Desert Agriculture Initiative

Aigerim Rakhmatulina

Ms Student
Research Group: Prof. Salim Al-Babili

aigerim.rakhmatulina^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, sea side, 3254-WS07

Akmaral Serikbayeva

Lab Support

Research Group: Salim Al-Babili

akmaral.serikbayeva^+kaust.edu.sa

B2/L3 -3254-WS07

Ameerah Bokhari

PhD Student

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Research Interest: Microbiology, Molecular biology, Biotechnology, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Next generation sequencing, Gas chromatography

Ameerah.bokhari^+kaust.edu.sa

Building 2, level 3, desert side, 3288-WS05

Anas Rawas

Master Student

Research Group: Simon Krattinger

anas.rawas^+kaust.edu.sa

Arne Scheu

Ms Student

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Plant Salinity Tolerance, Crop Development, Molecular Biology, Protein Function and Design

arne.scheu^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, Sea Side, 3254-WS06

Ashwag Shami

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Magdy Mahfouz

Research Interest: Microbial genetics, metagenomics

Ashwag.Shami^+kaust.edu.sa

Bldg. 2, Lev. 3, seaside, 3254-WS10

Baoda Han

Lab Support

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Baoda.han^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Desert side, 3287-WS04

Bo Li

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Plant Molecular Biology, Anion transport, Bioinformatics.

Bo.li^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld.2, Lev.3, Desert Side, 3287-WS10

Cristina Andrés-Barrao

Post-doctoral fellow

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Research Interest: PGPR, Plant-Microbe Interaction, Transcriptomics, Genomics.

cristina.andresbarrao^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, Room 3231-WS02

Eman Almalki

PhD student

Research Group: Mark Tester

eman.almalki^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, 3255-WS04

Ge Gao

Ph. D. Student
Research Group: Mark Tester

ge.gao^+kaust.edu.sa

B1/L3 - 3254-WS09

Gretty Isabel Ferrer Carmenates

Lab Support

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Gretty.ferrercarmenates^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3,desert side 3287-WS06

John Klingler

Senior Center Liaison Officer

john.klingler^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, 3328

Jose Alejandro Tapia

Ph. D. Student

Research Group: Ikram Blilou

jose.moralestapia^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, 3326-WS08

Julia Eichmann

Research Technician

Research Group: Simon Krattinger

Julia.eichmann^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, sea side, 3254-WS06

Kiruthiga Mariappan

Bioinformatic Assistant
Research Group: Heribert Hirt

kiruthiga.mariappan^+kaust.edu.sa

Lijun Li

Greenhouse Technician

Research Group: Mark Tester

lijun.li^+kaust.edu.sa

Liubov Gapa

Master Student

Research Group: Simon Krattinger

liubov.gapa^+kaust.edu.sa

B2/L3/R3287-WS01

Lukas Synek

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Research Interest: Cell biology, Microscopy, Molecular interactions, Arabidopsis

lukas.synek^+kaust.edu.sa

B2, L3, Sea Side, 3231-WS09

Mawadda Alghrably

Research Group - Prof. Salim Al-Babili

mawadda.alghrably^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, lev. 3, sea side, Room 3254-WS06

Michael Florian Mette

Research Scientist

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Research Interest: Plant genetics, Epigenetics, Chromatin regulation

florian.mette^+kaust.edu.sa

Ibn Al Haytham Bld. 2, Lev. 3, Sea Side, 3231-WS06

Nacera Himeur

Administrative Assistant

nacera.himeur^+kaust.edu.sa

B 2 3254-WS03

Nadia Al-Tamimi

PhD Student

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Salinity tolerance, Molecular biology, Plant genomics, Rice

nadia.tamimi^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld.2, Lev.3, Sea Side, 3254-WS20

