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Yasser Abualnaja

Associate Professor of Practice | Associate Director, Climate Change Research Center

Antonio Adamo
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Associate Professor, Bioscience
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Abdulkader M. Afifi

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instructional Professor, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering

Salim Al Babili

Professor, Plant Science
Associate Dean of Faculty, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering

SAMI G. AL-GHAMDI

Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Maryam Alghannam

Ibn Rushd Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering

Tariq Alkhalifah

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Jawaher Almutlaq

Ibn Rushd Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

Tareq Al-Naffouri

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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

Husam N. Alshareef

Professor, Material Science and Engineering | Chair, Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies (CREST)

Dana Al-Sulaiman

Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Thomas Anthopoulos

Adjunct Professor, Material Science and Engineering

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

Professor, Material Science and Engineering | Vice Provost for Strategy

 Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Jean Marie Basset
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Emeritus Professor, Chemistry
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Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Francesca Benzoni

Associate Professor, Marine Science
Associate Director, Red Sea Research Center

Michael L. Berumen

Professor, Marine Science 
Director, Red Sea Research Center | Associate Dean of Students, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering

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

David Bolin
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Professor, Statistics
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Frans Van Buchem

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Marco Canini
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Professor, Computer Science
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Alfonso Caraveo

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering

SUSANA CARVALHO

 Research Associate Professor, Marine Science | Marine Science Sector Manager

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Monika Chodasiewicz
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Assistant Professor, Plant Science
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Ana Margarida Costa

Professor of Practice of Sustainability 
Head of Sustainability

Professor, Computer Science
Associate Director of Resilient Computing and Cybersecurity Center

Assistant Professor,  Mechanical Engineering

Alfredo De Biasio
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Assistant Professor, Bioscience
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Stefaan De Wolf

Professor, Material Science and Engineering | Chair, Material Science and Engineering and Applied Physics Program

Roberto Di Pietro
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Professor, Computer Science
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Instructional Professor, Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Carlos M. Duarte

Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Marine Science | Executive Director, Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform

Mohamed Eddaoudi

Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Sabine El Khoury
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Instructional Professor
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Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed Elhoseiny
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Associate Professor, Computer Science
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Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Paulo Esteves-Veríssimo

Professor, Computer Science 
Director, Resilient Computing and Cybersecurity Center

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Maurizio Filippone
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Associate Professor, Statistics
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Thomas Finkbeiner

Research Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Andrea Fratalocchi

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering

Professor, Bioscience | Chair, Center of Excellence for Smart Health

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Professor, Computer Science | Chair, Computer Science Program | Co-Chair, Center of Excellence for Smart Health

Professor, Chemical Engineering 
Director, KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)

Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor, Statistics

Noreddine Ghaffour

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering | Chair, Center of Excellence for Generative AI

Takashi Gojobori

Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Emeritus of Bioscience

Alexandra A. Gomes
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Instructional Professor
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Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science  
Chair, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Program

David Gomez-Cabrero
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Associate Professor, Bioscience
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Carlos A. Grande

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Thibault F. Guiberti

Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Satoshi Habuchi
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Professor, Bioscience
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Nikos Hadjichristidis

Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

Markus Hadwiger
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Professor, Computer Science
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Samir M. Hamdan

Professor, Bioscience
Associate Vice President for Research

Robert Hoehndorf

Associate Professor, Computer Science
Interim Associate Director, Computational Bioscience Research Center

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering | Co-Chair, Center of Excellence for Sustainable Food Security

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

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering | Director, National Climate Change Center of Excellence

Professor, Chemistry
Associate Vice President for Research

Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Chair of the Bioengineering Program

Christian Froekjaer Jensen
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Associate Professor, Bioscience
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Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Sigurjón Jónsson

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

Professor, chemical Engineering 
Dean of Physical Science and Engineering

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 
Director, Extreme Computing Research Center

