Ghada Amer

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About Ghada Amer

Professor of Electrical Engineer & V.P. the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) also She the CEO and the Co-founder of ASTF innovation Lab. She holds few more positions within her profession, like the Head of Electrical Engineering Department at Benha University and the CEO of the Global Awqaf Research Center (GARC).She believe on the important of R&D and innovation for her community (not only in Egypt, but in all Arab countries), she created an entity for research and training called Accu-Training, and another entity called ASTF Innovation Lab, to create the Ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship among Arab countries, in 2016 she selected to be one of the Rolex Enterprise Awards for Innovation Jury members. She was names in Jan 2014 as one of “Top 20 Influential Muslim Women Scientist in the World”, by an international committee residing on Muslim-Science, as an emerging champion “power woman”. And named as the "Personality of the Year", from Muslim Science magazine, United Kingdom 2015, Also she ranked the first place for the 50 most prominent leader in entrepreneurship of the Arab woman in 2014 issued by the Sayidaty magazine, and in 2016 she named one of the “the 500 Most Influential Muslims in 2016 & 2017”, in the filed of science and technology, by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center. She was named as a best leader on 2002 by the Egyptian national “Institute for Leadership Development”. On her academic career, she served as member of scientific committees, chairman and editor of many regional and international scientific conferences. Beside, being an editor of two international journals on her field of specialty. She received "Best Research Paper Award" CATAEE Conference, Jordan, 2004. Her present research interests are the renewable energy, protection system, high voltage engineering, innovation and entrepreneurship. Ghada Profissional in Career and Professional Development Deliver a lecture (public, web, school) Diversity/Equity Join a panel Keynote Outreach Science Activism Speak to a journalist Women and STEM