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KAUST Faculty
Denise Abboud
Professor of Practice
Amr Abdel-Hamid
Instructional Professor, Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Yasser Abualnaja
Associate Professor of Practice
Antonio Adamo
Associate Professor, Bioscience
Abdulkader M. Afifi
Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Susana Agusti
Adjunct Professor, Marine Science
Shehab Ahmed
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Talal Al Attar
Instructional Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Salim Al Babili
Professor, Plant Science
Fahd Al Qureshah
Ibn Rushd Assistant Professor, Bioscience
Sami Al-ghamdi
Ibn Rushd Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Maryam Alghannam
Ibn Rushd Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Abdulrahman Alhamed
Ibn Rushd Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tariq Alkhalifah
Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Jawaher Almutlaq
Ibn Rushd Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Tareq Al-Naffouri
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Majed Alrefae
Instructional Assistant Professor
Husam N. Alshareef
Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Dana AL-Sulaiman
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Thomas Anthopoulos
Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Manuel Aranda
Professor, Marine Science
Stefan T. Arold
Professor, Bioengineering
Alessandro Astolfi
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Hakan Bagci
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Osman M. Bakr
Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Derya Baran
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Jean Marie Basset
Emeritus Professor, Chemistry
HYLKE BECK
Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Francesca Benzoni
Associate Professor, Marine Science
Michael L. Berumen
Professor, Marine Science
Ikram Blilou
Professor, Plant Science
Daniele Boffi
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
David Bolin
Professor, Statistics
Sir Edward Byrne AC FMedSci
Professor
Marco Canini
Professor, Computer Science
Alfonso Caraveo
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
SUSANA CARVALHO
Research Associate Professor, Marine Science
Pedro Castaño
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Luigi Cavallo
Professor, Chemistry
Monika Chodasiewicz
Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Ana Margarida Costa
Professor of Practice
Thomas Crowther
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Marc Dacier
Professor, Computer Science
Daniele Daffonchio
Adjunct Professor, Marine Science
Bassam Dally
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Alfredo De Biasio
Assistant Professor, Bioscience
Stefaan De Wolf
Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Roberto Di Pietro
Professor, Computer Science
Mikkel Draebye
Instructional Professor, Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Carlos M. Duarte
Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Marine Science
Mohamed Eddaoudi
Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Sabine El Khoury
Instructional Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Nazek El-Atab
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mohamed Elhoseiny
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Ahmed Eltawil
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Suhaib Fahmy
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Aamir Farooq
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Shadi Fatayer
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Eric Feron
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Maurizio Filippone
Associate Professor, Statistics
Thomas Finkbeiner
Research Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Wolfgang Fischle
Professor, Bioscience
Michael D. Fox
Assistant Professor, Marine Science
Andrea Fratalocchi
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Max Frenzel
Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Christian Froekjaer Jensen
Associate Professor, Bioscience
Samah Zeineb Gadhoum
Instructional Associate Professor
Imed Gallouzi
Professor, Bioscience
Qiaoqiang Gan
Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Xin Gao
Professor, Computer Science
Jorge Gascon
Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemical Engineering
Marc G. Genton
Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor, Statistics
Noreddine Ghaffour
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Bernard Ghanem
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Takashi Gojobori
Emeritus Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Bioscience
Alexandra A. Gomes
Instructional Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Diogo Gomes
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
David Gomez-Cabrero
Associate Professor, Bioscience
Carlos A. Grande
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Jonathan Grant
Thibault F. Guiberti
Research Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Satoshi Habuchi
Professor, Bioscience
Nikos Hadjichristidis
Ibn Alhaytham Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Markus Hadwiger
Professor, Computer Science
Samir M. Hamdan
Professor, Bioscience
Ali Hassan
Instructional Professor, Computer Science
Martin Heeney
Professor, Chemistry
Wolfgang Heidrich
Professor, Computer Science
Heribert Hirt
Professor, Plant Science
Robert Hoehndorf
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Peiying Hong
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Hussein Hoteit
Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Ibrahim Hoteit
Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Kuo-Wei Huang
Professor, Chemistry
Raphaël Huser
Associate Professor, Statistics
Leena Ali Ibrahim
Assistant Professor, Bioscience
Hong G. Im
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Sahika Inal
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Cunqi Jia
Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Maggie Johnson
Assistant Professor, Marine Science
Burton Jones
Adjunct Professor, Marine Science
Sigurjón Jónsson
Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Chak K. Chan
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Panagiotis Kalnis
Professor, Computer Science
David I. Ketcheson
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
David E. Keyes
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
NAEEMULLAH KHAN
Instructional Associate Professor
Niveen M. Khashab
Professor, Chemistry
Omar Knio
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Yoji Kobayashi
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Charalambos (Harrys) Konstantinou
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Simon Krattinger
Associate Professor, Plant Science
Rolf Krause
