Dr. Benhabbour received a BS in polymer engineering from the Algerian Petroleum Institute (Institut Algerien du Petrol, IAP, Algeria), a Master’s of Science in medicinal organic chemistry at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), and a PhD in organic/polymer chemistry at McMaster University (Canada). She then joined the Eshelman School of Pharmacy to pursue a postdoctoral position and was promoted to a research track faculty postion one year later. She is currently a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the UNC_NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering with a secondary appointment in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Benhabbour is also Founder and Director of Anelleo, Inc. (AnelleO, https://anelleo.com/), a UNC spinoff company using an innovative 3D printed intravaginal ring platform technology for unmet women’s health indications. Dr. Benhabbour is inventor in 5 patent applications and has earned multiple awards including a KL2 Award, Chancellor’s Faculty Entrepreneurship Award, University’s Technology Nominee for the J&J WiSTEM2D competition, and NIH SEED Program Award (AnelleO).
