Dr. Hayat Sindi

Scientist • Innovator
Born 1967 • Saudi Arabia

Dr. Hayat Sindi is one of the world’s leading biotechnologists. She is the Founder and President of the i2 Institute and a co-founder of Diagnostics For All. Dr. Sindi was the first Saudi woman to be accepted at Cambridge University to study the field of biotechnology, and the first woman from any of the Arab States of the Persian Gulf to complete a doctoral degree in the field.

T​his poster​ was commissioned by the Nevertheless podcastopen_in_new, which celebrates women’s STEM advancements.

Artist: Lidia Tomashevskaya, a freelance illustrator from Tel Aviv, Israel.

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