News

October 2023

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  A knack for data and love of animals breeds a tool for mammal conservation

  1 min read · Thu, Oct 5 2023

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  A Ph.D. candidate’s passion for animals is helping to drive the development of an AI system that informs conservation practice.
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  Professor Roberto Di Pietro elected to the Academia Europaea

  1 min read · Sun, Oct 1 2023

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  KAUST Professor Roberto Di Pietro has been elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Europaea.

September 2023

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  Top honors for KAUST extSTAT group at EVA 2023

  1 min read · Wed, Sep 13 2023

  Awards News

  KAUST extSTAT Research Group wins prestigious awards at EVA 2023 Conference in Milan.
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  Penalizing complexity for better stats

  1 min read · Mon, Sep 11 2023

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  Applying a penalty for increasing complexity provides better control over flexible statistical models.

August 2023

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  Top honors for KAUST students at OMOUS-2023

  1 min read · Tue, Aug 29 2023

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  KAUST students Kerven Durdymyradov and Charles Edward Sexton, shine at the Open Mathematical Olympiad for University Students in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, with Sexton receiving a bronze medal in the individual competition and their team securing a silver medal in the team competition.
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  CEMSE New Faculty: Professor Roberto Di Pietro

  1 min read · Sun, Aug 27 2023

  Spotlight News

  Meet Professor Roberto Di Pietro, one of KAUST's newest faculty members and a leading expert in cybersecurity. With a career spanning over 25 years, Di Pietro brings a wealth of experience and a passion for research to his role as a Full Computer Science Professor at KAUST's CEMSE Division.
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  Decision Trees for Fault Diagnosis in Circuits and Switching Networks

  1 min read · Thu, Aug 24 2023

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  A new book titled “Decision Trees for Fault Diagnosis in Circuits and Switching Networks” by Monther Busbait, Mikhail Moshkov, Albina Moshkova and Vladimir Shevtchenko has been published online
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  Resisting the bottlenecks in neural networks

  1 min read · Thu, Aug 24 2023

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  Computer memory systems that work change resistance rather than charge could greatly improve the performance of deep neural networks for machine learning.
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  KAUST Alum Wins Prestigious Prize

  1 min read · Thu, Aug 17 2023

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  Dr. Hesham Omran, a KAUST alumnus, recently won the prestigious UNESCO-Al Fozan International Prize for the Promotion of Young Scientists in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).
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  Tough memory device aims for space missions

  1 min read · Tue, Aug 15 2023

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  Gallium oxide offers resistance to radiation and high temperatures, and could be used for data storage and computing in extreme conditions.
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  KAUST ECE students selected among top 10 finalists in the 2023 IEEE AP-S Student Paper Competition

  1 min read · Mon, Aug 14 2023

  Awards News

  KAUST Ph.D. students Sebastian Celis Sierra and Zere Iman were selected among the top 10 finalists in the recent 2023 IEEE AP-S Student Paper Competition.
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  CEMSE New Faculty: Francesco Orabona, Associate Professor of Computer Science

  2 min read · Wed, Aug 9 2023

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  Meet Francesco Orabona, a recently appointed associate professor at KAUST. Orabona’s research interests focus on the theory and application of machine learning and online learning algorithms.

July 2023

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  A New Energy Focus

  1 min read · Sun, Jul 30 2023

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  A move to KAUST brings an enlightened approach to research and everyday life.
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  PhD Dissertation Defense | Prioritizing Causative Genomic Variants by Integrating Molecular and Functional Annotations from Multiple Biomedical Ontologies

  1 min read · Mon, Jul 24 2023

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  Computer science biology artificial intelligence

  CBRC PhD Student Azza Althagafi successfully defends her dissertation under the supervision of Associate Professor Robert Hoehndorf. She has been a member of the Bio-Ontology Research Group (BORG) since 2016. Her research interest lies in the crossroads of computer science and biology, leveraging AI techniques to explore the human genome's intricacies and its link to various diseases.
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  PhD Dissertation Defense | Ontology design patterns and methods for integrating phenotype ontologies

