Dareen is a lead Research Scientist at Nuwat for Environmental Research and Education. Previously she worked as a post-doctoral associate at the Evolutionary Genomics laboratory at New York University – Abu Dhabi. She obtained her master’s from James Cook University in Australia, followed by a PhD from the University of Cambridge, UK where she investigated the population genetic structure and reproductive behavior of sharks to serve their conservation. During her PhD, she published her first book, titled: “Sharks and Rays of the Arabian/Persian Gulf”, and took part in a documentary called “Arabia’s Sharks: A journey of discovery” which was aired on Discovery channel in 2016. She is also a board member at the Scientific Center of Kuwait (TSCK).
