Hadia Almahli
Prifysgol Bangor
Crwsibl Cymru 2026
Dr. Hadia Almahli is an Advanced Lecturer (R&T) in Medicinal Chemistry at the North Wales Medical School, Bangor University, where she leads the medicinal chemistry and drug discovery research programme. She completed her MSc and PhD at Paris-Sud University before progressing through research and teaching roles at world-leading institutions including the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, UCL, and the University of Sussex. A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, she has published widely and presented her work at over 50 international conferences. Her research focuses on developing novel therapeutic and diagnostic agents for infectious diseases, cancer, and neurodegeneration. Dr Almahli is a founding team member of the Bangor pharmacy programme, a grant holder and award recipient, an active STEM ambassador, and a committed contributor to scientific capacity-building in Syria. She also supports equity and inclusion through her work as a part of the Athena Swan team.