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Nesrine Affara

Associate Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences

Biological Sciences in Qatar

Orcid identifier0000-0002-8099-7212 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Associate Teaching Professor, Biological Sciences
    Biological Sciences in Qatar
  • Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Doha, 24866, Qatar

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Qatar Initiated Undergraduate Research Project (QSIURP) Qatar Initiated Undergraduate Research Project (QSIURP)
    13 Mar 2022
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Tartan Community Day
    1 Oct 2020 - 11 Nov 2022
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    FEATURED
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    Wimmer Fellowship Fellows
    20 Jun 2020
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    FEATURED
    Featured
    Video Policy Committee
    13 May 2020 - 18 Dec 2022
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    External RAC Member for Nada Fadel N A Al-Najar, college: Health and Life Sciences. Master of Science in Biological and Biomedical Sciences. Advisor Dr. Henning F. Horn
    13 Apr 2026 - 13 Apr 2026
    Member
  • OTHER SERVICE
    Annual Student Research Forum at HBKU
    28 Jan 2026 - 29 Jan 2026
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Co-Chair, “Science and Fiction,” Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA): Permanent Section Panel. "Finding Hope in Science and Fiction" (opens in a new tab)⁠
    14 Nov 2025 - 17 Nov 2025
    Co-chair
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  • OTHER SERVICE
    Judging committee member, Disease Modeling and Therapeutics (DMT) 2025 Conference
    29 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2025
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Session
    24 Sep 2025
    Judging Committee member of Qatar Computing Research Institute, QCRI Summer Internship Closing Ceremony.
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Reappointment and Promotion Case
    24 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Reappointment for a faculty position at the department of Biological Sciences
    24 Aug 2025 - 24 Aug 2025
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Marhaba Tartans
    17 Apr 2025 - 17 Apr 2025
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    External examiner for the PhD dissertation and defense of Hanan Qasem
    16 Apr 2025 - 16 Apr 2025
    Member
  • OTHER SERVICE
    2025 Senior Leadership Recognition Award.
    6 Apr 2025
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Seed Research Grant, Internal Review for funding
    26 Jan 2025 - 30 Jan 2025
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Judge for the poster presentations for the conference entitled “Judge for the Precision Medicine and The Future of Genomics (PMFG 2024)
    3 Dec 2024 - 4 Dec 2024
    Reviewer
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    External examiner for the PhD dissertation and defense of Hend Fayed
    27 Nov 2024
    Member
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Session
    21 Aug 2024
    August 21, 2024: Area-level selection committee for Qatar Campus Scholar (QCS) representing the Biological Sciences program.
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    • Committee member for the Adjunct, special faculty position in English at CMUQ
    1 May 2024 - 10 May 2024
  • JOURNAL REVIEWING / REFEREEING
    Frontiers in Immunology (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2024
    Open peer review
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  • OFFICE HELD
    Co-Chair, “Science and Fiction,” Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA) Permeant Panel
    16 Nov 2023 - 16 Nov 2024
  • OFFICE HELD
    Moderator, “The Business Spanish Classroom as a Conduit for Democratic Principles” MMLA Panel
    16 Nov 2023
  • CMU COMMITTEE SERVICE
    Hiring search committee for assistant teaching position in Biological Sciences at CMUQ
    1 Sep 2023 - 31 Mar 2024
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Provost’s Inclusive Teaching Fellows
    1 Jun 2023
  • AWARDS / RECOGNITION
    Provost’s Inclusive Teaching Fellowship
    3 May 2023