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Adah Almutairi is a Saudi Arabian scientist who was born in the United States. Her work focuses on nanomedicine, nanotechnology, chemistry and polymer science. She is known for discovering a way in which, a new photon particle could cure and diagnose diseases without the need of a surgery. Almutairi received NIH director’s new innovator award in 2009 for her project “Chemically Amplified Response Strategies for Medical Sciences”.

Biography
Early life & Education

Almutairi was born in Portland, Oregon, US. She studied high school in Saudi Arabia in the British International School Of Jeddah, before moving to Los Angeles in 1997 to complete her higher education. She graduated from occidental college with a Bachelors degree in chemistry in 2000. She obtained her Ph.D. in materials chemistry from University of California, Riverside, with a focus on electron delocalization and molecular structure in 2005. She also took her Postdoctoral Studies in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in University of California, Berkeley, from 2005 to 2008. She joined University of California, San Diego in 2008, and has been there ever since, as the director of excellence in Nanomedicine. She is also a member of the departments of NanoEngineering, and Radiology in University of California, San Diego. prior to her move to University of California, San Diego, Almutairi worked with professor Jean Fréchet in University of California, Berkeley to develop several nanoprobes for in vivo imaging.

Contribution
Almutairi has contributed throughout her career to Pharmaceutical Sciences. here are some of her contribution:

* Introduced the first polymeric nanoparticle to release drug in response to Concentrations of hydrogen peroxide characteristic of inflammation.

* Developed the first near infrared-degradable polymer, which enables Precise remotely controlled delivery of molecules.

* Created an activatable MRI agent with unprecedented contrast between “on” and “off” states.

*Designed a polymeric nanoparticle that enables delivery to the cytosol by rapid degradation upon exposure to mild acid.

Awards & honors
Al mutairi has achieved several awards for her contribution to science and medicine including:

NIH director's new innovator Award in 2009.

phRMA foundation award in 2009.

Thiema chemistry journal award in 2009.

Young Investigator Award, World Biomaterials Congress, Chengdu, China in 2012.