Biography

Dr. Zehra Edis received her degree BSc. in 1992 and her MSc. in 1997 in Chemistry from University of Cologne, Germany. After that, she gained a PhD. from the University of Cologne Germany and received her PhD. with honors in 1999.

She worked as scientific employee in the University of Cologne and Akzo Nobel Chemicals, as well as research Intern in Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany on the properties of conducting polymers.

After that she joined Ajman University and Sharjah University, UAE as Part-time lecturer (2000-2013). Since February 2014 she is faculty member and promoted to Associate Professor in 2021 at Ajman University. She has published more than 53 papers, received 8 Internal Research Grants (IRG-Deanship of Graduate Studies and Research) as Principal Investigator and 3 as Co-Investigator from Ajman University. Since 2021 she is also associated with the Center of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University. She was SHORTLISTED Competitor for “The Third Forum for Women in Research: QUWA: Empowering Women in Research & Innovation, Sharjah University, UAE” in August 2022. In June 2021, she and her student won “Best Student Research” in the “4th AU Student Research Day”, Ajman University, UAE. In January 2023, she received with her graduate student the Best poster award in 7th International Conference of Pharmacy and Medicine (ICPM). Currently she is supervising several research projects.

Research Interest

Antibacterial activity, Antimicrobial activity  and Vitamin D Deficiency.