Ms Sharaf received her Ph.D. in Nutrition and Food science / Food Microbiology and safety from University of Jordan. She has worked on enterotoxin production by some spores and non-spores food pathogenic microbes and studying the prevalence of food poisoning in different Jordanian province. She has Full Membership in Organization for Women in Science for Developing Country (OWSD), she is a member in Jordan Society for Scientific Research (JSSR), Dr Sharaf has published several scientific papers through different research proposals. Most of these papers were in the area of food microbiology and toxicology (food safety). Dr. Sharaf has been appointed as a chairman for the Dept. of Nutrition and food science at Mutah University-Jordan from 2004 to 2008.