Ali Hilal Al Naqbi
Vice Chancellor of Khorfakkan University
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Name in Arabic:
علي هلال النقبي
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Ali Hilal Al Naqbi's Bio
Vice Chancellor of Khorfakkan University since September 25, 2023.
He previously held the position of Director of Abu Dhabi Polytechnic between August 2017 and September 2023.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Future Foundation since August 2019, and a member of the Executive Council for Innovation at the Mohammed bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation since August 2017.
He was a member of the Executive Board of the Emirates Scientists Council between 2014 and 2018, held the position of Assistant Dean at the United Arab Emirates University between 2014 and 2016, and worked as an Assistant Professor between 2009 and 2016 at the same university.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court between 2006 and 2016, a visiting assistant professor at Harvard University in the United States of America between 2013 and 2014, a business development project manager at the International Holding Group between 2005 and 2006, and a fundraising manager at Tajouri Limited between 2005 and 2006.
He won the “Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Award” and the “Emirati Pioneers Award”. He was also selected among 50 scientists under the age of 40 in the field of innovation, in addition to registering 5 American patents. He was also selected by the “World Economic Forum” among the influential Arab scientists for his invention of a hollow artificial liver with 3 chambers.
He holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom in 2005, a Master’s degree in the same field from the same university in 2000, another Master’s degree in Executive Business Administration in 2008 from Sawyer Business School at Suffolk University in the United States of America, and a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering in 1999 from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom.




