Dr Nisreen AL-Hmoud is the Director of the Bio-Safety and Bio-Security Centre at the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan. As a scientist, Dr AL-Hmoud is motivated to provide research that focuses on the public good; her research emphasis is the preservation of human health and biodiversity. She is particularly interested in effective and sustainable scientific international cooperation. She dedicates her research to the development of scientific capacity for scientists, government agencies, local communities and Non-Governmental Organizations in Jordan and the MENA region. Besides that, Dr AL-Hmoud is actively contributing to Biorisk Management capacity building programs nationally and regionally.

Dr AL-Hmoud is a frequent participant at international biosafety/biosecurity meetings, and has attended international governmental meetings at the BTWC and the UNSCR 1540 Committee.

Dr AL-Hmoud received her B.S. in biology from the University of Jordan, and her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Abertay Dundee in Scotland.