Biography:
Dr. Rima Isaifan is an Associate Professor with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ottawa. She specializes in air pollution control, nanomaterials, and urban sustainability. Her research focuses on air pollutant characterization, source apportionment, and the health impacts of short- and long-term exposure to pollution. A certified carbon management leader, she holds climate change policy and mitigation certifications from Harvard University, UNITAR, and UN-Habitat. She has contributed to Qatar’s Environmental Standards review and evaluated proposals for the European Commission and IDRC. She is a Senior Academic Accreditation Expert at Qatar’s Ministry of Education, an Associate Professor at Cambridge Corporate University, and an Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University Qatar.