Soaking in the sights and sounds of seagrass meadows
A cross-disciplinary marine expedition aims to characterize an extensive seagrass ecosystem in the Bahamas.
Code of collaboration
Model students get to write the rules
Desert plants hold the key to crop survival
Partners in good health
Future thinking See all 
Soaking in the sights and sounds of seagrass meadows
A cross-disciplinary marine expedition aims to characterize an extensive seagrass ecosystem in the Bahamas.
Shaping a new future
As Saudi Arabia charts a new future, one professor is challenging bright young minds to think how that future could be.
Bringing carbon resources back into balance
KAUST’s Circular Carbon Initiative (CCI) brings together many disciplines to fill an innovation gap and to support Saudi Arabia in its vision to achieve a circular carbon economy. Through the CCI, KAUST aims to change the carbon narrative to one of reduce, reuse, recycle and remove.
Homegrown talent See all
Model students get to write the rules
High school students had the opportunity to work with a KAUST research team to create a new model of a bacteriophage, a virus that attacks bacteria, and test the team’s new prototype software.
Graduate program attracts boy next door
It’s not unusual for students from Saudi Arabia to come to KAUST for graduate studies – Saudi students comprise about a third of the student population. What is unusual, however, is for a student to come from the same town as the KAUST campus.
Students write the book they want to read
Noble laureate Toni Morrison once said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
Making a difference See all
Fostering coral culture in the Red Sea
A coral identification workshop has been organized by KAUST with colleagues from Saudi Arabia’s gigaprojects to increase regional knowledge about corals, which are so important for the conservation of the Red Sea marine environment.
Improving global food security by controlling a persistent weed
The challenges of food production and global food security require a long-term, multi-pronged approach.
Cooling houses without heating the planet
Houses on the KAUST campus will trial an air conditioner that uses little energy
Poop culture helps address global challenges
Sampling feces seems like a long way from tackling global challenges, but for one KAUST researcher, it helped to address two very contemporary crises.
Working together See all
Code of collaboration
A cross-disciplinary project results in improved efficiency for seismic processing, with promising applications for the energy industry.
Partners in good health
Patients, clinicians and researchers all benefit from KAUST’s collaborations with Saudi hospitals. Patients with difficult genetic conditions can access the latest diagnostics. Researchers and students interact with clinicians and hear real-world stories from patients, which helps them understand societal impacts of their work and motivates them even more to pursue excellence in research.
Learning from a crisis
When the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to spread across the globe, researchers from KAUST rapidly mobilized into teams to confront the challenge, often with support from other hospitals and universities in Saudi Arabia. They reflect on their experiences.
Partnering with industry See all
Ego4D, do you see what I see?
What if artificial intelligence
could look at the world and
understand it like we do?
Heading into orbit to improve Earth observation
Small affordable satellites provide more opportunities for enhanced monitoring of the Earth and its ecosystems.
Catalyzing a long and rewarding partnership
What started in 2014 exploring the possibility of one-step conversion of crude oil to chemicals has bloomed into a major research partnership between KAUST and Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s flagship petroleum refiner.
Fueling great opportunities
A 10-year industry-academic collaboration is an ambitious endeavor, but a partnership between the Clean Combustion Research Centre at KAUST and the Transport Technologies Division at Saudi Aramco’s Research and Development Center has exceeded expectations in terms of nurturing talent and achieving outcomes.
Membrane autopsy provides clues to efficient desalination
A membrane autopsy can be used to determine what is fouling the membrane and thus prescribe the best methods for cleaning as well as other ways to improve its efficiency.
Support helps crystallize new ideas
Nanoparticles have a bright future in new ways with light and photonics. Deanna Lacoste, mechanical engineer at KAUST, has had a longstanding interest in nanoparticles and now, with KAUST support, is sharing that interest with Amal Alamri, electrical engineer from King Abdulaziz University (KAU) and KAUST alumna.
Fundamental research See all
Desert plants hold the key to crop survival
A fascination with desert plants and their survival mechanisms has led to a game-changing discovery for improving crop productivity under stress conditions.
Exploring underground from the sky
Satellite data delivered directly to a computer can tell a geophysicist much of what they need to know, but fieldwork still adds value to their work.
Growing uses for 3D printing
Regenerative medicine and coral restoration are just two of the areas where the emerging field of bioprinting research is having an impact.
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