  1 min read · Sun, Jul 23 2023

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  Ontologies Computer science artificial intelligence

  CBRC PhD student Sarah Alghamdi successfully defended her dissertation last week. She has been an essential member of the Bio-Ontology Research Group (BORG) since 2015.Her research interests include the applications of artificial intelligence and statistical methods to genomics and healthcare.
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  KAUST Ph.D. student Omar Alkhazragi awarded 2023 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

  1 min read · Sun, Jul 16 2023

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  KAUST Ph.D. student Omar Alkhazragi has been awarded a 2023 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by the international society for optics and photonics, SPIE.
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  Professor Wolfgang Heidrich to receive ACM SIGGRAPH’s Computer Graphics Achievement Award

  1 min read · Tue, Jul 4 2023

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  CEMSE Professor Wolfgang Heidrich will receive the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technique’s (ACM SIGGRAPH) Computer Graphics Achievement Award this August. The ACM SIGGRAPH is a global nonprofit organization that advances computer graphics and interactive technologies.

June 2023

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  Professor Paula Moraga receives the Letten Prize 2023 for Young Researchers

  1 min read · Wed, Jun 21 2023

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  KAUST Assistant Professor of Statistics Paula Moraga recently received the Letten Prize 2023 for Young Researchers. Established in 2018, the Letten Prize is a collaboration between the Letten Foundation and the Young Academy of Norway.
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  Balancing renewable energy systems in Saudi buildings

  1 min read · Mon, Jun 19 2023

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  Weather variability and extreme events affect the optimal design and operation of renewable energy systems, particularly for striking a trade off between life cycle cost and carbon dioxide emissions.
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  Real-time dopamine biosensor empowers next-gen neurodiagnostics

  1 min read · Wed, Jun 14 2023

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  KAUST researchers develop smartphone-integrated biosensor utilizing supramolecular entities
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  CEMSE professors Peter Markowich and Jinchao Xu elected to the Academia Europaea

  3 min read · Mon, Jun 12 2023

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  KAUST CEMSE Division professors Peter Markowich and Jinchao Xu have been elected members of the prestigious Academia Europaea.
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  Smart in-memory light sensors perform image recognition

  1 min read · Thu, Jun 8 2023

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  In-memory computing in-memory sensing image recognition

  Light-sensitive memory elements that can be programmed optically offer promise for more efficient real-time image analysis.

May 2023

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  Employee service awards 2023

  1 min read · Sun, May 28 2023

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  Congratulations to CBRC members Prof. Stefan Arold, Krishnakumar Sivakumar, Raik Grunberg, Senay Kafkas and Salim Bougouffa who received their 2023 KAUST employee service awards.
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  AI Takes Technology To The People

  1 min read · Thu, May 25 2023

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  Thousands of people across Saudi Arabia are learning about a range of advanced technologies through the opportunity provided by the KAUST Academy.
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  SRSI Students mentored at RISC Lab excel at Regeneron ISEF 2023

  1 min read · Mon, May 22 2023

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  In a remarkable display of talent and dedication, two high school students, Maria Qumsani and Bandar AlBraheem, started their journey at the KAUST SRSI program last year. The students were mentored by students from the Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control (RISC) Lab under the guidance of Professor Eric Feron. Maria and Bandar participated in the national competition IBDAA, where their outstanding performance granted them a pass to the renowned International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2023 in Dallas, Texas. The world’s largest pre-college STEM serves as a launching pad for
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  Compress to impress with AI hardware

  1 min read · Thu, May 18 2023

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  Scientists can speed up simulations of complex systems by using compression algorithms running on AI hardware.
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  They shall not pass: Keeping an eye on middleboxes

  1 min read · Thu, May 18 2023

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  A new cybersecurity tool checks for weaknesses in the intermediary software components that act on internet traffic.
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  Soccernet Brings AI To The Game

