Fatima Batul Mukhtar wata malama ce a Najeriya, wacce farfesa ce a fannin Botany . Bincike binciken nata ya ta'allaka ne kan "tsarin bunkasuwa, kimiyyar halittu, fasahar ƙere kere da kuma kiyaye tsirrai". A shekarar 2016, Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari ya nada ta Mataimakin Shugaban Jami’ar Tarayya ta Dutse. An haifi Mukhtar a cikin garin Kano a shekarar 1963. Ta yi makarantar firamare ta Shahuchi da kuma makarantar firamare ta kwana ta mata ta karatun firamare, sannan ta wuce Kwalejin 'Yan Mata ta Gwamnati, da ke Dala a Kano don karatun sakandaren ta. A shekarar 1984, ta samu digiri a fannin ilimin tsirrai a Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello . A shekarar 1994, ta samu digirinta na biyu a Jami’ar Bayero . Ta kammala digirinta na uku a shekarar 2005, wacce ta ƙware a fannin ilimin kimiyyar lissafi daga wannan jami'ar. A shekarar 2012, ta shiga kwasa-kwasan ilimin kimiyyar kere-kere a Jami'ar Jihar Michigan . Tana daya daga cikin wadanda suka assasa masu kula da harkokin ilimi a jami'ar Northwest University Kano, kuma ita ce shugabar makarantar kimiyya ta farko a makarantar.