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Deanna Lacoste
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Zhiping Lai
Professor, Chemistry
Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati
Adjunct Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mario Lanza
Adjunct Associate Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Nouf Laqtom
Ibn Rushd Assistant Professor, Bioscience
Frédéric Laquai
Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Kyle J. Lauersen
Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Mo Li
Associate Professor, Bioscience
Xiaohang Li
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kangming Li
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Carlo Liberale
Research Associate Professor, Bioscience
Xu Lu
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Gilles Lubineau
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Pierre Magistretti
Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor, Bioscience
Magdy M. Mahfouz
Professor, Bioengineering
Paul Martin Mai
Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Petra Marhava
Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Peter Marhavý
Research Assistant Professor, Plant Science
Peter Markowich
Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Matthew McCabe
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Yanda Meng
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Jasmeen Merzaban
Associate Professor, Bioscience
Dominik L. Michels
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Himanshu Mishra
Associate Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Omar F. Mohammed
Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
DANESH MORADIGARAVAND
Assistant Professor, Bioscience
Paula Moraga
Assistant Professor, Statistics
Renato Morais
Assistant Professor, Marine Science
Brian Moran
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Mikhail Moshkov
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
ANDREAS NASCHBERGER
Assistant Professor, Bioscience
Yun Hau Ng
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Tao Ni
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Katerina Nik
Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Suzana Nunes
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Hernando Ombao
Professor, Statistics
Boon S. Ooi
Al-Khawarzmi Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Francesco Orabona
Associate Professor, Computer Science
Valerio Orlando
Professor, Bioscience
Joaquin Ortega
Instructional Professor, Statistics
Arnab Pain
Professor, Bioscience
Shinkyu Park
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Matteo Parsani
Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Tadeusz W. Patzek
Emeritus Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Klaus-Viktor Peinemann
Emeritus Professor, Chemical Engineering
Raquel Peixoto
Professor, Marine Science
Cristian Picioreanu
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Ingo Pinnau
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Jesse Poland
Professor, Plant Science
HELMUT POTTMANN
Adjunct Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
David Pugh
Instructional Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Sanjay Rastogi
Professor, Chemical Engineering
BRUNO REVERSADE
Professor, Bioscience
Peter Richtarik
Professor, Computer Science
William Roberts
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Iman Roqan
Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Alexandre Soares Rosado
Professor, Bioscience
Håvard Rue
Professor, Statistics
Magnus Rueping
Professor, Chemistry
Javier Ruiz-Martinez
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Pascal Saikaly
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Khaled Nabil Salama
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mani Sarathy
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Peter Schmid
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
JÜRGEN SCHMIDHUBER
Professor, Computer Science
FABIAN SCHMIDT
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Udo Schwingenschlögl
Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Atif Shamim
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Basem Shihada
Professor, Computer Science
Ali Shoker
Research Associate Professor, Computer Science
Muhammad Shuaib
Instructional Assistant Professor
Malek Smaoui
Instructional Associate Professor, Computer Science
Georgiy L. Stenchikov
Emeritus Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Seán M. Stewart
Instructional Associate Professor
David Suggett
Professor of Practice
Ahmed K. Sultan Salem
Instructional Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Ying Sun
Professor, Statistics
Gyorgy Szekely
Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Fernando T. Maestre
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Jesper Tegnér
Professor, Bioscience
Raul F. Tempone
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Mark Tester
Professor, Plant Science
Sigurdur Thoroddsen
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Tadd Truscott
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
George Turkiyyah
Research Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
James Turner
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Athanasios Tzavaras
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
MIGUEL URBANO
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Volker C. Vahrenkamp
Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Frans Van Buchem
Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Ivan Viola
Professor, Computer Science
Johannes Vrouwenvelder
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Yoshihide Wada
Professor, Plant Science
Yating Wan
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Di Wang
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Anqi Wang
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Jian Weng
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Rod A. Wing
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Plant Science
Geert-Jan Witkamp
Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering
Peter Wonka
Professor, Computer Science
Ying Wu
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Brande Wulff
Associate Professor, Plant Science
Jenny Xiaoe Li
Instructional Professor
Jinchao Xu
Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Bicheng Yan
Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering
Wayne Yang
Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Cafer T. Yavuz
Professor, Chemistry
Obaid Younossi
Professor of Practice
Jessica Zamborain-Mason
Assistant Professor, Marine Science
Xixiang Zhang
Professor, Materials Science and Applied Physics
Huabin Zhang
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Froukje M. van der Zwan
Assistant Professor, Earth Systems Science and Engineering