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Dr. Mashael Al-Sabah

Senior Scientist at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) at Hamad Bin Khalifa university (HBKU)

Research | Network Security | Privacy Enhancing Technologies | Cryptocurrency | Blockchain Technology
AffiliationQatar Computing Research Institute
LanguagesEnglish, Arabic

Dr. Mashael Al-Sabah is a Senior Scientist at the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) at Hamad Bin Khalifa university (HBKU). Her research interests lie in the areas of network security and privacy enhancing technologies, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology.

Before joining Qatar Foundation, Dr. Al-Sabah was an assistant professor at the Computer Science and Engineering department at Qatar University. From 2014 to 2015, Dr. Al-Sabah was a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Dr. Al-Sabah has published papers that were featured in various magazines, such as Wired and New Scientist, and was awarded the Education Excellence Day Platinum Award for PhD holders in Qatar in 2014.

Dr. Al-Sabah obtained her PhD from the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2013.