  1 min read · Mon, May 15 2023

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  Artificial intelligence has enormous potential to augment our understanding and enjoyment of sport. Work toward this goal requires the dedication and vision of avid fans.
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  MS Thesis Defense | Learning 3D structures for protein function prediction

  1 min read · Tue, May 9 2023

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  bioinformatics protein function prediction Computer science artificial intelligence

  Student Nurul Muttakin from the Bio-Ontology Research Group (BORG) under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Robert Hoehndorf successfully defends his Masters thesis. He presented his research on the topic " Learning 3D structures for protein function prediction".

April 2023

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  KAUST STAT Program graduates secure faculty positions at prominent U.S. universities

  1 min read · Wed, Apr 19 2023

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  KAUST graduates are characterized by the rigor of their Ph.D. programs, the long hours spent in the lab and classroom, juggling professional and personal commitments, achieving a work-life balance and, more recently, the ability to adapt to a global pandemic.
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  They Got Dye With A Little Help From Their Friends

  1 min read · Tue, Apr 18 2023

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  An industrial wastewater research problem shared is a problem halved, shows a multiteam project.
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  Single-Atom Catalyst for Cancer Detection

  1 min read · Tue, Apr 11 2023

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  An electronic sensor based on individual atoms anchored to MXene nanomaterials can detect tumor-specific biomarkers.
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  Semiconductor Photonics Workshop 2023

  1 min read · Thu, Apr 6 2023

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  The Semiconductor Photonics Workshop was successfully held between 11-14 th March at KAUST, bringing together leading international experts in the field of photonics. The workshop featured a range of world-renowned invited speakers, including Prof. Kei May Lau from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Prof. Perry Shum Ping from the Southern University of Science and Technology, Prof. Jianjun He from Zhejiang University, Prof. David Pan from The University of Texas at Austin, Prof. Ho Ho Pui from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Prof. Zhen Gao, Southern University
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  Sweet Success Means Longer Lasting Strawberries

  1 min read · Mon, Apr 3 2023

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  An enterprising eye has led to potential new options that could be used to reduce the high levels of food wastage across the supply chain.
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  Simulating a secure future

  1 min read · Mon, Apr 3 2023

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  Next-generation silicon chips based on spintronics could improve global cybersecurity.

March 2023

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  Guidelines for Cellular Deconvolution in Spatial Transcriptomics

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 30 2023

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  A recent Nature paper titled "A comprehensive benchmarking with practical guidelines for cellular deconvolution of spatial transcriptomics" by Haoyang Li, Juexiao Zhou, Zhongxiao Li, Siyuan Chen, Xingyu Liao, Bin Zhang, Ruochi Zhang, Yu Wang, Shiwei Sun, and Prof. Xin Gao evaluates 18 existing cellular deconvolution methods used in spatial transcriptomics using 50 real-world and simulated datasets. To measure accuracy, robustness, and usefulness, the authors compare the approaches using various metrics, resolutions, spatial transcriptomics technologies, spot numbers, and gene numbers. The
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  Professor Marc Genton receives the Royal Statistical Society’s Barnett Award for 2023

  1 min read · Wed, Mar 29 2023

  Spotlight News

  KAUST Distinguished Professor of Statistics Marc Genton has received the Royal Statistical Society’s (RSS) 2023 Barnett Award.
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  KAUST Ph.D. student’s paper recognized by the American Statistical Association

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 27 2023

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  KAUST Ph.D. statistics student Paolo Victor Redondo was selected as a runner-up in the American Statistical Association’s (ASA) Statistics in Imaging Section 2023 Distinguished Student Paper Award Competition
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  Reduced speckle on the horizon

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 20 2023

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  A simple modification of a semiconductor laser's shape can improve the quality of its beam. Mar 19, 2023
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  Resident population density-inspired aerial network deployment

