Mashael Al-Sabah is a senior scientist at Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI). Before that, Mashael was an assistant professor at the computer science and engineering department at Qatar University. Her research interests lie in the area network security and privacy enhancing technologies, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technology. She has published papers that were featured in various magazines such as Wired and New Scientist, and was awarded the Education Excellence Day Platinum Award for PhD holders category in Qatar for year 2014. Mashael obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in 2013, and later spent time at MIT as a visiting scientist.