Batool Albar

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Biography

Batool Abdullah Albar earned her B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from University of California, Davis as a KGSP student. She joined Prof. Mishra’s Interfacial Laboratory (iLab) as a VSP intern in Summer 2021 and is now an MS/PhD student working on developing and testing ultrahigh cation-exchange capacity biochar blends for agricultural applications.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS | JUN 2020

Professional Profile

KAUST RESEARCH INTERN | KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECH | JUN 2021 – PRESENT
 
MARKET PLANNER FOR SKIN & PERSONAL CARE | PROCTER AND GAMBLE | OCT 2020 – MAY 2021
 
MTBE PLANT RETROFIT FOR ISOOCTANE PRODUCTION | UC DAVIS | APR 2020 – JUN 2020
 
UC DAVIS OLIVE CENTER INTERN | UC DAVIS | NOV 2019 – MAR 2020
 

Awards

  • 1st place ITAS Arab Youth Competition 2023 - International Conference on Innovation and Technological Advances for Sustainability, 1st place (out of 117 entries) at University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar, awarded by the Prime Minister of Qatar 
  • Taqadam 2022–2023 Start-up Accelerator Program - US $140,000 non-dilutive cash award (only 10 teams chosen among > 2000 applicants) 
  • 2nd place in Falling Walls Lab at KAUST
  • 2nd place at the Resilience Challenge by Women to Impact (WTI)
  • RECIPIENT | KAUST GIFTED STUDENT PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP | AUG 2016 – JUN 2020



KAUST Affiliations

  • Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC)
  • Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE)​​