Dr. Alya Redhwan

Based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Alya Redhwan is Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Princess Nourah University (PNU) where she also serves as the Coordinator of the Microbiology & Immunology Research Center of its Health Sciences Research Center. In 2018, she became the first ambassador of the UK-based Society of General Microbiology (SGM) in Saudi Arabia. Having undertaken all of her graduate education in England, Dr. Alya Redhwan’s research interests revolve around bacterial virulence mechanisms. Her passion for research extends to the development and empowerment of scientific research in the region and her community where she is now serving as a Vice Dean of Scientific Research for Publishing Affair at PNU