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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 of Plant Science and Bioengineering
Associate Dean - BESE

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

Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Vice President for Research

Husam N. Alshareef

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Dana Al-Sulaiman

Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Thomas Anthopoulos

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Manuel Aranda
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Associate Professor, Marine Science
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Stefan T. Arold

Professor, Bioscience
Associate Dean, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Dean, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering

Professor, Material Science and Engineering
Vice Provost for Strategy

 Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Michael L. Berumen

Professor, Marine Science
Director, Red Sea Research Center

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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Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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

Daniele Daffonchio

Professor, Marine Science
Chair, Marine Science Program

Stefaan De Wolf

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

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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Hossein Fariborzi

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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

Laboratory membership; Robotics, Intelligent -Systems, and Controls (RISC) Laboratory 

Aerospace and Transportation Group

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 
Interim Director of Computational Bioscience Research Center

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Director, KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Lead, KAUST Circular Carbon Initiative

Marc G. Genton
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Distinguished Professor, Statistics
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Noreddine Ghaffour

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Special Advisor, Office of the President

Takashi Gojobori

Distinguished Professor, Bioscience
Acting Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science 
Chair, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Program

Carlos A. Grande

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Thibault F. Guiberti
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Assistant Research Professor
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Satoshi Habuchi

Professor, Bioscience
Chair, Bioscience Program

Charlotte A. E. Hauser

Professor, Bioengineering 
Chair, Bioengineering Program

Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Associate Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
Chair, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering Program

Professor, Chemistry
Associate Vice President for Research

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Sigurjón Jónsson

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

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

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

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

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

Zhiping Lai
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Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Frédéric Laquai

Professor, Applied Physics
Interim Director, KAUST Solar Center

Kyle J. Lauersen
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Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
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Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Associate Professor, Bioscience

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Gilles Lubineau

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Interim Dean, Physical Science and Engineering

Pierre Magistretti

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

Gaetano Magnotti

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Magdy M. Mahfouz

Professor of Bioengineering, Bioscience, and Plant Science

Paul Martin Mai

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Peter Markowich

Distinguished Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

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

Hernando Ombao
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Professor, Statistics
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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

Klaus-Viktor Peinemann

Professor (Adjunct), Chemical and Biological Engineering

Raquel Peixoto
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Associate Professor, Marine Science
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Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Cristian Picioreanu

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

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

Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Alexandre Soares Rosado
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Professor, Bioscience
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Professor, Statistics
Chair of Statistics

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

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

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 Students, Physical Science and Engineering

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
CSO & Co-Founder, Red Sea Farms LLC

Sigurdur Thoroddsen
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Vincent C. Tung

Associate Professor, Material Science and 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

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor, Environmental Science and 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

Assistant Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Cafer T. Yavuz
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Professor, Chemistry
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Mohammad Younis

Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Samah Zeineb Gadhoum
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Instructional Associate Professor
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Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Xiangliang Zhang

Associate Professor (Adjunct), Computer Science

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

Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering