Hala J. El-Khozondar was born in Gaza, Palestine. She got her B.Sc. in Physics from BirZeit University, Palestine in 1987. She earned her Ph.D. in physics from New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA in 1999. She joined the physics faculty at BirZeit University in 1987.  She had a Postdoc award at Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Germany in 1999.  She is now a full professor at the electrical engineering (EE) department in Islamic University of Gaza (IUG). She is ICTP senior fellow, FTWAS and FTWAS-ARO. She has high leadership and administrative skills demonstrated by her work in initiating and developing the quality assurance unit and the external relations at IUG and being a committee member for  several scholarships and prizes. She advises several students. She participated in several conferences and workshops. Her research includes studying solar systems, optical fibers, wireless communication, optical fiber sensors, MTMs devices, and polycrystalline materials. She has over 100 publications. She is a recipient of Fulbright Scholarship, DAAD, AvH, Erasmus Mundus, Altaawon and Bank of Palestine Zamalah senior visit, IUG Deanery Prize for applied sciences, TWAS medal lecture 2015 and ISESCO Prize in Science & Technolgy 2014. She is also coordinator for several projects including TEMPUS for promoting long life learning, and Al-Maqdisi to enhance collaboration with French partners.