In May of 2017, Fatima Al-Quaiti graduated from St. Mary’s University at San Antonio with a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry and a Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics. In Fall of 2017, she came to UT Austin to pursue a PhD in Physical Chemistry and joined the Demkov group. After successfully defending her dissertation in November 2022, she began her career in renewable energy at AWE Renewables in Austin, TX.