real ...

Parvez Mia is an Assistant Professor in Accounting at Birmingham Business School. His research interests are social and environmental accounting, and the way organisations communicate that information. His research interests cover a range of Social and Environmental Accounting topics with a particular interest in Accounting for Climate Change and Accounting for Sustainable Development.  He ...

Dr. Ahmed Mohammed is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Program Director for the MSc SCM program at the University of Birmingham (Dubai Campus). Ahmed has a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Portsmouth in the UK. His research focuses on modeling and optimization of supply chains toward sustainability and resiliency.

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Hamid Mukhtar is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at University of Birmingham Dubai campus.

His research interests include deep learning, natural language processing, health informatics, and human behaviour modelling in pervasive environments.

Karim Mustafa is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Birmingham Dubai.

Dr. Mona Mustafa is an associate professor at the Birmingham Business School and the director of the MSc HRM Program. She has worked as a consultant for UNESCO and UNDP on a number of projects, which include national political economy for health investment cases promoting health and well-being in African countries, education and culture in the Middle East, and more recently, the Arab Diaspora in ...

Karthikeyan Muthumayandi is an Assistant Professor in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at the University of Birmingham, Dubai. He is also the Programme Director for the MSc Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, where he leads a range of modules within the postgraduate portfolio.

In his role as Programme Director, Karthikeyan is responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of ...

Dr Rweyemamu Alphonce Ndibalema is a Lecturer in Management at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham.

Saima Nomaan is a Teaching Fellow in English for Academic Purposes and Study Skills at the University of Birmingham in Dubai. She has over 16 years of teaching experience in the fields of TEFL/TESOL, and has taught a wide range of Applied Linguistics, English language, ESP, EAP, and General Education courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels of education in ...

As Programme Director for the MSc Sustainable Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Academic Lead for Entrepreneurship, Fiona Oster is committed to cultivating a dynamic student hub that fosters responsible, impactful entrepreneurial thinking and innovation.

My academic career has specifically been focused on the English language. Although it began with a focus on writing and literature, the international experience in South Korea convinced me that TESOL was my passion.

Sarah has a wealth of marketing industry experience across the services and luxury goods sectors in the UK. In addition, she has taught a range of marketing subjects at both postgraduate and undergraduate level at prestigious Russell Group Universities in the UK.  Her PhD was in Innovation in Family Business.

Eloise is an Associate Professor in Healthcare in the School of Nursing and Midwifery and based on the Dubai campus. In addition, Eloise is the Head of the Subject Group for all Health, Wellbeing and Human Science programmes in Dubai. As the programme director for the MSc Advanced Practice in Healthcare (Dubai) she teaches across a variety of modules in the postgraduate portfolio. 

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Dr. Sreepoorna Pramodh joined the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Dubai in May 2023. She teaches Immunology, Endocrinology, and Cell Biology in addition to other subjects to Year 1 and Year 2 students currently. Her research interests are focussed on cancer and stem cell biology as well as reproductive biology.

Dr Maria Psyllou is an Assistant Professor in Economics in the Department of Economics at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham. She is the Business Education Research and Scholarship (BERS) Deputy Convenor and undergraduate Summer Project Lead for Birmingham Business School.

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Dr Imran Qureshi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He possesses academic as well as significant industrial experience in his field. Prior to joining University of Birmingham, he worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

Dr Qureshi earned his PhD in Engineering Sciences from the ...

Dr Ragavan is a Senior Fellow of the Advance HE. Prior to joining Birmingham University Dubai, she worked in five countries in a legal career spanning more than eighteen years as a Barrister in Malaysia, a Solicitor in England, Lecturer in Law and International Student Tutor, and later, as a Consultant for Newcastle Law School.

Kashif Rajpoot is Deputy Head of School of Computer Science (for Dubai) and a Professor of Medical AI.

His research focuses on developing solutions for problems in medical image analysis, cardiac electrophysiology, computational pathology, artificial intelligence, and data science. He has published over 60 research papers in leading journals and conferences of his domain.

Dimitrios Reppas joined the Department of Economics at the University of Birmingham in January 2024. His previous academic experience includes the positions of Assistant Professor of Economics at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (United Arab Emirates) and of Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Manchester (UK).

