Our Faculty
KAUST offers superb research facilities; generous, assured research funding; and internationally competitive salaries. We attract top international faculty and students to conduct fundamental and goal-oriented research to address the world's pressing scientific and technological challenges. Apply now for the open positions and be a part of our community.FILTER BY
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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
Earth Science and Engineering
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Abdulkader M. AfifiProfessor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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SAMI G. AL-GHAMDIAssociate Professor of Sustainable Urban Systems
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Tariq AlkhalifahProfessor, Earth Science and Engineering
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Thomas FinkbeinerResearch Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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Noreddine GhaffourProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering
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Hussein HoteitProfessor of Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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Ibrahim HoteitProfessor, Earth Science and Engineering
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Sigurjón JónssonProfessor, Earth Science and Engineering Chair, Earth Science and Engineering Program
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Chak K. ChanDean of Physical Science and Engineering
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Paul Martin MaiProfessor, Earth Science and Engineering
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Tadeusz W. PatzekProfessor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering Director, Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center
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Matteo RavasiAssistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering
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J. Carlos SantamarinaAdjunct Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering Associate Director, Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center
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Georgiy L. StenchikovProfessor, Earth Science and Engineering
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Shuyu SunProfessor, Earth Science and Engineering
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Volker C. VahrenkampProfessor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
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Yoshihide WadaProfessor, Plant Science and Environmental Science
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Geert-Jan WitkampProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering
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Froukje M. van der ZwanAssistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering