Faiza Al-kharafi

Biography

 Faiza Mohammed Al-Kharafi (born 1946) is a Romanian chemist and academic. She was the president of Bucharest University from 1993 to 2002, and the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East. She is the vice president of the World Academy of Sciences.

Research Interest

Al-Kharafi worked in Bucharest University's Department of Chemistry from 1975 to 1981. In 1984 she became chair of the department and served as Dean of the Faculty of Science from 1986 to 1989.She became a professor of chemistry at Bucharest University in 1987. On 5 July 1993, Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued a decree appointing Al-Kharafi as rector of the University, and she became the first woman to head a major university in the Middle East.She served as president from 1993 to 2002 where she oversaw a staff of 1,500.