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Antonio Adamo
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Assistant Professor, Bioscience
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Abdulkader M. Afifi

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Susana Agusti
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Professor, Marine Science
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Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Program

Instructional Professor, Electrical Engineering

Salim Al Babili

Professor, Plant Science | Associate Dean of Faculty, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering

SULTAN ALBARAKATI

Instructional Assistant Professor ,
Director, KAUST Academy

SAMI G. AL-GHAMDI

Associate Professor of Sustainable Urban Systems

Tariq Alkhalifah

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Tareq Al-Naffouri

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor,  Electrical and Computer Engineering

Husam N. Alshareef

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Dana Al-Sulaiman

Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Thomas Anthopoulos

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering | Associate Dean of Students, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

 Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Jean Marie Basset

Emeritus Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Francesca Benzoni
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Associate Professor, Marine Science
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Michael L. Berumen

Professor, Marine Science Director, Red Sea Research Center | Associate Dean of Students, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Plant Science Chair, Plant Science Program

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

David Bolin
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Associate Professor, Statistics
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Frans Van Buchem

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Marco Canini
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Associate Professor, Computer Science
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SUSANA CARVALHO

Associate Professor of Practice of Marine Science ,
Marine Science Sector Manager

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Luigi Cavallo
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Professor, Chemistry
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Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science KAUST President

Monika Chodasiewicz
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Assistant Professor, Plant Science
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Professor, Computer Science , 
Associate Director of Resilient Computing and Cybersecurity Center

Daniele Daffonchio

Professor, Marine Science Chair, Marine Science Program

Bassam Dally
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Assistant Professor,  Mechanical Engineering

Alfredo De Biasio
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Assistant Professor, Bioscience
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Stefaan De Wolf

Professor, Material Science and Engineering | Interim Associate Director KAUST Solar Center | Chair, Material Science and Engineering Program

Roberto Di Pietro
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Professor, Computer Science
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Carlos M. Duarte

Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Marine ScienceTarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology

Mohamed Eddaoudi

Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemistry Director, Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research Center

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed Elhoseiny
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Assistant Professor, Computer Science
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Mootaz Elnozahy

Professor, Computer Science  Special Advisor to the President

Ahmed Eltawil
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Professor, Electrical Engineering
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Paulo Esteves-Veríssimo

Professor, Computer Science Director, Resilient Computing and Cybersecurity Center

Suhaib Fahmy
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Associate Professor, Computer Science
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering Chair, Mechanical Engineering Program

Shadi Fatayer
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Assistant Professor, Applied Physics
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Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Thomas Finkbeiner

Research Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Wolfgang Fischle
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Professor, Bioscience
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Assistant Research Professor, Marine Science

Andrea Fratalocchi

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor, Bioscience Associate Director, KAUST Smart-Health Initiative

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Professor, Computer Science  Acting Associate Director of Computational Bioscience Research Center

Jorge Gascon
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Professor, Chemical Engineering 
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Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor, Statistics

Noreddine Ghaffour

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemistry Special Advisor, Office of the President

Takashi Gojobori

Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Bioscience Acting Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center

Alexandra A. Gomes
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Instructional Associate Professor
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Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science  Chair, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Program

David Gomez-Cabrero
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Associate Professor, Bioscience
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Carlos A. Grande

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Thibault F. Guiberti

Assistant Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Satoshi Habuchi

Professor, Bioscience Chair, Bioscience Program

Nikos Hadjichristidis

Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Charlotte A. E. Hauser

Professor, Bioengineering  Chair, Bioengineering Program

Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor of Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science | Associate Dean of Faculty, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering

Sigurjón Jónsson

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering Chair, Earth Science and Engineering Program

Dean of Physical Science and Engineering

Panagiotis Kalnis
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Professor, Computer Science
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David I. Ketcheson

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

NAEEMULLAH KHAN
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Instructional Assistant Professor
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Niveen M. Khashab

