Hessah Moteb Alotaibi

PhD Student

Hessah Moteb Alotaibi, a lecturer at Shaqra University, obtained a bachelor’s degree in physics from King Saud University; after that, she specialised in biophysics. While obtaining a master’s degree from Taif University, she worked in the field of biophysics and focused on studying biological materials in the field of Nanoscience . She learning many different techniques in Masters like X-ray diffraction, SEM (Scanning electron microscope), FTIR spectroscopy and TGA-Thermal analysis.

She is currently working on her PhD with Prof Francesca Palombo, Prof Nick Stone and Dr Ben Garder within the Biophysics Group at the University of Exeter. She reach topic revolves around Gold nanoconstructs for cancer theranostics. Her PhD work will focus on the synthesis of gold nanoparticles for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and photothermal therapy as part of the RaNT project, which aims to develop an all-in-one approach of cancer diagnosis and treatment using gold nanostructures.