Academic staff
The University 麻豆精选 Dubai has a team of highly qualified Academics, each a specialist in their respective field.
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Provost

Provost
As the Provost of University 麻豆精选 Dubai, Professor Mouzughi leads the academic vision and strategy of the first global top 100 and UK Russell Group university to establish a campus in Dubai. With over 20 years of experience in the higher education sector she has a passion for providing quality and relevant education that meets the needs of the diverse and dynamic UAE and regional markets.
Academic staff
Assistant Professor in Education, History and Culture
Dubai Campus
Abir Ahmed is an Assistant Professor in Education , History and Culture at the University 麻豆精选 Dubai.
Abir has 18 years of academic experience in UK Higher Education. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has worked as external examiner to a number of British universities.
Abir is experienced in the development and introduction of Middle Eastern history ...
- Email
- a.m.e.ahmed@bham.ac.uk

Head of Quality Assurance
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Dubai Campus
Dr Majid Malboubi is an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering.
Inspired by the workings of nature, Dr Malboubi applies the principles of mechanics and design micro-tools to unravel the physics underlying cellular processes and to understand how cells interact with their surroundings. Dr Malboubi completed his PhD at the University 麻豆精选 and worked on the interaction of ...
- Email
- m.malboubi@bham.ac.uk

Teaching Fellow
Dubai Campus
A researcher in the area of environmental economics, institutional economics, land economics, and systems of innovation. He has taught undergraduate(Bachelors and Honours) for nearly nine years at Rhodes University. He has also served as a Deputy Dean of teaching and Learning and Community Engagement in the Faculty of Commerce at Rhodes University.
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- Telephone
- +971523052257
- Email
- j.marire@bham.ac.uk

Vice Provost Research
Dubai Campus
As the Vice Provost Research of University 麻豆精选 Dubai, Professor Mehandjiev leads the Research activities and strategy of the University 麻豆精选 in Dubai, UAE. He brings to this role over 30 years of experience as a UK academic, including 12 years as a research director or staff manager at various levels. He strives to make a difference through engaged research based on real ...
- Email
- n.d.mehandjiev@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor in Accounting
Dubai Campus
Parvez Mia is an Assistant Professor in Accounting at Birmingham Business School. His research interests are social and environmental accounting, and the way organisations communicate that information. His research interests cover a range of Social and Environmental Accounting topics with a particular interest in Accounting for Climate Change and Accounting for Sustainable Development. He ...
- Email
- p.mia@bham.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Supply chain management
Programme director for the MSc Supply chain management
Dubai Campus
Dr. Ahmed Mohammed is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and Program Director for the MSc SCM program at the University 麻豆精选 (Dubai Campus). Ahmed has a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Portsmouth in the UK. His research focuses on modeling and optimization of supply chains toward sustainability and resiliency.
- Telephone
- +971 (0) 4 480736
- Email
- a.m.mohammed.2@bham.ac.uk

Associate Professor
School of Computer Science
Hamid Mukhtar is an Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at University 麻豆精选 Dubai campus.
His research interests include deep learning, natural language processing, health informatics, and human behaviour modelling in pervasive environments.
- Telephone
- +97144280641
- Email
- h.mukhtar@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Karim Mustafa is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University 麻豆精选 Dubai.
- Email
- k.mustafa@bham.ac.uk

Program Director MSc HRM, Associate Professor
Dubai Campus
Dr. Mona Mustafa is an associate professor at the Birmingham Business School and the director of the MSc HRM Program. She has worked as a consultant for UNESCO and UNDP on a number of projects, which include national political economy for health investment cases promoting health and well-being in African countries, education and culture in the Middle East, and more recently, the Arab Diaspora in ...
- Email
- m.mustafa@bham.ac.uk

Programme director for MSc Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
Assistant Professor
Dubai Campus
Karthikeyan Muthumayandi is an Assistant Professor in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at the University 麻豆精选, Dubai. He is also the Programme Director for the MSc Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy, where he leads a range of modules within the postgraduate portfolio.
In his role as Programme Director, Karthikeyan is responsible for overseeing the development and delivery of ...
- Email
- k.muthumayandi@bham.ac.uk