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 Science and Engineering
- Material Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Statistics
- Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
- Applied Physics
- 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
- Environmental Systems
- Epigenetics
- Functional Biology
- Genomics
- Imaging/Structural Biology
- Marine Science
- Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division
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Antonio AdamoAssistant Professor, Bioscience
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Susana AgustiProfessor, Marine Science
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Salim Al BabiliProfessor, Plant Science | Associate Dean of Faculty, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering
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SAMI G. AL-GHAMDIAssociate Professor of Sustainable Urban Systems
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Manuel ArandaProfessor of Marine Science
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Stefan T. AroldProfessor, Bioscience
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Francesca BenzoniAssociate Professor, Marine Science
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Michael L. BerumenProfessor, Marine Science Director, Red Sea Research Center | Associate Dean of Students, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering
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Ikram BlilouProfessor, Plant Science Chair, Plant Science Program
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SUSANA CARVALHOAssociate Professor of Practice of Marine Science , Marine Science Sector Manager
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Monika ChodasiewiczAssistant Professor, Plant Science
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Daniele DaffonchioProfessor, Marine Science Chair, Marine Science Program
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Alfredo De BiasioAssistant Professor, Bioscience
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Carlos M. DuarteDistinguished Professor, Marine ScienceTarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology
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Wolfgang FischleProfessor, Bioscience
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Michael D. FoxAssistant Research Professor, Marine Science
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Imed GallouziProfessor, Bioscience Associate Director, KAUST Smart-Health Initiative
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Noreddine GhaffourProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering
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Takashi GojoboriDistinguished Professor, Bioscience Acting Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center
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David Gomez-CabreroAssociate Professor, Bioscience
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Satoshi HabuchiProfessor, Bioscience Chair, Bioscience Program
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Samir M. HamdanProfessor, Bioscience
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Charlotte A. E. HauserProfessor, Bioengineering Chair, Bioengineering Program
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RICARDO HENAOAssociate Professor, Bioengineering
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Heribert HirtProfessor, Plant Science
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Peiying HongProfessor of Environmental Science and Engineering
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Leena Ali IbrahimAssistant Professor, Bioscience
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Sahika InalAssociate Professor, Bioengineering
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Lukasz JaremkoAssociate Professor of Bioscience
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Mariusz JaremkoAssistant Professor, Bioscience
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Christian Froekjaer JensenAssociate Professor of Bioengineering
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Maggie JohnsonAssistant Professor, Marine Science
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Burton JonesProfessor, Marine Science
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Simon KrattingerAssociate Professor of Plant Science
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Nouf LaqtomAssistant Professor, Bioscience
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Kyle J. LauersenAssistant Professor, Bioengineering
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Mo LiAssociate Professor, Bioscience
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Carlo LiberaleResearch Associate Professor, Bioscience
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Pierre MagistrettiVice President for Research, Distinguished Professor, Director, KAUST Smart Health Initiative
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Magdy M. MahfouzProfessor, Bioengineering
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Matthew McCabeProfessor of Remote Sensing and Water Security, Director of Climate and Livability Initiative
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Jasmeen MerzabanAssociate Professor, Bioscience
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Michael Florian MetteInstructional Associate Professor
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Himanshu MishraAssociate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
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DANESH MORADIGARAVANDAssistant Professor, Bioscience
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Xose Anxelu G. MoranAssociate Professor (Adjunct), Marine Science
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ANDREAS NASCHBERGERAssistant Professor, Bioscience
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Kim Choon NgProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering
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Suzana NunesProfessor, Chemical and Environmental Science and Engineering Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs
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Valerio OrlandoProfessor, Bioscience
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Arnab PainProfessor, Bioscience
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Raquel PeixotoAssociate Professor, Marine Science
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Cristian PicioreanuProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering
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Jesse PolandProfessor, Plant Science
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BRUNO REVERSADEProfessor Bioscience
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Alexandre Soares RosadoProfessor, Bioscience
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Pascal SaikalyProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering Chair, Environmental Science and Engineering Program
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FABIAN SCHMIDTAssistant Professor
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Jesper TegnérProfessor, Bioscience
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Mark TesterProfessor, Plant Science Associate Director, Center for Desert Agriculture Co-founder and CSO, Red Sea Farms LLC
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Johannes VrouwenvelderProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering Director, Water Desalination and Reuse Center
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Yoshihide WadaProfessor, Plant Science and Environmental Science
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Peng WangProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering
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Rod A. WingProfessor, Plant Science Director, Center for Desert Agriculture
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Geert-Jan WitkampProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering
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Brande WulffAssociate Professor, Plant Science
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Iain YoungDean of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering
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Samah Zeineb GadhoumInstructional Associate Professor