Gihan Kamel is the SESAME (Synchrotron Light forExperimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Infrared Beamline Principal Scientist/Team Supervisor, on leave from the Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt, where she is a lecturer inbiophysics. Dr Kamel obtained her Ph.D. in 2011 from the University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy, and held a researcher position at the Italian INFN’s Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati from 2014 to 2015. Earlier, in 2007, she was awarded the international Par Own fellowship at the Italian National Research Council’s Institute of Crystallography. In 2015, she decided to return to the Middle East to take up the position of the Infrared Beamline Scientist at SESAME, up to date, she is the only woman scientist at the facility. Her main responsibilities involved the beamline construction, and currently she is responsible for optimizing the beamline operation and development, and assisting the beamline’s users from the Middle East and neighboring regions, as well as, from Europe with engagement indifferent national and international projects oncultural heritage, bioarchaeology, life sciences, and biomedicine. Dr Kamel is also involved in the preparatory phases for the establishment of the African Light Source (AfLS). She also organizes workshops and schools at the nationaland international levels to build awareness and highlight special topics linking science to industry and society. She is particularly noted for her lectures on science for peace and science diplomacy, as well as, women in science. She is regularly invited to top-class science-related events worldwide [AAAS, ESOF, WorldScience Forum, World Economic Forum, etc.] and was acknowledged at the International Women’s Day 2017 by the President of the Italian Republic for her engagement as the only woman scientist at SESAME. She is also featured in several interviews and portraits in national and international media channels. In 2020, she was indicated 2020 Laureate of Eureka Prize of the French organization amcsti (The professional network of scientific, technical and industrial cultures).