Adah Almutairi (Arabic: غادة المطيري; born November 1, 1976) is a scientist and professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Almutairi was born on November 1, 1976, in Portland, Oregon, United States to Saudi parents.

[2] She obtained her Ph.D. in materials chemistry from University of California, Riverside, with a focus on electron delocalization and molecular structure in 2005.

She completed her postdoctoral studies in chemistry and chemical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, from 2005 to 2008.

At Berkeley, Almutairi worked with Jean Fréchet where she developed several nanoprobes for in vivo molecular imaging.