Zakya H. Ismail (born 1948) is an Egyptian scientist who is professor of Electrical Engineering at Lehigh University.
[2] She moved to Rice University for her graduate studies and gained her MA and PhD in chemistry,[3] and worked on low-temperature spectroscopy.
[3] Kafafi spent over twenty years working at the NRL, during which time OLED displays found their way into televisions and mobile phones.
[2] In 2007 Kafafi was appointed to the National Science Foundation Director of the Division of Materials Research, during which time she oversaw a billion dollar budget.
[8] Kafafi joined the faculty at Lehigh University in 2008, where she was made Distinguished Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering.