KAUST ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP SEARCH COMMITTEE
The KAUST Academic Leadership Search Committee (ALSC) advises the KAUST president designate on the appointment of the University’s senior academic leadership team, including the KAUST provost, deans, research center directors, vice president for research and the King Abdullah Professors. The ALSC will also advise the president designate on the search for the senior vice president for finance.
The current members of the ALSC are:
Chairman
Mr. Nadhmi A. Al-Nasr
Interim President
KAUST
Dr. Peter Agre
2003 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
Director, Malaria Research Institute
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dr. Samir A. Al-Baiyat
Dean, College of Engineering Sciences and Acting Dean, College of Applied Engineering
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Mr. Ahmad O. Al-Khowaiter
Interim Vice President, Economic Development
KAUST
Dr. Karen A. Holbrook
KAUST International Advisory Council
Vice President, Research and Innovation, University of South Florida
Former President, The Ohio State University
Dr. Zeyad O. Hugail
Vice President for Educational and Academic Affairs, King Saud University
Mr. Jay Morley
Former President and CEO, National Association of College and University Business
Officers
Former Senior Vice President, Cornell University
Dr. Ferid Murad
1998 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases,
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Dr. Frank Press
KAUST International Advisory Council
President Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Frank H.T. Rhodes
KAUST International Advisory Council
President Emeritus, Cornell University
Dr. Muhammad Saggaf
Manager, EXPEC ARC
Saudi Aramco
Dr. Mohamed Samaha
Interim Vice President, Research
KAUST
Professor Fawwaz T. Ulaby
Provost
Arthur Thurnau Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
University of Michigan
Former Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
Executive Secretary
Dr. Edward M. Hundert
Former President, Case Western Reserve University
The committee has selected Korn/Ferry International, an executive search firm, to
conduct recruitment on a global scale. Potential candidates may contact Korn/Ferry
through Dr. John Kuhnle.
Dr. John Kuhnle
Managing Director – Global Education Practice
Washington, D.C.
Phone: (802) 765-4543