Mohamad Saad, PhD
Dr. Mohamad Saad is a Research Scientist in the Data Analytics group at Qatar Computing Research Institute. He joined QCRI in February 2017 and works on topics in Statistical Genetics, Biostatistics, and Bioinformatics. Dr. Saad has a background in applied mathematics and statistics. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics (Majoring in Statistics) at the Lebanese University in 2006, before he moved to France where he obtained his master's degree in Statistics/Biostatistics from the University of Montpellier II, Monpellier in 2007, and his PhD in Statistical Genetics/Biostatistics/Bioinformatics from the University of Paul Sabatier III, Toulouse, in 2012. In Summer 2012, he moved to the United States for a Postdoctoral Senior Fellow position at the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington, Seattle, as a Postdoctoral Senior Fellow and stayed until Fall 2016. Dr. Saad has many peer-reviewed articles in top-tier journals including Nature Genetics, The Lancet, and Genome Research.