Center Director | Director of Saudi Aramco-KAUST Marine Environmental Research Center | Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Coral reef ecology, Fish ecology, Fisheries, Ecosystems, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Conservation biology, Marine environment
Associate Center Director | Associate Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Biodiversity, Coral reef ecology, Marine Habitat Mapping, Biogeography, Climate Change, Coastal Conservation, Bioconstruction, Taxonomy
Associate Center Director | Assistant Professor, Earth Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Igneous Petrology, Isotope Geochemistry, Petrography, Tectonics, Geology, Sediments, Geochemistry, Field Geology, Geological Processes, Geological Mapping
Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Biological networks and interactions, Environment modeling, Marine ecology, Scientific Visualization, Fluid mechanics, Networks and wireless communications, Sensors
Distinguished Professor, Tarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Environment, Biodiversity, Conservation biology, Ecosystem ecology, Coastal ecology Aquaculture, Carbon, Seagrass Meadows, Climate Change
Professor of Bioscience
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, Extreme environments, Deep sea brine pools, Mangrove ecosystem microbiology
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Coral reef ecology, Global change biology, Ocean acidification, Ocean deoxygenation, Warming, Climate Change, Phycology, Calcifying algae, Crustose coralline algae
Associate Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Genomics, Symbiosis, Epigenetics, Molecular biology
Assistant Research Professor
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Coral reef ecology, Climate Change, Oceanography, Biogeochemistry, Stable isotope ecology, Ecosystems
Associate Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, Environmental microbiology, Marine Probiotics, Beneficial Microorganisms for Corals (BMCs), Resilience, Coral restoration, Global change, Microbiology
Courtesy Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Coral reef ecosystems, Climate Change, Ocean acidification, Fisheries, Biodiversity, Ecology, Natural resource management, Sustainability
Associate Professor of Practice of Marine Science
Research Interests: Biodiversity, Ecosystem functioning, Ecosystem health assessment, Climate Change, Non-native species, Ecosystem-based approaches, Nature-based solutions
Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Enviornment, Biodiversity, Water quality, Ecology, Climate Change, Marine ecology, Ecosystems, Marine biology, Aquatic ecosystems
Adjunct Associate Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Ecology, Climate Change, Marine ecology, Marine biology, Biogeochemistry, Aquatic ecosystems, Biological Oceanography, Phytoplankton
Adjunct Associate Professor of Marine Science
Research Interests: Environmental Genomics, Microbial ecology, Metaorganism, Coral symbiosis, Corals
Professor of Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
Research Interests: Regional geology of the Middle East, Geological evolution of the Red Sea, Neotectonics
Professor of Bioscience
Research Interests: Molecular microbial ecology, Environmental biotechnology, Genetic diversity, Extreme environments, Microbial ecology, Bioremediation
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Deputy Director of AI Initiative at KAUST
Research Interests: Semantic analysis, UAV, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning
Professor of Bioscience and Bioengineering
Research Interests: Chemistry, Biomedicine, Bioengineering, Nanotechnology
Professor of Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
Research Interests: Climate Change, Sea level fluctuations, Arabian Plate
Visiting Faculty | Professor of Geology
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Pal-ecology, Carbonate Sedimentology, Plastic pollution
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Associate Dean CEMSE
Research Interests: Sensors, Lab-on-a-chip, Antenna arrays, Nonlinear models, Micro-systems
Director of the Center for Desert Agriculture | Professor of Plant Science | Principal Investigator of the Wing Lab
Research Interests: Genetics, Genomics, evolutionary boilogy od crop plants and their wild relatives
Distinguished Professor of Bioscience | Acting Director of CBRC
Research Interests: Functional and comparative genomics, Marine Metagenomics, Synthetic biology, Bioenergy
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Control systems, Signal analysis, Environment modeling, Modeling
Research Professor of Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
Research Interests: Geomechanics, Drilling, Well completion, Reservoir modeling, Full field simulation
Professor of Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
Research Interests: Modern & Ancient Carbonates, Diagenesis, Chemostratigraphy, OAE's, Carbonate Reservoirs, Reservoir Modelling and Heterogenity, Geothermal Energy
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine geology, Carbonate Sedimentology, Carbonate diagenesis, Palaeoclimate
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Global change, Anthropogenic stressors, Multiple Stressors, Environmental Impacts, Coastal Ecosystems, Reef Ecology, Ecosystem Recovery
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Physical Oceanography, Observational oceanography, Operational oceanography, HF-radars, Buoys, Lagrangian systems, Currents
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine invertebrates, Chemical Ecology, Environmental DNA
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine microbiology, Microbial bioinformatics, Marine symbioses, Extremophiles, Bacterial metabolism, Methanotrophs/methylotrophs
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Behavior, Biodiversity, Disturbances, Ecological Processes, Habitat, Marine ecology, Reef Fishes
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Biological Oceanography, Ecosystems, Global change, HABs, pigments, Phytoplankton
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Geomorphology, seafloor mapping, benthic habitat mapping, geomorphometry, terrain analysis, Remote Sensing, geographic information system
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine microbial ecology, Marine microbiology, Metabolic ecology, Size structure, Biodiversity, Ecosystem functioning, Trait-based ecology, Climate Change, Ecology and evolution
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Molecular biology, Biochemistry, Transcriptomics, Laser Microdissection
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, Coral Microbiology, Marine Probiotics, Marine Symbiosis, Chemosynthesis, Applied Microbiology
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Movement ecology, Population ecology, Megafauna
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Bio-optical oceanography, Biogeochemical processes, Long-term changes in phytoplankton dynamics
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Microbial ecology, Host-associated Microbiomes, Blue Carbon Ecosystems, Climate Change, Climate changes
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Environmental microbiology, Plant-microbe interaction, Microbial ecology of extreme environments, Mangrove microbial ecology, Agriculture microbiology, Microbial biotechnology
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Evolution, Epigenetics, Coral taxonomy
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine biology, Climate Change, Pollution, Acclimatization, Coral reefs, Applied Statistics
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Marine FIsh Hybridization, Hybridization Speciation, Biogeography
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Biodiversity, Evolution, Systematics, Genetics, Taxonomy, Sequencing, DNA, DNA sequencing
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Benthic Ecology, Carbonate Chemistry, Biogeosciences
Research Scientist
Research Interests: Climate modeling, Atmospheric chemistry, Aerosols, Volcanic eruptions, Air quality
Senior Research Specialist-Aquarist
Research Interests: Coral reef propagation & restoration, Coral reef organisms breeding, Aquariology, Reef aquaculture, Coral gardening, Marine conservation, Reef symbiosis, Plankton culture
Research Specialist
Research Interests: Marine conservation, Coral reef ecology, Movement ecology, Climate Change, Marine protected areas, Citizen science
Research Specialist
Research Interests: Environment, Aquatic Ecology, Water quality, Limnology, Environmental Health, Water and Wastewater treatment, Ecosystem services, Marine ecology, Nature management, Biodiversity
Laboratory Technician
Research Interests: Genomics, Molecular biology, NGS platform
Laboratory Technician
Research Interests: Marine biodiversity, Coral reef, Coral systematics
Research Technician
Research Interests: Ecology, Zoology, Ecology of macrobenthic communities, Succession in ecology, Population dynamics of marine species, Data analysis of biological datasets, Diversity
Field Technician
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Benthic Ecology, Geospatial science, Climate Change, Restoration ecology
Research Specialist
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Global change biology, Climate Change, Marine introduced species, Phycology
Research Technician
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Oceanography, Marine productivity, Marine pollution, Toxicology, Genetics, Marine biodiversity, Conservation
Chemistry Research Technician
Research Interests: Marine chemistry, Environmental analysis
Lab and Field Engineer
Research Interests: Biogeochemical cycles, Primary production, Phytoplankton pigments, Apparent and Inherent optical properties, Ocean color, Profiling floats, Gliders
Field Research Technician
Research Interests: Marine conservation, Coral reef restoration, Coral reef ecology, Citizen science, Biodiversity, Marine ecology
Geographic Information System Specialist
Research Interests: Spatial Modeling and Analysis, Scientific Visualization, Relational Database Management, GIS, Ecology
Research Specialist
