She had completed her Bachelor degree in Science and Education in 2002 from the department of physics,College of Education (Saudi Arabia). In 2007, she had completed her Master degree in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from King Abdul-Aziz University (Saudi Arabia). Recently in 2015, she has awarded the PhD degree in material science and engineering from King Abdullah university of science and technology (KAUST) (Saudi Arabia). During her research, Dr. Khushaim became exposed to many sophisticated analytical techniques including different methods. She is an expert of atom probe tomography technique in the GCC area. The main topic in her research is to investigate the link between the physical properties of complex industrial metallic materials such as aluminum based alloys and the arrangements of their components at atomic scales.