Dr. Mayssa Hachem

Dr. Mayssa Hachem

Assistant Professor Chemistry
Khalifa University

Dr. Mayssa Hachem is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Forensic Chemistry track at Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KU) in UAE.

Dr. Hachem completed her Msc and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from National Institute of Applied Sciences ‘INSA’, Lyon, France with a distinction Award for higher education in Biochemistry.

Throughout her career, Dr Hachem occupied several academic and research positions in France and UAE and has served on various forensic and biochemistry program development and university committees.

Before joining Khalifa University, Dr Hachem served as Assistant Professor and Research coordinator in Forensic Science at Amity University of Dubai where she was extensively involved in the development of undergraduate and postgraduate forensic science program.

Dr Hachem’s research interests concern forensic science, lipid biochemistry and drug targeting. She published numerous scientific papers in the field of forensic science and biochemistry in highly ranked peer-reviewed journal. Additionally, she presented in several international conference among them, lately 75th American Academy of Forensic Science in Florida, USA and 62nd International Conference of Bioscience of lipids, Montreal, Canada.