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 20 2023

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  Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to enhance network coverage has proven a variety of benefits compared to terrestrial counterparts. One of the commonly used mathematical tools to model the locations of UAVs is stochastic geometry (SG). CTL researchers considered an inhomogeneous Poisson point process (PPP)-based model for the locations of the users that captures the degradation in the density of active users as users move away from the town center. The deployment of aerial vehicles following the same inhomogeneity of the users was proposed to maximize the performance. In addition, a multi
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  Detecting Tiny Tremors For Big Impact

  1 min read · Wed, Mar 8 2023

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  Islam Ashry recently undertook a field trial in north-western Saudi Arabia that is likely to have implications for the Kingdom’s date industry. Ashry, a research scientist at KAUST, spent a week collecting data from an optical fiber wrapped around many date palms at TADCO farm in Tabuk. The aim was to detect what one Saudi official called a hidden and deadly enemy. The red palm weevil ( Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) arrived in Saudi Arabia from tropical Asia in the 1980s, most likely on a cargo ship. This tiny beetle has had a long reach, spreading to Europe, North Africa, the Caribbean and
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  Double treatment stores salmon and strawberries for later

  1 min read · Tue, Mar 7 2023

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  Combining UV sterilization with vacuum sealing significantly extends the shelf-life of a variety of foods.
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  A little competition improves statistics

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 6 2023

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  A competition on spatial statistics showcases the global state of the art in analyzing vast spatial datasets.
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  The KAUST Microelectronics Winter Camp: Inspiring a passion for research

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 6 2023

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  The KAUST Microelectronics Winter Camp (MEWC) research program for 2023 has recently concluded, offering technical workshops to undergraduate and master's students worldwide to participate in microelectronics research. Hands-on experience was provided with state-of-the-art on-campus tools, giving participants insights into the exciting world of microelectronics research.
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  Professor Elhoseiny elected as a Senior Member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence

  1 min read · Wed, Mar 1 2023

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  KAUST Assistant Professor of Computer Science Mohamed H. Elhoseiny has been elected as a senior member of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Elhoseiny was recognized for his longstanding contributions to the field of artificial intelligence and long-term membership in the AAAI.

February 2023

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  Alumni in focus: Abdullah AlGziwi

  1 min read · Sun, Feb 26 2023

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  Computer science

  Abdullah AlGziwi, a visiting student under Professor Xin Gao's supervision, was recently awarded the “Second Place Grand Award” at the Saudi National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity. He presented his research project on “A Novel exosome-encapsulated-miRNA-based machine learning model for multiple cancer prediction and prognosis”.
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  KAUST alumna Wedyan Babatain named MENA Innovator Under 35

  1 min read · Tue, Feb 21 2023

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  Portrait of KAUST alumna and Saudi native Weydan Babatain (Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, '22), recipient of the MIT Technology Review Arabia's "MENA Innovators Under 35 (IU35)" for 2022. Photo: KAUST
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  Dr. Islam Ashry named a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors

  1 min read · Thu, Feb 16 2023

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  Dr. Islam Ashry, a research scientist based in the KAUST Photonics Laboratory, has been named to the National Academy of Inventors’ 2023 class of Senior Members. Ashry will be officially inducted as a Senior Member at the 12th NAI Annual Meeting, which will take place from June 26-27, 2023, in Washington D.C., U.S.
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  A machine that learns to learn

  1 min read · Thu, Feb 2 2023

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  A neural network that can learn its own learning algorithm opens the door to self-improving artificial intelligence.

January 2023

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  Professor Markowich elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics

  1 min read · Wed, Jan 18 2023

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  By David Murphy KAUST Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Dr. Peter Markowich has been elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP). FInstP is the highest membership level attainable within the Institute of Physics (IOP). According to the IOP, the honor is reserved for those “ with a degree in physics or related subject (or equivalent knowledge gained in the workplace) and who have made a significant impact on their sector. ” The IOP is an international society that fosters the advancement of knowledge, community, career development, and