Faculty
KAUST's world-class faculty works with University leadership to support the institution's talented, international students and researchers, as well as guide the development of the University and surrounding community.
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Dr. Tala’at Al-Kassab
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Tariq A. Alkhalifah
Professor of Geophysics
Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Professor, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Husam N. Alshareef
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Aram Amassian
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Gary L. Amy
Director, Water Desalination and Reuse Research Center
Named Professor, Environmental Engineering
Dr. Hakan Bagci
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Vladimir Bajic
Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Dr. Osman Bakr
Assistant Professor, Materials Science
Dr. Jean Marie Basset
Director, KAUST Catalysis Research Center
Named Professor, Chemical Science
Dr. Michael Berumen
Assistant Professor, Marine Science
Dr. Fabrizio Bisetti
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Ray A. Bressan
Associate Director, Plant Stress Genomic and Technology Research Center
Named Professor, Molecular Biology and Plant Physiology
Dr. Victor Manuel Calo
Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences and Engineering
Dr. James Calvin
Acting Provost, Academic Affairs
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Dr. Sahraoui Chaieb
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Suk Ho Chung
Director, Clean Combustion Research Center
Named Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Christian Claudel
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Jean-Philippe Croué
Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
Dr. Joerg Drewes
Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
Dr. Mohamed Eddaoudi
Professor, Chemical Science
Dr. Tamer El Sayed
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Jörg Eppinger
Assistant Professor, Chemical Sciences
Dr. Aamir Farooq
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Andrea Fratalocchi
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Dr. Jean M.J. Fréchet
Vice President for Research
Dr. Ian Foulds
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Xin Gao
Assisant Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Christoph Gehring
Professor, Plant Science
Dr. Markus Hadwiger
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Samir M. Hamdan
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Dr. Yu Han
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Dr. Ibrahim Hoteit
Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences and Engineering
Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Dr. Kuo-Wei Huang
Assistant Professor, Chemical Science
Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Ghassan Jabbour
Professor of Materials Science Engineering; Director, Center for Solar and Photovoltaics Engineering Research Center.
Dr. Sigurjón Jónsson
Associate Professor, Geophysics
Dr. Stein Kaartvedt
Professor, Marine Science
Dr. Panos Kalnis
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Aslan Kasimov
Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Dr. David I. Ketcheson
Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics
Dr. David Keyes
Dean, Mathematical and Computer Sciences and Engineering
Named Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Dr. Niveen M Khashab
Assistant Professor, Chemical Science
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Dr. Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Jürgen Kosel
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Zhiping Lai
Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Dr. Gilles Lubineau
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. James Luyten
Director, Red Sea Science and Engineering Research Center
Professor, Marine Science
Dr. Martin Mai
Associate Professor, Geophysics
Dr. Aurelien Manchon
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Jasmeen Merzaban
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry
Dr. Ken Minneman
Dean, Chemical and Life Sciences and Engineering
Named Professor, Bioscience
Dr. Niloy J. Mitra
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Brian Moran
Associate Provost, Graduate Affairs
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Mikhail Moshkov
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Dr. Boon S. Ooi
Professor, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Ingo Pinnau
Director, Membranes Research Center
Named Professor, Chemical Engineering
Dr. Helmut Pottmann
Director, Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Research Center
Named Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Dr. Hany Ramadan
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Timothy Ravasi
Associate Professor, Biology
Dr. Alyn Rockwood
Associate Director, Geometric Modeling and Scientific Visualization Research Center
Professor, Applied Mathematics
Dr. Valentin Rodionov
Assistant Professor, Chemical Sciences
Dr. Iman Roqan
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Pascal Saikaly
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Dr. Khaled Nabil Salama
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Ravi Samtaney
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences
Dr. Gerard Thomas Schuster
Professor of Geophysics
Dr. Udo Schwingenschlögl
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Dr. Atif Sham
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering
Dr. Choon Fong Shih
President
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Basem Shihada
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Georgiy Stenchikov
Professor, Environmental Science
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Dr. Ulrich Stingl
Assistant Professor, Marine Science
Dr. Shuyu Sun
Assistant Professor, Earth Sciences and Engineering
Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Dr. Kazuhiro Takanabe
Assistant Professor, Chemical Sciences
Dr. Raul Tempone
Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Dr. Sigurdur Thoroddsen
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Antoine Vigneron
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Dr. Christian Voolstra
Assistant Professor, Marine Science
Dr. Peng Wang
Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
Dr. Liming Xiong
Associate Professor, Plant Science
Dr. Jun Yu
Professor, Biosciences
Dr. Jian-Kang Zhu
Director, Plant Stress Genomic and Technology Research Center
Named Professor, Molecular Biology and Plant Physiology