Our Faculty
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Research Centers
- Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials
- Visual Computing
- Water Desalination and Reuse
- Resilient Computing and Cybersecurity Center
- KAUST Artificial Intelligence Initiative
- Smart Health Initiative
- Climate and Livability Initiative
- KAUST Catalysis Center
- Clean Combustion
- Computational Bioscience
- Center for Desert Agriculture
- Extreme Computing
- Red Sea Research Center
- KAUST Solar Center
- Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center
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Degree Programs
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Earth Systems Science and Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering and Applied Physics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Statistics
- Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Bioengineering
- Bioscience
- Environmental Science and Engineering
- Marine Science
- Plant Science
- Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
- Computer Science
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Research Areas
- Computational Bioscience
- Computer Science
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Extreme Computing
- Visual Computing
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Chemical Science
- Earth Science and Engineering
- Material Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Petroleum Engineering
- Machine Learning
- Statistics
- Security/Resilience
- Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Physical Science and Engineering Division
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Yasser AbualnajaAssociate Professor of Practice -
Abdulkader M. AfifiProfessor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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Maryam AlghannamIbn Rushd Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
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Tariq AlkhalifahProfessor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering -
Jawaher AlmutlaqIbn Rushd Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
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Husam N. AlshareefProfessor, Material Science and Engineering -
Dana Al-SulaimanAssistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Thomas AnthopoulosAdjunct Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Osman M. BakrProfessor, Material Science and Engineering -
Derya BaranAssociate Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Jean Marie BassetEmeritus Professor, Chemistry
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HYLKE BECKAssistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering
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Frans Van BuchemProfessor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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Alfonso CaraveoAssistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
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Pedro CastañoProfessor, Chemical Engineering -
Luigi CavalloProfessor, Chemistry
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Min Suk ChaAssociate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Ana Margarida CostaProfessor of Practice of Sustainability -
Bassam DallyProfessor, Mechanical Engineering
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DAN DANIELAssistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Stefaan De WolfProfessor, Material Science and Engineering -
Mohamed EddaoudiIbn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
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Aamir FarooqProfessor, Mechanical Engineering
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Shadi FatayerAssistant Professor, Applied Physics
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Thomas FinkbeinerResearch Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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Max FrenzelAssistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
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Qiaoqiang GanProfessor, Material Science and Engineering
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Jorge GasconProfessor, Chemical Engineering -
Carlos A. GrandeAssociate Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Thibault F. GuibertiResearch Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Nikos HadjichristidisIbn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
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Yu HanAdjunct Professor, Chemistry
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Martin HeeneyProfessor, Chemistry
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Hussein HoteitChair, Earth Systems Science and Engineering Program -
Ibrahim HoteitProfessor, Earth Science and Engineering | Director, National Climate Change Center of Excellence
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Kuo-Wei HuangProfessor, ChemistryAssociate Vice President for Research -
Hong G. ImProfessor, Mechanical Engineering
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Cunqi JiaAssistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering
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Sigurjón JónssonProfessor, Earth Science and EngineeringChair, Earth Science and Engineering Program -
Chak K. ChanProfessor, chemical EngineeringDean of Physical Science and Engineering -
Niveen M. KhashabProfessor, ChemistryAssociate Dean of Students, Physical Sciences and Engineering -
Yoji KobayashiAssociate Professor, ChemistryChair of the Chemistry Program -
Deanna LacosteAssociate Professor, Mechanical EngineeringChair, Mechanical Engineering Program -
Zhiping LaiProfessor, Chemistry | Co-Chair, Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies
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Mario LanzaAdjunct Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Frédéric LaquaiAdjunct Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Kangming LiAssistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, and Applied Physics
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Xu LuAssistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Gilles LubineauProfessor, Mechanical Engineering
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Gaetano Magnotti
Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Paul Martin MaiProfessor, Earth Science and Engineering
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Omar F. MohammedProfessor, Material Science and Engineering
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Brian MoranProfessor, Mechanical Engineering
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Yun Hau NgProfessor, Chemical Engineering
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Tadeusz W. PatzekEmeritus Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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Klaus-Viktor PeinemannEmeritus Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Ingo PinnauProfessor, Chemical EngineeringChair, Chemical Engineering Program -
Sanjay RastogiProfessor, chemical Engineering
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William RobertsProfessor, Mechanical EngineeringDirector, Clean Combustion Research Center -
Iman RoqanAssistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Magnus RuepingProfessor, ChemistryAssociate Director, KAUST Catalysis Center -
Javier Ruiz-MartinezAssociate Professor, Chemical Engineering -
Mani SarathyProfessor, Chemical EngineeringAssociate Director, Clean Combustion Research Center -
Peter SchmidProfessor, Mechanical Engineering
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Udo SchwingenschlöglProfessor, Applied PhysicsAssociate Dean, Faculty and Research, Physical Sciences and Engineering -
Georgiy L. StenchikovEmeritus Professor, Earth Science and Engineering
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Seán M. StewartInstructional Associate Professor
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Gyorgy SzekelyAssociate Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Sigurdur ThoroddsenProfessor, Mechanical Engineering
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Tadd TruscottAssociate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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James TurnerProfessor, Mechanical Engineering
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Volker C. VahrenkampProfessor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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Anqi WangAssistant Professor, Chemistry
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Bicheng YanAssistant Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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Cafer T. YavuzProfessor, Chemistry
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Xixiang ZhangProfessor, Material Science and Engineering
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Huabin ZhangAssistant Professor, Chemistry
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Froukje M. van der ZwanAssistant Professor, Earth Science and EngineeringAssociate Director, Red Sea Research Center
