MEET THE PIONEERING FACULTY TACKLING GLOBAL CHALLENGES

KAUST Faculty in Focus

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Introducing Faculty in Focus Fall 2022


The KAUST Faculty in Focus video series talks to our professors about their ground-breaking work

tackling some of today’s global challenges.


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Francesca Benzoni
Associate Professor, Marine Science

Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Vice President for Research

Dana Al-Sulaiman
Assistant Professor, Material 
Science and Engineering

Nazek El-Atab
Assistant Professor, Electrical and 
Computer Engineering

Stefan Arold

Professor, Bioscience

Derya Baran

Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Ikram Blilou
Professor, Plant Science
Chair, Plant Science Program


Monika Chodasiewicz

Assistant Professor, Plant Science

Stefaan De Wolf is an associate professor of material science and engineering, Chair of the Material Science and Engineering program and Interim Associate Director at KAUST Solar Center.

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Stefaan De Wolf

Associate Professor, Material Science and Engineering

Mohamed Eddaoudi is Distinguished Professor of Chemical Science and director of the Advanced

Membranes and Porous Materials Research Center at KAUST.

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Mohamed Eddaoudi

Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jorge Gascon is professor of chemical engineering, director of KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)

and lead of the KAUST Circular Carbon Initiative.

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Jorge Gascon

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Jorge Gascon is professor of chemical engineering, director of KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)

and lead of the KAUST Circular Carbon Initiative.

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Bernard Ghanem

Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Yu Han is professor of chemical science at KAUST.

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Yu Han

Professor, Chemical Science

Peiying Hong is associate professor in environmental science and engineering and a member of the Water Desalination and Reuse Center. Her research focuses on making wastewater safe for reuse, and potentially used as an energy source.

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Peiying Hong

Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering

Pierre Magistretti is Distinguished Professor and director of KAUST Smart Health Initiative.

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Xiaohang Li
Associate Professor, Electrical and 
Computer Engineering


Pierre Magistretti is Distinguished Professor and director of KAUST Smart Health Initiative.

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Kyle Lauersen
Assistant Professor Bioengineering


Pierre Magistretti is Distinguished Professor and director of KAUST Smart Health Initiative.

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Frédéric Laquai
Professor, Applied Physics
Interim Director, KAUST Solar Center


Pierre Magistretti is Distinguished Professor and director of KAUST Smart Health Initiative.

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Pierre Magistretti

Distinguished Professor, Bioscience

Vice President for Research

Director of KAUST Smart Health Initiative

Pierre Magistretti is Distinguished Professor and director of KAUST Smart Health Initiative.

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Suzana Nunes

Professor, Chemical and Environmental Science and Engineering

Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Boon Ooi is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at KAUST, working on photonics.

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Boon Ooi

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Boon Ooi is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at KAUST, working on photonics.

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Matteo Parsani

Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Boon Ooi is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at KAUST, working on photonics.

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Raquel Peixoto

Associate Professor, Marine Science

Håvard Rue is a professor of statistics in the computer, electrical and mathematical science

and engineering division at KAUST.

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Håvard Rue

Professor, Statistics

Magnus Rueping is a professor of chemical science and Associate Director of the KAUST Catalysis Center.

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Magnus Rueping

Professor, Chemical Science

Magnus Rueping is a professor of chemical science and Associate Director of the KAUST Catalysis Center.

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Khaled Salama

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Associate Dean, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering


Magnus Rueping is a professor of chemical science and Associate Director of the KAUST Catalysis Center.

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Carlos Santamarina

Professor, Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Mani Sarathy is an associate professor for chemical engineering and the associate director for the

Clean Combustion Research Center. His research focuses on developing sustainable energy

technologies with decreased net environmental impact.

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Mani Sarathy

Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Mark Tester, professor of plant science and associate director at Center for Desert Agriculture in the Biological

and Environmental Science and Engineering Division at KAUST.

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Mark Tester

Professor, Plant Science

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Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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