Ian Campbell

Ian Campbell is  VP of Innovation & Economic Development and Executive Director of Special Projects- Office of the President. He collaborates with the University researchers and leadership to help accelerate the digital economy in the Kingdom. He also supports the University’s forward vision to leverage KAUST science and innovation to make an impact beyond the walls of the campus itself, and to create collaborations and identify opportunities where KAUST can contribute. The aim of the Special Projects is to convene minds and resources together to work on impactful projects and to deliver solutions to benefit the wider Kingdom and beyond.

Career before joining KAUST: Executive Chair of Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, in 2020. He also directed Health and Life Sciences. Led the initiative to secure Covid-19 response package from the British government in 2020, to support thousands of UK businesses to survive and thrive through the pandemic.

Dr. Campbell has extensive entrepreneurial and business experience in the healthcare sector. Before Innovate UK, he was CEO of Arquer Diagnostics, which focuses on bladder and prostate cancer diagnosis. Before this, he spent 15 years in a variety of executive management roles within the health and life science sector.

He was recognized in Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s New Year Honors List and was appointed officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to innovation.

Matteo Parsani

Matteo Parsani is an Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and computational Science and Mechanical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in aeronautics and astronautics from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium). He trained as a postdoc at KAUST and, for four years, in the Computational AeroScience branch at NASA Langley Research Center (USA).

Matteo’s research interests are related to developing novel, robust, and scalable numerical methods on unstructured grids partial differential equations and their application to solving realistic problems in various natural science and engineering areas. The application domains currently driving Matteo’s research are compressible computational aerodynamics (e.g., highly separated turbulent flows, launch systems), computational aeroacoustics for noise reduction of vehicles, dense gas flow simulations for energy conversion (e.g., supercritical fluids), and molecular communication.

The high-performance computational solvers and libraries he develops are used to solve real problems with industry partners such as Boeing, NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), McLaren F1 Racing Team, Airbus, and recently, E1 Series, Lucid Motors, and Philips Ultrasound.

Samia Falimban

I joined KAUST in 2009, as Director of Marketing Communications, moving to Director of Special Initiatives before taking up my current role. I work with a talented team to develop programs and initiatives that enrich and inspire. My hometown is Jeddah. I gained my MBA at Maastricht University and outside of work you can find me hiking, enjoying beach life or cooking.

Suzan Nunes

Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering Associate Dean, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering website: npm.kaust.edu.sa Education PhD University of Campinas, Brazil, 1985 MS University of Campinas, Brazil, 1983 BS University of Campinas, Brazil, 1981 Research Interests Professor Nunes' research interests are New copolymers, functionalized nanofillers and organic-inorganic nanocomposites for membrane application. Thermodynamics and morphology control of supramolecular assembly of block copolymers in solution, functionalized nanoparticles and complexing agents, as tools for preparing nanostructured polymer films. Characterization of copolymer assembly in solution and membranes by advanced microscopy and (synchrotron) scattering methods. Membrane development for nanofiltration, forward osmosis, membrane distillation and integration of membrane and catalysis.

Tony Chan

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Xin Gao

Xin Gao is a Professor of Computer Science, Acting Associate Director of the Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), and Lead of the Structural and Functional Bioinformatics Group at KAUST.