I’m a curious mind drawn to interesting people and ideas. I love tackling problems with a team and seeing them through. Life’s taken me through academia, clinical labs, and industry—and when I don’t know what to do next, I’ll drive Uber for a while. I’m also a dad, which might be my biggest project yet. Still learning, still searching, still hungry for more.

Astrof Lab

The image you see to the right is a 3D reconstruction of a mouse embryo stained with different antibodies, and imaged using a confocal microscope. This beautiful structure is of the pharyngeal arch arteries, a structure that serve the embryo only for a few days before becoming the heart. This network is built of thousands of cells proliferating, and migrating all together while sustaining the movement of blood within them, The forces of nature are pushing cells to relocate and form new structures. Behind the scenes, I performed embryo dissection, genotyping, staining, and imaging to get to this image. Imaged hundreds of embryos, engaged in daily discussions with my mentor and colleagues. And unfortunately something that haunts me in a lot of days, I had to euthanize mice to get these embryos.

Sidra Hospital

At Sidra, my work lived at the intersection of patients, research, and technology. I collaborated with physicians, scientists, and engineers to bring precision medicine closer to reality—building disease cohorts, linking biobank data, and exploring the genetic roots of complex neurodevelopmental disorders.

Using platforms like Congenica, our team uncovered rare genetic variants that standard tests often missed. This effort grew into a broader vision: creating systems that connect people, samples, and data seamlessly. I helped design a centralized MySQL biobank database and later a Flask web application that transformed how our team managed over 8,000 patient records and 3,000 samples—turning fragmented spreadsheets into a living, dynamic ecosystem for discovery.

The biorepository and downstream sequencing work later contributed to a landmark Nature publication on the Qatari genome, a project that mapped genetic diversity across the local population and provided new insights into the region’s disease landscape.

In 2021, I took a step toward serving patients more directly, beginning a journey into clinical embryology—a field where science meets the deeply human side of life. I trained in two andrology laboratories as a junior embryologist, gaining hands-on experience in fertility diagnostics and embryology workflows, including semen analysis, sperm preparation for IUI and IVF, and assisting with oocyte handling and embryo culture under supervision.

The learning curve was steep. IVF clinics are often fast-paced and understaffed, leaving little time for structured training. I entered the field without formal clinical embryology experience and quickly learned how much trust and patience it takes to grow in such environments. My supervisors were talented but overextended, and clear guidance was rare. Mistakes became lessons, but also sources of tension—and over time, that constant pressure eroded my confidence.

By 2022, I decided to step back. Around that same time, my daughter was born, and I chose to give her my full attention. Though I moved on from the lab, the experience left a lasting mark. I still hold deep respect for the field and hope to return to embryology one day—when the path forward feels steady, supported, and ready for growth.