Master Students

Ahmed Alsaggaf

​Master Student

Research Interests: ​Microbiology, Microbial ecology, Corals, Microorganisms, Marine microbes, Red Sea

Ali Alabyadh

Master Student

Research Interests: Carbonate Sedimentology, Petrography, Red Sea, Corals, Marine ecology

Azad Baazeem

Master Student

Research Interests: Mangrove microbiome analysis, Mangrove conservaton, Conservation biology, Microbial ecology, Biochemistry, Plant metabolism

Ellie Richardson

Master Student

Research Interests: Marine ecology, MPA efforts, Movement ecology, Elasmobranch research, Population structure, Habitat use

Fatma Almoosa

Master Student

Research Interests: Molecular biology, Epigenetics, gene regulation, Climate Change, Genomics, heat stress

Giovanna Sabini-Leite

Master Student

Research Interests: Coral Microbiology, Marine microbes, Beneficial Microorganisms for Corals (BMCs), Symbiont Transmission, Evolution, Resilience, Climate Change, Vitamins

Hugo Mann

Master Student

Research Interests: Blue carbon, Marine ecology, Climate Change

Jessica Breavington

Master Student

Research Interests: Blue carbon, Marine protected areas, Connectivity, Climate Change, Marine conservation

Juan D. Escobar Prieto

Master Student

Juan Fernando Rivera-Cifuentes

Master Student

Research Interests: Coral reef biology, Functional ecology, Fish ecology, Conservation

Kieran Carpenter

Master Student

Research Interests: Symbiosis, Corals, Coral restoration, Coral probiotics

Laura Beenham

Master Student

Research Interests: ​Marine microbiology, Coral resilience, Marine microbial ecology, Functional Microbiome, Marine biology, Marine Probiotics, Beneficial Microorganisms for Corals (BMC's)

Lena Li

Master Student

Research Interests: Articulated coralline algae, Calcifying algae, Coral reef ecology, Climate Change, Ocean acidification, Eutrophication

Mai Aldhahri

Master Student

Research Interests: Clams, Marine analytical chemistry, Environmental sustainability, Carbon cycle, Blue carbon, Marine ecology, Climate Change

Malte Ostendarp

Visiting Student

Research Interests: Coral physiology, Nitrogen cycling, Ocean Warming, Resilience, Cassiopea sp.

Mareike de Breuyn

Master Student

Research Interests: Marine ecology, Conservation biology, Reef restoration, Artificial reefs,, Coral physiology, Nitrogen cycling

Mascha Fiona Dix

Master Student

Research Interests: Climate change biology, Coral resilience, Epigenetics, Molecular biology

Nauras Daraghmeh

​Master Student

Research Interests: Coral reef ecology, Marine molecular ecology, Genomics, Population genetics, Phylogeography, Conservation genetics, Marine biodiversity, Marine conservation

Rawan Alhazmi

Master Student

Research Interests: Molecular biology, Environmental microbiology, Marine microbial ecology, Micritization, Intertidal microbiology, Environmental sustainability

Ricardo Pedraza-Pohlenz

Master Student

Research Interests: Corals, Coral symbiosis, Coral resilience, Coral reproduction, Molecular biology, Genomics, Epigenetics

Yue Chen

Master Student

Research Interests: Marine ecology, ​Marine microbiology