Our speaker

Dr. Adnan Mjalli is an internationally recognized entrepreneur, a philanthropist, founder, and chairman of the “Mjalli Foundation for Education” and the President of the “American Academy of Palestine,” both being charitable non-profit organizations that provide financial aid for students in the form of scholarships, awards, and the development of schools for Palestinian youth in Palestine and abroad. Dr. Mjalli has been the recipient of several awards and honors, including the 2011 “Palestine Presidential Merit and Excellence Award”, the 2010 “#1 Top Palestinian Personalities Award”, the 2009 “Triad’s Most Influential People” from the Triad Business Journal, the 2008 “Palestine Diaspora Figure Award” from the Palestine International Award for Excellence & Creativity, the 2008 “Leading Palestinian-American Award in Business & Science” from the American Task Force on Palestine.

Dr. Mjalli is an entrepreneur in the business of drug discovery and development of new medicines in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. He is the founder of more than 20 other companies in areas including education, energy, agriculture, bioremediation, construction, development, real estate, commerce, and finance. These companies focus on science, education, tourism, entertainment, technology, and the advancement of human capital in developing countries.

Dr. Mjalli attended university in Jordan and postgraduate studies in London, England before obtaining his PhD in Medicinal Chemistry in 1989 from the University of Exeter, UK. His postdoctoral work was completed at the University of Rochester with Professor Richard S. Schlessinger. Since then, Dr. Mjalli has held various positions of increasing leadership responsibilities in research and senior executive management at a number of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Merck & Co., Inc.