Riad Youssef Hamzah (Arabic: رياض يوسف حمزة) is a Bahraini academic who serves as the seventh President of the University of Bahrain.
[2] In 1985, Hamzah joined Arabian Gulf University (AGU) in Manama, the capital of his homeland, where he would go on to hold many leadership positions, including Director-General for Financial and Administrative Affairs from 1986 to 1994.
[3] Hamzah's research focuses on biotech applications, including the biodegradation of chemical pollutants (particularly petroleum and its derivatives) and bacterial sulfur removal.
He described the launch as follows: Today we all celebrate this center, which is a starting point for private projects based on scientific and administrative studies, crystallized for a new future full of ambition, achievement, and innovation for entrepreneurs.
[4]He co-edited the 2001 book, التخطيط الوطني للتنوع البيولوجي في الوطن العربي (“National Biodiversity Planning in the Arab World”).