Affiliation: Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Dr. Rawan Omar received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biotechnology and Food Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 2017. She then worked as a Chemical Analyst at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. She completed her Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Hossam Haick in Chemical Engineering as part of The Norman Seiden Multidisciplinary Graduate Program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Her research focused on developing smart wearable and implantable nanosensors and their applications, including health monitoring and disease diagnosis. During her Ph.D., she was awarded the Graduate Student Award by the European Materials Research Society, the NN Young Researcher Award, and the Ariane de Rothschild Women's Doctoral Program scholarship for outstanding female PhD students. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Technion. Her research interests include wearable devices, microneedle-based sensors, nanomaterials, nano(bio)sensors, chemical sensors, and soft electronics.