Dr Faiza Ismail received her PhD in Business and Law from University College Dublin in 2016. Her thesis focused on resolving issues in the standardization of Islamic finance through examining Irish legal and regulatory frameworks. She has over 10 years of experience in teaching, research, and organizing conferences related to Islamic finance. Dr. Ismail was awarded over €77,500 in funding for her doctoral research and organized the successful 2015 Islamic Finance and Law Conference at UCD. She has published several papers and plans to publish her dissertation as a monograph as well as additional articles.