Naheed Tabassum

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Ikram Blilou

naheed.tabassum^+kaust.edu.sa

B2/L3/3266-WS05

Natalia L. Serrano

Ph. D. Student
Research Group: Magdy Mahfouz

Research Interest: Plant heat stress response, heat acclimation, Arabidopsis, RNA-binding proteins, CRISPER-Cas9

natalia.serrano^+kaust.edu.sa

Bldg.. 2, Lev. 3, Sea Side, Office 3254-WS02

Rewaa Jalal

PhD Student

Research Group: Heribert Group

Rewaa.jalal^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3,3288-WS08

Shakila Zahir

Lab Support Personnel

shakila.zahir^+kaust.edu.sa

Yakun Xie

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

yakun.xie^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, 3287-WS14

Yong Woo

Research Scientist
Research group: Mark Tester

Yong.Woo^+kaust.edu.sa

Building 2, Level 3, Sea Side, Ofiice 3231-WS06

Yu Ling

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Magdy Mahfouz

Yu.ling^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, level 3, 3287-WS14

Yujian Mo

Lab Support

Research Group: Salim Al-Babili

yujian.mo^+kaust.edu.sa

Emmanuelle Sougrat

Center Manager

emmanuelle.sougrat^+kaust.edu.sa

Aala A. Abulfaraj

PhD Student

Research Group: Prof. Heribert Hirt

Research Interest: Genome engineering, DNA analysis and sequencing, biotechnology

aala.abulfaraj^+kaust.edu.sa

Alaguraj Veluchamy

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Moussa Benhamed

Research Interest: Epigenetics, Marine ecology, Comparative genomics, Next-generation sequence analysis

alaguraj.veluchamy^+kaust.edu.sa

Damien Lightfoot

Research Scientist

Research Group: Mark Tester

damien.lightfoot^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, 3326-WS12

Hafida El abdalaoui

Lab Manager

hafida.elabdalaoui^+kaust.edu.sa

Juan Sebastián Ramírez Prado

PhD Student

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Research Interest: Molecular Plant Pathology, Plant physiology, Plant-microorganism interactions, Biotechnology, and Molecular Biology

juan.ramirezprado^+kaust.edu.sa

Nina V Fedoroff

Professor Emerita

Research Interest: Molecular epigenetics, plant biology, biological networks, systems agriculture

nina.fedoroff^+kaust.edu.sa

Fadia Balkhair

Lab Support Personnel

Fadia.Balkhair^+kaust.edu.sa

Aftab Alam

Senior Research Scientist

Research Interest: Aquaculture, aquaponics, integrated agriculture, halophytes, seaweed production, integrated marine multi trophic aquaculture, biodiversity.

aftab.alam^+kaust.edu.sa

Agnieszka Piatek

PhD Student

Research Group: Magdy Mahfouz

Research Interest: Targeted genome editing, Synthetic nucleases, TALENs, CRISPR/Cas9 System

agnieszka.piatek^+kaust.edu.sa

Ali Mahjoub

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Nina V Fedoroff

Research Interest: Desert agriculture, plant domestication, plant abiotic stress, crop improvement, crop yield enhancement.

ali.mahjoub^+kaust.edu.sa

Feras F. Lafi

Research Scientist

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Research Interest: Sediment microbiology, microbial ecology, microbial genomics, planctomycetes, plant-microbe interactions.

feras.lafi^+kaust.edu.sa

Muppala P. Reddy

Director, Greenhouses

muppala.reddy^+kaust.edu.sa

Ali Idris

Senior Research Scientist

ali.idris^+kaust.edu.sa

Axel de Zelicourt

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Research Interest: Abiotic stresses, MAP kinases, PGPR, signal transduction

axel.zelicourt^+kaust.edu.sa

Fangfang Wu

Lab Technician

Fangfang.Wu^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, Sea Side

Fouad Lemtiri-Chlieh

Research Scientist

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Sodium transport, Signal transduction pathways

Fouad.Lemtiri-Chlieh^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 4, Office 4272

Fousiya Thottathil

Business Administrator

fousiya.thottathil^+kaust.edu.sa

Ayman Eid

PhD Student

Research Group: Magdy Mahfouz

Research Interest: Genome engineering, Synthetic Biology and recombinant protein production

ayman.eid^+kaust.edu.sa

Hatoon Baazim

Ms Student

Research Group: Magdy Mahfouz

Research Interest: Transcriptional modulation in plants using RNA-guided technologie

hatoon.baazim^+kaust.edu.sa

Igor Silva

Administration assistant

igor.silva^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, 3231-WS07

Jennilyn E. Dilao

Lab Support Personnel

jennilyn.dilao^+kaust.edu.sa

David Jarvis

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Salt Tolerance, Genomics, Biotechnology, Quinoa, Crop Improvement

david.jarvis^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, Sea side, 3231-WS14