He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource ...

Dr Lohrasp Sadri is a Lecturer at the School of Accounting at University of Birmingham.

Lohrasp has a number of years’ experience in teaching Accountancy, Economics and Finance at Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate and Professional level. Lohrasp is a competent lecturer, trainer and researcher with relevant industry experience. He is an effective communicator with strong mentoring, ...

Dr Sultan Salem is an Assistant Professor in Economics in the Department of Economics at Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham.

Dr Taab Ahmad is an Assistant Professor and teaches in the MSc Supply Chain Management programme at the Dubai campus. His broad areas of research interest include crowd logistics and its prospects in an emerging economy and new technology implementation in various business functions.

 

Melody Khadem Sameni is associate professor of Railway Transportation Engineering and also the program director of MSc Railway Systems Engineering and Integration at the University of Birmingham- Dubai Campus. She previously held the position of Assistant Professor and head of Railway Transportation Group at the School of Railway Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology. She is an ...

Sheikh Selim is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Programme Director for BSc Economics and BSc Money Banking Finance.

He previously led the BSc Business Economics programme in the University of Westminster where he held the position of  Senior Lecturer of Economics. He served as a visiting professor of Political Economy in the New College of Humanities, and as a Lecturer of Economics in ...

Niloofer Shanavas is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Birmingham (Dubai campus). Her research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, text mining, natural language processing and semantic computing. She has published several research papers in leading conferences and journals.

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Dr. Shereen Sharaan leads an inclusion-focused interdisciplinary research agenda focused on autistic individuals – encompassing aspects of culture, race, ethnicity and social class - to better understand human diversity. In 2021, she was awarded the ‘Autistica Real World Impact Award for Autism Research’.

Dr Shehzad is the Program director of BSc Computer Engineering at the University of Birmingham Dubai campus and an Assistant Professor in the school of Engineering. He has more than 10 years of work experience in the field of higher education.

Dr. Tiffany Lachelle Smith is a comparative and international education scholar, specializing in the mobility of Black American educators, diversity in international education, and emotional transnationalism. She has over a decade of teaching experience in the United States, Morocco, and the UAE.

Dr Akila Subasinghe is an Assistant Professor attached to the school of Computer Science. His research interest is in the application of Deep learning techniques for solving practical challenges in the fields of biomedical engineering, security surveillance, disaster management and unmanned ariel vehicle (UAV) navigation.

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Dr Tabbara is an assistant professor of international commercial dispute resolution. He has been practicing law since 2009. He has advised in a number of international disputes under various governing laws. Dr Tabbara is a certified arbitrator and sit as an arbitrator in domestic and international commercial disputes. Having studied, worked, and taught in several countries, Dr Tabbara is familiar ...

Dr. Tebourbi is an associate professor of Finance and Programme director of the MSc Financial Management at University of Birmingham, Dubai. She has an extensive international experience in teaching, research and academic leadership experience and has won awards for her research work and her leadership in the education sector.

Dr. Abdul Wahid is Assistant Professor in the school of Computer Science. His research interest include but are not limited to IoT, Wireless Sensor Networks, Underwater Sensor Networks, Software Defined Networks, Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks, application of Machine Learning in networking.

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Dr Mahmoud Zakarneh is an Assistant Professor in Marketing at Birmingham Business School (BBS), Dubai campus. He joined BBS in 2022, teaching at the Postgraduate Taught level (MSc.). Prior to joining BBS, he was part of the Kent Business School (KBS) teaching team since 2018 and was appointed to a lectureship in 2020. His educational background includes a BSc in Marketing from the University of ...

Mohamad Zalzale is an interdisciplinary scientist with a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and an MSc in Computational Physics from the University of Montpellier, France. He has lived in six countries and worked across academia and industry, including as a research scientist in Norway and services ...

Dr. Anis Zarrad is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, Dubai. He holds a BSc and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Ottawa, as well as an MSc in Computer Science from Concordia University. Dr. Zarrad's research primarily revolves around mobile Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVE) and Search-Based Software Engineering (SBSE). ...