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
- 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
Marine Science
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Susana AgustiProfessor, Marine Science
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Husam N. AlshareefProfessor, Material Science and Engineering
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Dana Al-SulaimanAssistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Manuel ArandaAssociate Professor, Marine Science
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Osman M. BakrProfessor, Material Science and Engineering
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Derya BaranAssociate Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Michael L. BerumenProfessor, Marine Science Director, Red Sea Research Center
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Daniele DaffonchioProfessor, Marine Science Chair, Marine Science Program
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Stefaan De WolfProfessor, Material Science and Engineering | Interim Associate Director KAUST Solar Center | Chair, Material Science and Engineering Program
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Carlos M. DuarteDistinguished Professor, Marine ScienceTarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology
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Shadi FatayerAssistant Professor, Applied Physics
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Michael D. FoxAssistant Research Professor, Marine Science
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Qiaoqiang GanProfessor, Material Science and Engineering
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Carlos A. GrandeAssociate Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Martin HeeneyProfessor, Chemistry
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Mariusz JaremkoAssistant Professor, Bioscience
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Maggie JohnsonAssistant Professor, Marine Science
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Burton JonesProfessor, Marine Science
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Yoji KobayashiAssociate Professor, Chemistry
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Mario LanzaAssociate Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Frédéric LaquaiProfessor, Applied Physics Interim Director, KAUST Solar Center
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Kyle J. LauersenAssistant Professor, Bioengineering
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Xu LuAssistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Yehia MassoudProfessor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Xose Anxelu G. MoranAssociate Professor (Adjunct), Marine Science
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Raquel PeixotoAssociate Professor, Marine Science
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Sanjay RastogiProfessor, Chemistry
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Iman RoqanAssistant Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Alexandre Soares RosadoProfessor, Bioscience
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Javier Ruiz-MartinezAssistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Udo SchwingenschlöglProfessor, Applied Physics Chair, Applied Physics Program Associate Dean Students, Physical Science and Engineering
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Gyorgy SzekelyAssistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
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Vincent C. TungAssociate Professor, Material Science and Engineering
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Geert-Jan WitkampProfessor, Environmental Science and Engineering
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Cafer T. YavuzProfessor, Chemistry
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Xixiang ZhangProfessor, Material Science and Engineering
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Froukje M. van der ZwanAssistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering