Notable Palestinians — Science & Medicine

Notable Palestinians — Science & Medicine

• Omar M. Yaghi (1965–present) — Omar Mwannes Yaghi is a chemist of Palestinian descent who in 2025 became the first scientist of Pal…
• Ali H. Nayfeh (1933–2017) — Ali Hasan Nayfeh was a Palestinian-American mathematician, mechanical engineer, and physicist widely…
• Munther A. Dahleh (1962–present) — Munther A. Dahleh is a Palestinian-American electrical engineer and one of the most influential scho…
• Hossam Haick (1975–present) — Hossam Haick is a Palestinian scientist and engineer, born in 1975 into an Arab Christian family in…
• Munir H. Nayfeh (1945–present) — Munir Hasan Nayfeh is a Palestinian-American physicist recognized internationally as a pioneer of si…
• Tawfiq Canaan (1882–1964) — Tawfiq Canaan was a pioneering Palestinian physician, medical researcher, and ethnographer whose car…
• Izzeldin Abuelaish (1955–present) — Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Palestinian physician, infertility specialist, and global peace advocate bor…
• Ghassan Abu-Sittah (1969–present) — Ghassan Abu-Sittah is a British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon who has become one of…
• Hala Zreiqat (1962–present) — Hala Zreiqat is a Palestinian-Jordanian biomedical engineer recognized internationally for her pione…
• Rana Dajani (1970–present) — Rana Dajani is a molecular biologist of Palestinian heritage and one of the most internationally rec…
• Sufyan Tayeh (1971–2023) — Sufyan Abdul Rahman Tayeh was a Palestinian theoretical physicist whose work in optics, photonics, a…
• Mazin Qumsiyeh (1957–present) — Mazin Qumsiyeh is a Palestinian geneticist, zoologist, and conservation biologist who built an inter…
• Ahmad (Mo) Khalil — Ahmad S. Khalil, known professionally as Mo Khalil, is a Palestinian-American bioengineer and one of…
• Adnan Mjalli (1959–present) — Adnan M. M. Mjalli is a Palestinian-American medicinal chemist and pharmaceutical entrepreneur inter…
• Imad Barghouthi (1962–present) — Imad Ahmad Barghouthi is a Palestinian astrophysicist specializing in theoretical space plasma physi…
• Hatim Kanaaneh (1937–present) — Hatim Kanaaneh is a Palestinian physician and public health pioneer who devoted his career to buildi…
• Sana Odeh — Sana Odeh is a Palestinian-American computer scientist and educator who has become one of the most i…
• Yousef Najajreh (1967–present) — Yousef Najajreh is a Palestinian medicinal chemist whose research on anticancer therapeutics has mad…