Category: Homegrown talent

A tight line and a keen eye led KAUST’s Vice President for Research to spot a new species of bream now named in honor of two beloved women.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

With its location on the shores of the Red Sea and an international reputation for marine science, KAUST needs teams of skilled research divers with expertise in identifying key marine species. Now, marine researchers and partners from industry and other institutions can receive internationally accredited dive training on site, while others further develop their expertise in identifying corals.

Lockdown observation and analysis conducted at home have led to a pioneering intellectual framework for predicting the fate of evaporating liquid marbles.