Research Interests: Big data, Data Science, Software engineering, Cloud Native, DevOps, Oceanography, Physical Oceanography
Microbiologist Lab Technician
Research Interests: Marine biology, Micro biology, Coral reef
Research Specialist
Research Interests: Coral reef ecology, Coral reef resilience and functioning in climate change, Coral restoration, Sexual coral reproduction, coral holobiont, Ridge to reef, Transition toward a sustainable Anthropocene
Biological Culture and Visualization Technician
Research Interests: Marine Algae, tissue culture, Marine bacteria, nano particles, Seed extract, Biodiversity, Ecosystem functions, Nutrient, Plankton
Chemical Analyst Technician
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Environmental sample analysis, Bioanalytical analysis
Research Specialist
Research Interests: Coral reef restoration and rehabilitation, Environmental Management, Research applicability, Animal welfare, Marine microbiology
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Microbial communities, Brine Pools, Extreme environemnts
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Biodiversity, Fisheries, Marine ecology, Machine learning, Statistical modelling, Socioeconomics, Species life history, Marine mammals, Elasmobranchs, Sharks, Fish, Sea turtles
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Transcriptomics, Genomics, Phylogenomics
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Analog electronic circuits, Bio-impedance, Controller design, Fractional-order components and systems, Underwater robots
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Microbial diversity, Extreme environments, Molecular biology, Stable isotope probing
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Blue carbon, Soil and sediment biogeochemistry, Climate Change
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Intertidal microbiology, Bacterial symbiosis in animals, Biofilms, Oxidative stress, Metaorganism, Evolutionary biology
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Marine microbiology, Microbial ecology, Molecular biology, Biotechnology, Probiotics, Biorremediation, Host-microbiome interactions
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Corals Ecology, Corals Resilience, Microbial ecology, Functional Microbiome
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Marine microbiology, Extreme environments, Plant biology, Transcriptomics, Host-microbiome interactions
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Extremophiles, Extreme environments, Microbial ecology, Biotechnology of extremophiles, Astrobiology
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Environmental DNA, Ecosystem monitoring, Conservation biology
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, Metagenomics, Climate Change, Genomics of Microbes, Biological Soil Crust
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Tectonics, Marine Geosciences, Geomorphology, Geochemistry
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Salinity tolerance, Halophytes, Tissue Tolerance, Saponins
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Microbial ecology, Coral Microbiology, Marine Probiotics, Marine symbioses, Host-microbiome interactions
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Physical Oceanography, Observational oceanography, Tropical ocean, Seasonal and Intraseasonal variability, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Numerical methods, Finite element methods, Numerical ocean modeling
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Jellyfish, UV radiation, Marine pollutants, Stress response, Metabolic responses, Marine biology
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Phytoplankton pigments, HPLC, CHEMTAX, Chemotaxonomy, Marine ecology, Climate Change
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Marine conservation, Biodiversity, Environment, Environmental sustainability, Genomics, Metagenomics, Molecular biology, Molecular Evolution, Bioinformatics, Marine microbiology
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Sponges, Corals, Climate Change, Microbiome, Ecology, Probiotics
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Sponges, Corals, Climate Change, Microbiome, Ecology, Probiotics
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Genomics, Population structure, Evolution, Adaptation
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Coral reef ecology, Coral reef restoration, Population genomics, Conservation genetics
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: cryptic diversity, evolutionary ecology, genetic connectivity, integrative taxonomy, Metabarcoding, Molecular Ecology, population genetics/genomics, Phylogeny, scleractinian
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Marine ecophysiology, Biogeochemistry, Global change biology, Ocean acidification, calcification
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Physiological ecology, Physiological adaptation, Comparative physiology, Marine ecology, Stress physiology, Ecophysiology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine microbial ecology, Coral Microbiology, Molecular biology, Marine Probiotics, Epigenetics
