Prestigious membership for 3 UAE scientists

Dubai - The Young Scientists Community has selected 50 members and scientists from around the world.

The UAE Government on Sunday announced the selection of three UAE innovators as members of the World Economic Forum's Young Scientists Community, regarded as one of the world's most prestigious scientific societies.
The Young Scientists Community has selected 50 members and scientists from around the world, including Professor Ali Al Naqbi, Associate Professor, Acting Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Chair of Mechanical Engineering; Dr Habiba Al Safar, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of Khalifa University Centre for Biotechnology (KUCEB), and the first Emirati to work on genetic mapping for the prevention and early detection of diabetes; and Sarah Amiri, Deputy Project Manager of the planned UAE Mars mission, and Emirates Mars Mission Science Team Lead at Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai honoured Professor Ali Al Naqbi by presenting him with the UAE Pioneers medal for being the first Emirati to discover a bio-artificial liver device in the world known as Emirates EmLAD that has been tested in the laboratory.
Dr Habiba Al Safar has been recognised as one of the most powerful woman in the Arab world, led by her research that focuses on identifying the genomes responsible for the spread of Diabetes Type I and II, one of the most common diseases in the UAE. Sarah Amiri said that her selection will help in promoting the UAE project to explore Mars as the first Arab project of its kind. This underlines the keenness of the UAE on the development of science, research, and innovation.
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