NAEEMULLAH KHAN
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Instructional Associate Professor
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Niveen M. Khashab

Professor, Chemistry
Associate Dean of Students, Physical Sciences and Engineering

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science | Vice President, Education and Academic Affairs

Associate Professor, Chemistry
Chair of the Chemistry Program

Charalambos (Harrys) Konstantinou

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Simon Krattinger

Associate Professor, Plant Science | Chair of the Plant Science Program

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Chair, Mechanical Engineering Program

Professor, Chemistry | Co-Chair, Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Storage Technologies

Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati

Adjunct Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adjunct Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Nouf Laqtom
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Assistant Professor, Bioscience
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Frédéric Laquai

Adjunct Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, and Applied Physics

Research Associate Professor, Bioscience

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering

Gilles Lubineau
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Pierre Magistretti

 Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Bioscience
Vice President for Research, Director of KAUST Smart Health Initiative

Gaetano Magnotti

 Adjunct Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Magdy M. Mahfouz
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Professor, Bioengineering
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Paul Martin Mai

Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Peter Markowich

Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering | Director of Climate and Livability Initiative, Associate Dean of Translational Activities, BESE

Jasmeen Merzaban

Associate Professor, Bioscience
Chair, Bioscience Program

Dominik L. Michels
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Associate Professor, Computer Science
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Himanshu Mishra

Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Omar F. Mohammed

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Mikhail Moshkov

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

ANDREAS NASCHBERGER
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Assistant Professor, Plant Science
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Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Yun Hau Ng
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Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Professor, Chemical and Environmental Science and Engineering

Kazuhiro Ohkawa

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Hernando Ombao
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Professor, Statistics 
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Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Tadeusz W. Patzek

Emeritus Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Klaus-Viktor Peinemann

Emeritus Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Professor, Marine Science
Chair, Marine Science Program

Cristian Picioreanu

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Chemical Engineering 
Chair, Chemical Engineering Program

Jesse Poland
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Professor, Plant Science
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HELMUT POTTMANN

Adjunct Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

William Roberts

Professor, Mechanical Engineering 
Director, Clean Combustion Research Center

Assistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering

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

Professor, Chemistry 
Associate Director, KAUST Catalysis Center

Javier Ruiz-Martinez

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Khaled Nabil Salama

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor, Chemical Engineering 
Associate Director, Clean Combustion Research Center

Peter Schmid
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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JÜRGEN SCHMIDHUBER

Professor, Computer Science | Co-Chair, Center of Excellence for Generative AI

FABIAN SCHMIDT
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Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
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Udo Schwingenschlögl

Professor, Applied Physics 
Chair, Applied Physics Program | Associate Dean of Faculty, Physical Sciences and Engineering

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dean of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering | Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Program

Basem Shihada
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Professor, Computer Science
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Research Associate Professor, Computer Science

Malek Smaoui
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Instructional Associate Professor
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Georgiy L. Stenchikov

Emeritus Professor, Earth Science and Engineering

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

Fernando T. Maestre

Professor, Environmental Science and 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 | Chair, Center of Excellence for Sustainable Food Security

Sigurdur Thoroddsen
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Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Associate Professor, Mechanical 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

Ivan Viola
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Professor, Computer Science
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Johannes Vrouwenvelder

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering 
Director, Water Desalination and Reuse Center

Yoshihide Wada
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Professor, Plant Science
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Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Geert-Jan Witkamp

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Professor, Computer Science 
Interim Director, Visual Computing Center

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Associate Professor, Plant Science | Co-Chair, Center of Excellence for Sustainable Food Security

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science | Director of the KAUST Innovation Hub in Shenzhen

Assistant Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Cafer T. Yavuz
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Professor, Chemistry
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Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Dean of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering

Samah Zeineb Gadhoum

Instructional Associate Professor, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering

Professor, Material Science and Engineering

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

Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering
Associate Director, Red Sea Research Center