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine, Diatoms, Iron, Organic carbon, Temperature
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Aquaculture, Water quality, Marine Ecology and Conservation, Coastal Zone Management
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: coral, Symbiosis, Algal biology, Marine ecology, Coral physiology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Marine Connectivity, Conservation biology, Citizen science
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Applied Statistics, Marine ecology, Chemical Ecology, Spectroscopy, Cnidarian symbiosis
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine Ecotoxicology, Marine Mussels, Marine Algae, Heavy Metal Pollution, Metal Biokenetics
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Fish biology, Fisheries management
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Marine biology, Community ecology, Coral restoration, Coral conservation, Corals, Climate Change
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine microbial ecology, Metagenomics, Functional and comparative genomics, Sediment Habitats, Blue Carbon habitats
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Red Sea, Viruses, Heterotrophic nanoflagellates, Heterotrophic Bacteria, abundance, flowcytometry
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Modern and fossil foraminifera, Paleoecology, Carbonate Sedimentology, Geochemistry, Micropaleontology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Coral reef ecology, Marine ecology, Conservation, Biodiversity, Fish biodiversity, Reef fish, Fisheries
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Stem cells, Oncology, Drug delivery, Organoids, Host-pathogen interaction
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Coral symbiosis, Transcriptome and regulatory network
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine Metagenomics, Marine microbial ecology, Microbial Cultivation, Functional and comparative genomics, Blue Biotechnology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Sustainable development, Monitoring, Mangroves, Seagrass, Coral reef habitats
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Biological Oceanography, Ecology, Monitoring and assessment, Global change, Anthropogenic stressors, Symbionts
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Marine conservation, Coral reefs, Bioremediation
PhD Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Molecular biology, Transcriptomics, Nitrogen cycling
PhD Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Coral reef ecology, Biodiversity, Reef Functioning, Conservation biology, Coral Reef Dynamics, Bioinformatics, Molecular biology, Marine Probiotics, Climate Change
PhD Student
Research Interests: Sensing platforms, Prototyping, Embedded systems, Energy harvesting
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Hydrothermal systems, Sulfide mineralization, Red Sea geology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Population genetics, Conservation biology, Marine Ecotoxicology, Statistical modelling
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Deep-sea ecology, Deep sea coral ecology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Astrobiology, Biophysics, Space exploration, Environmental microbiology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Molecular biology and Genetics, Structural Biology and Imaging, Extremophiles and microbiomes, Plastic pollution
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Fisheries management, Statistical modelling, Global change biology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Ecosystem functions, Fish ecology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Genomics, Climate Change, Fish biology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Phytoplankton, Environmental pollution, Marine ecology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Coral reef ecology, Assisted evolution, Ecological genomics, Climate Change
PhD Student
Research Interests: Coral reef, Ecology, community, Coral identification, Morphology, Coral restoration, Conservation, Science communication
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Food webs, Resilience, Conservation, Restoration, Biodiversity, Mesophotic reefs
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Coral reef restoration, Coral reef ecology, Marine ecology, Assisted evolution
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Reef fish, Connectivity, Larval dispersal, Behavioral ecological
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Bioacoustics, Marine biology, Coral reef ecology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Coral reef benthic communities, Spatial ecology, Habitat mapping, Ecosystem functions
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Microbial communities, Deep-sea ecology, Biotechnology, Bioremediation
PhD Student
Research Interests: Conservation biology, Microbial ecology, Molecular biology, Marine ecology, Coral physiology
Master Student