Khadija Zemmouri

Greenhouse Technician

khadija.zemmouri^+kaust.edu.sa

Moussa Benhamed

Assistant Professor, Plant Science

Research Interest: Plant development; stress; cell cycle; epigenetics; chromatin organization; histone modification; non coding RNA.

moussa.benhamed^+kaust.edu.sa

Sónia Negrão

Research Scientist

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Plant Stress Response, Plant Breeding, Genome Sequence, Genome Wide Association Studies, Evolutionary Studies

snegrao^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, Sea Side, 3231-WS11

Stephanie Saade

PhD Student

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Barley, salinity tolerance, GWAS, association mapping, genotyping, phenotyping, phenomics

Stephanie.saade^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld.2, Lev.3, Sea Side, 3254-WS11

Suhail Khan

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Nina V Fedoroff

Research Interest: Halophyte genomics, physiology and domestication, saline crops, molecular plant breeding

mohammad.khan.1^+kaust.edu.sa

Zahrah Saleh

Executive Secretary

zahrah.alnajrani^+kaust.edu.sa

Dongjin Kim

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Salim Al-babili

Research Interest: Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase (CCD), plant hormones, β-Carotene, strigolactone

dongjin.kim^+kaust.edu.sa

Haneen Abuauf

PhD Student

Research Group: Salim Al-Babili

haneen.abuauf^+kaust.edu.sa

Marina Khashat

Greenhouse Support

marina.khashat^+kaust.edu.sa

Lina Baz

PhD Student
Research Group: Salim Al-Babili

lina.baz^+Kaust.edu.sa

Kunpeng Jia

Research Scientist

Research Group: Salim Al Babili

Research Interest: Plant biology, Light signaling, Strigolactone signal transduction

kupeng.jia^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, 3288-WS16

Lixin Li

Technical Specialist

Research Group: Magdy Mahfouz

Research Interest: Genome modification, plant stress tolerance, seed-storage-protein delivery.

Lixin.li^+kaust.edu.sa

Mai Jarad

PhD Student

Research Group: Heribert Hirt

Research Interest: Epigenetics, microRNA processing, plant stress response, regulation of stress gene expression

mai.jarad^+kaust.edu.sa

Yung Shwen Ho

Research Scientist

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Big Data Visualization, Computational Biology

ho.shwen^+kaust.edu.sa

Building 2, Level 2, Office 3326-WS13

Manal Abdulbari Tashkandi

PhD Student

Research Group: Magdy Mahfouz

Research Interest: Molecular biology, nutrition, clinical biochemistry

manal.tashkandi^+kaust.edu.sa

Mohamed Ewis

Post Doctoral Fellw

Research Group: Nina V Fedoroff

Research Interest: Greenhouse and plant nutrition, hydroponic and irrigation system, microorganisms inoculation, abiotic stress

mohamed.abdelaziz^+kaust.edu.sa

Sundus Bukhari

Lab Technician

sundus.bukhari^+kaust.edu.sa

Mariam Awlia

PhD Student

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Arabidopsis thaliana, salt stress, salinity tolerance, osmotic component, phenomics, association and QTL mapping, image analysis, cell signaling, biochemistry, biotechnology

mariam.awlia^+kaust.edu.sa

Building 2, Seaside, Level 3

Moonsun Hwang

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Molecular biology, Biochemistry

moonsun.hwang^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, Desert side, 3287-WS15

Mashael D. Alqahtani

PhD Student

Research Group: Mark Tester

Research Interest: Plant physiology, genetic engineering and molecular biology.

mashael.alqahtani^+kaust.edu.sa

Bld. 2, Lev. 3, sea side, 3254-WS13

Muhammad Tehseen

Post Doctoral Fellow

Research Group: Nina V Fedoroff

Research Interest: Molecular mechanism of plant transposable elements, protein-protein interaction studies, gene characterization and expression in plants and yeast, gene silencing, characterization of C. elegans G-protein coupled receptors .

muhammad.tehseen^+kaust.edu.sa