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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

Tariq Alkhalifah

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Tareq Al-Naffouri

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Husam N. Alshareef

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

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Jean Marie Basset

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Science

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

Ikram Blilou
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Associate Professor, Plant Science
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Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

David Bolin
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Associate Professor, Statistics
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DONAL D. C. BRADLEY

Vice President for Research
Distinguished Professor, Materials Physics & Device Engineering

Marco Canini
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Associate Professor, Computer Science
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Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Luigi Cavallo
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Professor, Chemical Science 
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Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
KAUST President

Pedro M. Da Costa

Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Daniele Daffonchio
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Professor, Bioscience
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Stefaan De Wolf

Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Carlos M. Duarte
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Distinguished Professor, Marine Science
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Mohamed Eddaoudi

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Science

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

Hossein Fariborzi

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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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Andrea Fratalocchi

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Director, KAUST Catalysis Center

Marc G. Genton
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Distinguished Professor, Statistics
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Noreddine Ghaffour

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Science
Vice President for Academic Affairs

Takashi Gojobori

Distinguished Professor, Bioscience
Acting Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Nikos Hadjichristidis

Distinguished Professor, Chemical Science

Markus Hadwiger
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Associate Professor, Computer Science
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Samir M. Hamdan

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

Wolfgang Heidrich

Professor, Computer Science
Director, Visual Computing Center

Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Associate Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Muhammad M. Hussain

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Sigurjón Jónsson

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Panagiotis Kalnis
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Professor, Computer Science 
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David I. Ketcheson

Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Niveen M. Khashab
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Associate Professor, Chemical Science
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Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Acting Dean, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering

Yoji Kobayashi
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Associate Professor, Chemical Science
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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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Assistant 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

Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering
Associate Director, KAUST Solar Center

Kyle J. Lauersen
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Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
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Professor (Adjunct), Material Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Gilles Lubineau

Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Dean Faculty, Physical Science and Engineering

Pierre Magistretti

Distinguished Professor
Director, KAUST Smart Health Initiative
Biological & Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division

Gaetano Magnotti

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Magdy M. Mahfouz
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Associate Professor, Bioengineering
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Paul Martin Mai

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering
Associate Dean Students, Physical Science and Engineering

Aurelien C. Manchon

Associate Professor (Adjunct), Applied Physics

Peter Markowich

Distinguished Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Associate Director, Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC)

Himanshu Mishra

Associate Professor, Environmental 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

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

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

Assistant 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

Helmut Pottmann

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

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

Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Professor, Chemical Science
Associate Director, KAUST Catalysis Center

Javier Ruiz-Martinez

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Khaled Nabil Salama

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

Professor, Mechanical Engineering 
Dean, Physical Science and Engineering

J. Carlos Santamarina

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Udo Schwingenschlögl
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Professor, Applied Physics
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Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor (Adjunct), Electrical and Computer Engineering
Director, Center of Excellence for NEOM Research at KAUST

Georgiy L. Stenchikov

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Ahmed K. Sultan Salem
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Senior Lecturer
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Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Ying Sun
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Associate Professor, Statistics
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Ganesh Sundaramoorthi

Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Electrical Engineering

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

Mark Tester
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Professor, Plant Science
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Gerard Thomas Schuster

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Sigurdur Thoroddsen
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Vincent C. Tung

Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Athanasios Tzavaras

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Volker C. Vahrenkamp

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Associate Professor, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering

Christian R. Voolstra

Associate Professor (Adjunct), Marine Science

Johannes Vrouwenvelder

Professor, Environmental Science and 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

Peter Wonka
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Professor, Computer Science
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Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Froukje M. van der Zwan

Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering