Curriculum Vitae
Khawla was born in Abu Dhabi, UAE. She studied medical laboratory sciences in Palestine at the Arab American University, and then she got her Master degree in Diagnostic molecular biology and human genetics in Jordan. Khawla did her PhD in the evolutionary genetics department under the supervision of Dr Linda Odenthal-Hesse at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Biology. Her thesis was focused on understanding Hybrid Sterility during meiosis, using the house mouse as a model for her research. Khawla defended her thesis in 2020 and wrapped up her work at the MPI.