Rana Dajani (Arabic: رنا الدجاني) is a Jordanian molecular biologist and tenured professor of biology and biotechnology at Hashemite University.

[2] Dajani is an expert on genetics of Circassian and Chechen populations in Jordan, also on conducting genome-wide association studies on diabetes and cancer on stem cells.

She was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, and possessed an Eisenhower Fellowship as well.

She was the 2019-21 Zuzana Simoniova Cmelikova Visiting Scholar at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond Dr. Dajani is the founder and director of the non-governmental organization, "We Love Reading," a program which strives to foster a love of reading in young children beyond academics in the Arab world.

Dajani is born to a Palestinian father and a Syrian mother, however, she holds the Jordanian passport.

Dajani's career life is extensive, having been described as “not a straight line, but a zigzag of priorities and opportunities.” Starting out as a lecturer at the Philadelphia University immediately after graduating from her Master's program, she then taught for five years at the Amman Academy.

Other than a substantial list of faculty academic appointments, she has appeared as a judge on several prize-winning initiations such as the Nature Inspiring Award, the Hult Prize at the Hashemite University, and Innovation lab IRC.

She has also consulted for many companies, including DQS UL Jordan, Triangle Research Group and Epic Education.

After research, she realized that children who read for pleasure grow up to exhibit stronger language skills, better academic performance, and a greater emotional intelligence.

This honor recognized her work and theories on biological evolution and Islam, focusing on genome-wide research on diabetes, cancer and stem cells.

She was instrumental in establishing the terms of law for the use of stem cell therapy in Jordan, which opened the door for regulation in the Arab and Islamic world.

Below is a list of the awards she has received; Dajani is a member of the United Nations' Jordanian Women's Advisory Council.