Hanin has a keen interest in host-microbiome systems. She is currently working on the Red Sea mangrove microbiome project. Her work focused on the mechanisms underlying the abiotic stress tolerance of plants conferred by beneficial microbes from extreme environments.

She is interested in mangroves as mangroves are one of the most important carbon sinks in the world. Protecting mangrove forests and maintaining their health is the main objective of the mangrove microbiome initiative (MMI), which our laboratory is leading in collaboration with many laboratories around the world.

The beneficial interaction between a host and its microbiome is essential for keeping hosts and ecosystems healthy. In extreme environments, the microbiome is adapted to confer tolerance on the host to thrive. This can be observed in many ecosystems, such as deserts, shores, and the northern Red Sea mangroves. For that, understanding this interaction would unlock the great potential of the extremophile microbiome to serve as a tool in sustaining healthy shores of mangrove forests, and healthier water bodies for marine life.

• Andrés-Barrao C.*, Alzubaidy H.*, et al. Reprogramming of bacterial and plant sulfur metabolisms in Enterobacter sp. SA187-inducedplantsaltstresstolerance. PNAS (2021). * contributed equally.
• Eida A., Alzubaidy H., et al. Phylogenetically diverse endophytic bacteria from desert plants induce transcriptional changes of tissue-specific ion transporters and salinity stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Science (2019).
• De Zelicourt A.*, Synek L.*, Saad M.*, Alzubaidy H., et al. Ethylene induced plant stress tolerance by Enterobacter sp. SA187 is mediated by 2‐keto‐4‐methylthiobutyric acid production. PLOS genetics (2018). * contributed equally.
• Alzubaidy H., Essack M., Malas TB., et al. Rhizosphere microbiome metagenomics of gray
  mangroves (Avicennia marina) in the Red Sea. Gene (2015).
• Essack M.*, Alzubaidy H.*, et al. Chemical Compounds Toxic to Invertebrates Isolated from Marine Cyanobacteria of Potential Relevance to the Agricultural Industry. Toxins (2014). * contributed equally.

• Ph.D., Bioscience, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2020
• M.Sc., Biological Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2011
• B.Sc., Biochemistry, KAU, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 2010

• Mangrove Microbiome Initiative (MMI)

• National Academic Talent Development Program Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2020-2022)
• EMBO award for a Practical Course on Plant Microbiota in Cologne, Germany (2017)
• First place winner of the WEP science fair category of KAUST university graduate students, postdocs, and researchers. (2017)
• KAUST Graduate Fellowship (2012-2019)
• Nesma Fellowship (2010-2011)
• Dow Internship Program (June- August 2011)

• Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
• Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division (BESE)