Malek Abunaemeh was born in Syria on July 6, 1977. He attended Alfaysaliah High School in Saudi Arabia where he graduate 1995. After high school, He earned his B.S. in Electrical engineering from University of Alabama in 2001, M.S.in Physics from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2008 and his Ph.D. from Alabama A&M University in 2011.