Doha: H H Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, has appointed Dr Ahmad M Hasnah as President of Hamad bin Khalifa University.
Dr Hasnah joined QF in 2002 and has been a key player in the development of Education City into a hub for creating, sharing and finding practical uses of knowledge through partnerships with world-class educational and research institutions.
In his roles as Director of Academic Affairs in the Education Division, and later as Associate Vice President for Higher Education, Dr Hasnah actively contributed to negotiations which led to the establishment of several QF partner universities, namely Texas A&M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, Georgetown University in Qatar, Northwestern University in Qatar, UCL Qatar and HEC Paris in Qatar. In 2014, he was appointed Executive Vice President and Provost of Hamad bin Khalifa University.
Dr Hasnah represents QF in many bodies, including the boards of Texas A&M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, and Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, and in the steering committee of Qatar National Research Fund.
He also took part in the conception and shaping of the World Innovation Summit for Education, which aims to explore groundbreaking innovation and take steps to make improvements to education worldwide.
Dr Hasnah holds a PhD in computer science from Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. He graduated from University of Qatar in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics.
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