Hala J. El-Khozondar was born in Gaza, Palestine. She got her B.Sc. in Physics from BirZeit University, Palestine in 1987. She earned her Ph.D. in physics from New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA in 1999. She joined the physics faculty at BirZeit University in 1987. She had a Postdoc award at Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Germany in 1999. In 2000, she worked as assistant professor in the electrical engineering (EE) department at Islamic University of Gaza. In 2007, she was promoted to associate professor at EE department. She is now a full professor at EE department. Further, she is ICTP senior fellow and fellow for the world academy of science (FTWAS) and for the Arab region FTWAS-ARO. She hold the title "alumni Research ambassador" by Technical University of Munich. She has high leadership and administrative skills demonstrated by her work in initiating and developing the quality assurance unit and the external relations at Islamic University of Gaza. She is member of sev