Research Interests: Ecophysiology, Elasmobranch research, Movement ecology, Conservation biology, Shark physiology, Reroduction physiolpogy, Nutritional physiology, Stress physiology, Immunology, Elasmobranch microbiome
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, The Red Sea, Bacteria, Archaea, Macroalgae, Bioinformatics, Metagenomics, Next generation sequencing (NGS)
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Diatoms, Microalgae, Molecular biology, Marine ecology, Genomics, Aquatic ecosystems
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Environmental biotechnology, Extremophiles, Antimicrobial resistance, Bioremediation
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Coral ecology, Global change biology, Marine pollution, Plastic pollution, Ecotoxicology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Coevolution, Coral reefs, Symbiosis, Biodiversity
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Marine science, Marine biology, Ecology, Environmental science, Genetics, Ethology, Zoology, Elasmobranchs, Sharks, Rays, Skates, Conservation, Conservation of endangered species
PhD Student
Research Interests: Fish ecology, Coral reef ecology, Fish interactions, Trophic ecology, Climate Change
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Corals, Coral symbiosis, Crustaceans, Fluorescence, Biodiversity
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Molecular Ecology, Data Science
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Cryptofauna, eDna, Conservation
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Coral ecology, Global change biology, Species interactions
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Carbon flux, Primary productivity, Marine ecology, Plankton, Climate Change
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Microbial ecology, Mangrove ecosystem microbiology
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Coral reef ecosystems, Climate Change, Anthropogenic stressors
PhD Student
Research Interests: Corals, Climate Change, Marine conservation, Ocean acidification
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Biodiversity, Benthic Ecology, Marine ecology, Evolution
Ph.D. Student
Research Interests: Corals, Antipatharia, Coral phylogeny, Marine conservation, Ecology
Visiting student at Microbial EcoGenomics and Biotechnology Laboratory (MEGB)
Research Interests: Plants, Molecular biology, Bioquimica, omics, Marine bacteria
Master Student
Research Interests: Microbiology, Microbial ecology, Corals, Microorganisms, Marine microbes, Red Sea
Master Student
Research Interests: Carbonate Sedimentology, Petrography, Red Sea, Corals, Marine ecology
Master Student
Research Interests: Mangrove microbiome analysis, Mangrove conservaton, Conservation biology, Microbial ecology, Biochemistry, Plant metabolism
Master Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, MPA efforts, Movement ecology, Elasmobranch research, Population structure, Habitat use
Master Student
Research Interests: Coral Microbiology, Marine microbes, Beneficial Microorganisms for Corals (BMCs), Symbiont Transmission, Evolution, Resilience, Climate Change, Vitamins
Master Student
Research Interests: Blue carbon, Marine protected areas, Connectivity, Climate Change, Marine conservation
Master Student
Research Interests: Coral reef biology, Functional ecology, Fish ecology, Conservation
Master Student
Research Interests: Marine microbiology, Coral resilience, Marine microbial ecology, Functional Microbiome, Marine biology, Marine Probiotics, Beneficial Microorganisms for Corals (BMC's)
Master Student
Research Interests: Climate change biology, Coral resilience, Epigenetics, Molecular biology
Master Student
Research Interests: Coral reef ecology, Marine molecular ecology, Genomics, Population genetics, Phylogeography, Conservation genetics, Marine biodiversity, Marine conservation
Master Student
Research Interests: Corals, Coral symbiosis, Coral resilience, Coral reproduction, Molecular biology, Genomics, Epigenetics
Master Student
Research Interests: Molecular biology, Epigenetics, gene regulation, Climate Change, Genomics, heat stress
Master Student
Research Interests: Symbiosis, Corals, Coral restoration, Coral probiotics
Master Student
Research Interests: Articulated coralline algae, Calcifying algae, Coral reef ecology, Climate Change, Ocean acidification, Eutrophication
Master Student
Research Interests: Clams, Marine analytical chemistry, Environmental sustainability, Carbon cycle, Blue carbon, Marine ecology, Climate Change
Visiting Student
Research Interests: Coral physiology, Nitrogen cycling, Ocean Warming, Resilience, Cassiopea sp.
Master Student
Research Interests: Marine ecology, Conservation biology, Reef restoration, Artificial reefs,, Coral physiology, Nitrogen cycling
Master Student
Research Interests: Molecular biology, Environmental microbiology, Marine microbial ecology, Micritization, Intertidal microbiology, Environmental sustainability
Lab Manager
Research Interests: Phytoplankton, Marine biology, Biogeochemistry, Global change, Laboratory management, Scientific visualisation