Yue Guan Deep-Sea Brine Pool ResearchYue Guan is fascinated by extremophiles and how they cope with harsh environments. She is currently investigating microbial diversity in the deep-sea anoxic brine pools of the Red Sea.

Mohanned Al Ghamdi Optimizing the Water Desalination ProcessFounding student Mohanned Al Ghamdi's current research focuses on innovative cleaning methods for low-pressure hollow-fiber membranes.

Abeer Al-Saggaf Solid-state optical devicesAbeer, a Saudi Masters student in Electrical Engineering, is working on smart lighting systems. Her objective is to design efficient circuits to power those devices. She describes KAUST as a researcher's heaven.

Philippe Vignal Predicting material propertiesA PhD candidate in Material Science and Engineering at KAUST, Philippe is interested in step study of how a solid becomes a liquid. It's essentially a mathematical way of interpreting phase transitions. He also enjoys scuba diving.

Anna Roik Coral Reef Formation ProcessesAt KAUST, Anna works closely with her advisor, Dr. Christian Voolstra on environmental monitoring of the Saudi Red Sea coral reefs.

Gouda Chen Data MiningGouda Chen is from China where he studied computer science at Sun Yat Sen University.

Stefan Grotzinger Analyzing the potential of organismsStefan came to KAUST after completing his bachelor's and master's degrees in his native Germany.

Garrett McKerricher Optimizing ceramic materialsGarrett is pursuing his PhD in Electrical Engineering. He can often be found in the clean room lab at KAUST working on fabricating electronics. Garrett is focusing on improving the traditional way of fabricating electronics and also to print them.

Ahmed Al-Saggaf Solar and Photovoltaics EngineeringAhmed Al-Saggaf is investigating a cost effective way to industrialize the process of making solar cells, especially in Saudi Arabia, using a roll to roll printer.

Bedour Al Sabban Catalysis Research CenterBedour Al-Sabban, a Saudi from Makkah, is a wife, a mother of three young children, and a PhD student in chemistry at KAUST.

Michael Margineanu An interdisciplinary approach to scienceOriginally from Romania, Michael is pursuing a Masters in Bioscience. His research aims to use nanoparticles for cancer treatment.