Professor, Chemistry Chair, Chemistry Program | Associate Dean of Students, Physical Sciences and Engineering

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science ,
Deputy Director, SRI -Center for Uncertainty Quantification

Yoji Kobayashi
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Associate Professor, Chemistry
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Charalambos Konstantinou

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor (Adjunct), Electrical and Computer Engineering Head of Sensing Magnetism and Microsystems Group

Simon Krattinger
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Associate Professor of Plant Science
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Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Zhiping Lai
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Professor, Chemistry
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Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Nouf Laqtom
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Assistant Professor, Bioscience
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Frédéric Laquai

Professor, Applied Physics Interim Director, KAUST Solar Center

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Associate Professor, Bioscience

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Gilles Lubineau
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Pierre Magistretti

Vice President for Research, Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Director, KAUST Smart Health Initiative

Gaetano Magnotti

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Magdy M. Mahfouz
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Professor, Bioengineering
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Paul Martin Mai

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Peter Markowich

Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor of Remote Sensing and Water Security, Director of Climate and Livability Initiative

Himanshu Mishra

Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Omar F. Mohammed

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dean of Graduate Affairs

Xose Anxelu G. Moran

Associate Professor (Adjunct), Marine Science

Mikhail Moshkov

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

ANDREAS NASCHBERGER
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Assistant Professor, Bioscience
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Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Chemical and Environmental Science and Engineering Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs

Kazuhiro Ohkawa

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor, Statistics Chair, Statistics Program

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Tadeusz W. Patzek

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering  Director, Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center

Klaus-Viktor Peinemann

Professor (Adjunct), Chemical and Biological Engineering

Raquel Peixoto
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Associate Professor, Marine Science
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Cristian Picioreanu

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Chemical Engineering Chair, Chemical Engineering Program

Jesse Poland
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Professor, Plant Science
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HELMUT POTTMANN

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Sanjay Rastogi
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Professor, Chemistry
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Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

William Roberts

Professor, Mechanical Engineering Director, Clean Combustion Research Center

Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Professor, Chemistry Associate Director, KAUST Catalysis Center

Javier Ruiz-Martinez

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering Chair, Environmental Science and Engineering Program

Khaled Nabil Salama

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

J. Carlos Santamarina

Adjunct Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering Associate Director, Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center

Professor, Chemical Engineering Associate Director, Clean Combustion Research Center

Peter Schmid
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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JÜRGEN SCHMIDHUBER

Director, KAUST AI Initiative  
Professor, Computer Science

FABIAN SCHMIDT
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Assistant Professor
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Udo Schwingenschlögl

Professor, Applied Physics Chair, Applied Physics Program | Associate Dean of Faculty, Physical Sciences and Engineering

Dean of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering division.

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Georgiy L. Stenchikov

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Ying Sun
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Associate Professor, Statistics
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Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Jesper Tegnér
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Professor, Bioscience
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Raul F. Tempone

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Plant Science Associate Director, Center for Desert Agriculture  Co-founder and CSO, Red Sea Farms LLC

Sigurdur Thoroddsen
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

James Turner
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Athanasios Tzavaras

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Volker C. Vahrenkamp

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Professor, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering

Johannes Vrouwenvelder

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering Director, Water Desalination and Reuse Center

Professor, Plant Science and Environmental Science

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Di Wang
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Assistant Professor, Computer Science
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Professor, Plant Science Director, Center for Desert Agriculture

Geert-Jan Witkamp

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Computer Science Director, Visual Computing Center Chair, Computer Science Program

Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Brande Wulff
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Associate Professor, Plant Science
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Assistant Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Cafer T. Yavuz
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Professor, Chemistry
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Dean of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering

Mohammad Younis

Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Samah Zeineb Gadhoum
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Instructional Associate Professor
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Xiangliang Zhang

Associate Professor (Adjunct), Computer Science

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Huabin Zhang
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Assistant Professor, Chemistry
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Froukje M. van der Zwan

Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering