MARIAM AL ZAROUNI

Engineer, Head of Studies Unit, Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center, Dubai 

Mariam holds a Master’s in Engineering Management (Total Quality Management) from the British University in Dubai and a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from the American University in Sharjah. She is a member of the strategic planning team for the Emirates Mars Mission “Hope Probe”, the first Arab mission to explore an outer planet. 

Mariam is a member of the Education & Outreach team for The UAE Astronaut Programme, a sustainable program aimed at training and preparing an Emirati astronaut corps for various scientific missions. 

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