Dr. Amira Zaylaa

In 2009, Dr. Amira Zaylaa earned her B.Sc. in Physics from the Lebanese University. In 2011, she earned her M.Sc. with distiction in Biomedical Physics Emphasis on Medical Imaging from the Lebanese University. In 2011, Dr. Zaylaa joined a double Ph.D. program, in 2014 she obtained a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Lebanese University, and a Ph.D. in Life and Health Sciences: Biomedical Signal Processing from François-Rabelais University of Tours in France, with ‘Highest Honors’. In 2014, Dr. Zaylaa joined the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and the Faculty of Medicine at the American University of Beirut as a post-doctoral researcher for 2 years. In 2015, she joined the Lebanese University as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Zaylaa has received 5 awards, 1 scholarship and has more than 35 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Zaylaa is the Government Representative of the IEEE Lebanese Section, and a member in IEEE, IEEE Sensors Council, IEEE women in engineering, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, IEEE Council on RFID, IEEE Nanotechnology Council and IEEE Biometrics Council. Dr. Zaylaa is the Advisor and Founder of e-Health and Telemedicine club at BAU.