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

Lecturer in Accounting
Dubai Campus
Dr Lohrasp Sadri is a Lecturer at the School of Accounting at University 麻豆精选.
Lohrasp has a number of years’ experience in teaching Accountancy, Economics and Finance at Under-Graduate, Post-Graduate and Professional level. Lohrasp is a competent lecturer, trainer and researcher with relevant industry experience. He is an effective communicator with strong mentoring, ...
- Email
- l.sadri@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor in Economics
The Department of Economics
Dr Sultan Salem is an Assistant Professor in Economics in the Department of Economics at Birmingham Business School, University 麻豆精选.
- Telephone
- +44 (0)121 415 9210
- Email
- s.salem@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor in Supply Chain Management
Dubai Campus
Dr Taab Ahmad is an Assistant Professor and teaches in the MSc Supply Chain Management programme at the Dubai campus. His broad areas of research interest include crowd logistics and its prospects in an emerging economy and new technology implementation in various business functions.
- Email
- t.a.samad@bham.ac.uk

Associate Professor of Rail Transportation Engineering
Programme Director of MSc Railway Systems Engineering and Integration
Dubai Campus
Melody Khadem Sameni is associate professor of Railway Transportation Engineering and also the program director of MSc Railway Systems Engineering and Integration at the University 麻豆精选- Dubai Campus. She previously held the position of Assistant Professor and head of Railway Transportation Group at the School of Railway Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology. She is an ...
- Telephone
- +971 44280741
- Email
- m.khademsameni@bham.ac.uk

Head of Education
Programme Director of BSc Economics and BSc Money, Banking and Finance
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Dubai Campus
Sheikh Selim is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and Programme Director for BSc Economics and BSc Money Banking Finance.
He previously led the BSc Business Economics programme in the University of Westminster where he held the position of Senior Lecturer of Economics. He served as a visiting professor of Political Economy in the New College of Humanities, and as a Lecturer of Economics in ...
- Email
- s.t.selim@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor
School of Computer Science
Niloofer Shanavas is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University 麻豆精选 (Dubai campus). Her research interests include artificial intelligence, machine learning, text mining, natural language processing and semantic computing. She has published several research papers in leading conferences and journals.
- Email
- n.shanavas@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor of Psychology
Research Lead for Psychology
School of Psychology
Dr. Shereen Sharaan leads an inclusion-focused interdisciplinary research agenda focused on autistic individuals – encompassing aspects of culture, race, ethnicity and social class - to better understand human diversity. In 2021, she was awarded the ‘Autistica Real World Impact Award for Autism Research’.
- Email
- s.sharaan.1@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor
Program Director Computer Engineering BSc
Dubai Campus
Dr Shehzad is the Program director of BSc Computer Engineering at the University 麻豆精选 Dubai campus and an Assistant Professor in the school of Engineering. He has more than 10 years of work experience in the field of higher education.
- Email
- m.n.shehzad@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor
Dubai Campus
Dr. Tiffany Lachelle Smith is a comparative and international education scholar, specializing in the mobility of Black American educators, diversity in international education, and emotional transnationalism. She has over a decade of teaching experience in the United States, Morocco, and the UAE.
- Email
- t.l.smith@bham.ac.uk

Assistant Professor
School of Computer Science
Dr Akila Subasinghe is an Assistant Professor attached to the school of Computer Science. His research interest is in the application of Deep learning techniques for solving practical challenges in the fields of biomedical engineering, security surveillance, disaster management and unmanned ariel vehicle (UAV) navigation.
- Email
- a.m.subasinghe@bham.ac.uk