With over 25 years of industry experience, Dr. Hanan Farhat is one of the leading experts on Corrosion and Materials Engineering in the Middle East region.

She is a Senior Research Director, and the founding director of the Corrosion Center at Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute. Her resume also includes technical service management, as well as senior inspection and corrosion engineering positions. She also held a faculty of engineering position at the College of the North Atlantic-Qatar and was their lead corrosion researcher.  She has a PhD and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and a bachelor degree is in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering from Tripoli University, Libya.

Dr. Farhat is a registered professional Canadian Engineer (Peng). She holds international certifications in corrosion and inspection engineering. She is the first Libyan to be certified level III in Non-Destructive Testing and inspection, and the first Libyan woman to hold an industry executive technical position in inspection. She represents the State of Qatar in local and international standard organizations.

Dr. Farhat is an advocate for women rights and gender equality. She is the founder and former Chairperson of the Qatar Women Engineers Association (QWEA). She also founded the MENA Women in Engineering, and currently acting as the chairperson of the group. Dr. Farhat received the distinguished women engineers contribution award from the Canadian Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientist of Saskatchewan in 2005. She was also awarded  the Women of Change Award on engineering creativity by the Doha Women Forum in 2022, and the Middle East Women Leaders Award by the World Women Leadership Congress in 2023.