Profiles
Former Members
Salihah S. Alghamdi
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Statistics
Sanchari Pradhan
- Scientific Curator, Bio-Ontology Research Group
Sandeep Surya
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sensors
Sanjit Majhi
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sensors
Shahad Ali
- Visiting Scholar, Photonics Laboratory
Sharefa Asiri
- Visiting Student, Waves in Complex Media
Sonia Siddiqui
- Visiting Student, Bio-Ontology Research Group
Souhaib Ben Taieb
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Statistics
Stefano Castruccio
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Statistics
Biography
Dr. Sultan Albarakati is the Director of KAUST Academy and a key leader in STEM education in Saudi Arabia. In this role, he leads initiatives to provide world-class training and educational programs for Saudi students and professionals centered on upskilling the national workforce, particularly in artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science.
His work aims to support the Kingdom's rapidly transforming economy through partnerships with universities and industry while fostering talent development, contributing to National Talent Development in line with Vision 2030.
Dr. Albarakati earned his Ph.D. in 2020 and his M.S. in 2014, both in Applied Mathematics from KAUST, following a B.S. in Mathematics from Umm Al-Qura University in 2004.
Before joining KAUST, he played a significant role in mentoring Saudi Arabia's Math Olympiad teams, leading them to notable international success.
Education
Susanne Höllbacher
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Modelling and Simulation
Thomas Hollt
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, High Performance Visualization Group
Tianzhu Zhang
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Image and Video Understanding Lab
Tinh B. Tran
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vaibhav Mehandiratta
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow (former), Statistics
Wadha Aljishi
- Administrative Assistant, Bio-Ontology Research Group
Wenlin Dai
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Statistics
Wiem Abderrahim
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Networking Research Lab
Wu Wang
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Statistics
Xiaokai Huo
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science
Xiong Dun
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yahya Bokhari
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science
Yan Li
- Visiting Student, Waves in Complex Media
Yanfen Zhai
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas and Circuits Technology
 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                