Dr. Nayla El Kork obtained her PhD in 2009 from the Universite Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, France where she studied the optical properties of nanoparticles through Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy and Confocal Microscopy. During her PhD, she was a holder of Max Planck Institute Grants for undergoing research at Friedrich Schiller University (Jena) and Chemnitz Technical University (Chemnitz), Germany. She joined Khalifa University in 2010 where she is still pursuing her teaching and research activities.