Dana Alsulaiman is an Assistant Professor of Material Science and Bioengineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the Principal Investigator of the BioMAD Lab within the Physical Science and Engineering Division. She also currently serves as Vice Chair of the Institutional Biosafety and Bioethics Committee (IBEC) at KAUST.

Prof Alsulaiman completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London in 2015. She finished top of her class and was awarded the ‘Centenary Prize’ and ‘Governor’s MEng Prize’ for demonstrating all-round excellence. She was then granted the prestigious President’s PhD Scholarship to support her doctoral studies, under the guidance of Prof Sylvain Ladame in the Department of Bioengineering. In 2019, she moved to the USA to pursue a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Prof Patrick Doyle at MIT, where she published numerous high-impact research articles in the fields of advanced biosensors and Precision Medicine.

Throughout her academic career, Prof Alsulaiman has received many prestigious international awards including the 2016 Bronze medal at the STEM for Britain national competition, the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Healthcare Technologies Award (2019), and most recently the MIT Technology Review’s Innovator’s Under 35 Award (2021).

Outside of academia, Prof Alsulaiman strives to promote the participation of youth and women in the STEM fields while supporting the advancement of research, innovation and scientific progress in Saudi Arabia and beyond. She has been actively involved in a variety of outreach programs, panel discussions, and renowned youth forums. Notably, Prof Alsulaiman’s recent contributions include moderating panel discussions during the 2022 Misk Global Forum in Riyadh, KSA and leading sessions in the Sustainable Health Track during the 2023 Global Sustainable Development Congress.