Administration
Faculty

Vladimir Bajic

Professor, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Dr. Bajic’s primary interest is in facilitating biological discoveries through the use of sophisticated bioinformatic systems combined with data modeling and machine learning methods, with an emphasis on inference of new information not explicitly present in biomedical data, development of systems with such capabilities and their industrial applications. Other: modeling biological networks, metagenomics, functional genomics, text-mining, data-mining and chemoinformatics, as well as identification of bioactive compounds and various biomarkers.

vladimir.bajic@kaust.edu.sa

Arnab Pain

Associate Professor, Bioscience

Dr. Pain’s research interests are in parasite genomics and transcriptomics, comparative genomics, host-pathogen interactions, non-protein-coding RNAs and regulation of gene expression in parasites, and genomic diversity in pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms.

arnab.pain@kaust.edu.sa

Timothy Ravasi

Associate Professor, Bioengineering

Dr. Ravasi is working to develop computational models of biological signaling, transcription regulatory networks, and regulatory pathways, to integrate, model, and visualize the enormous amount of data derived from modern biological experiments. He also uses a metagenomic approach to explore microbial biodiversity in the Red Sea to discover useful microbial bioactive molecules.

timothy.ravasi@kaust.edu.sa

Xin Gao

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

Dr. Gao’s research interest is to design algorithms and develop machine-learning techniques to solve key problems in structural biology and synthetic biology.

xin.gao@kaust.edu.sa

Stefan Arold

Associate Professor, Bioscience

Molecular structure and function.

STArold@mdanderson.org

Victor Solovyev

Professor, Computer Science

victor.solovyev@kaust.edu.sa

Research Scientists

Dr John AC Archer

Principal Research Scientist

Microbiology, biotechnology, functional genomics. Particular interest in cell factories and industrial applications.

john.archer@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Boris Jankovic

Senior Research Scientist

Modelling of complex systems, statistical modelling, complexity theory, machine learning, applications in bioinformatics.

boris.jankovic@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Mandeep Kaur

Senior Research Scientist

High-throughput screening, cell death mechanisms, biomarker discovery, drug development, pathway biology.

mandeep.kaur@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Aleksandar Radovanovic

Research Scientist

Bioinformatics, text and data mining, knowledge extraction and management, quantum computing.

aleksandar.radovanovic@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Intikhab Alam

Research Scientist

Metagenomics, single cell genomics, functional annotation of genomes, bioinformatics tools development.

intikhab.alam@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Sunil Sagar

Research Scientist (supervisor Vladimir Bajic)

Natural products, drug screening, medicinal chemistry, chemoinformatics.

sunil.sagar@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Magbubah Essack

Research Scientist (supervisor Vladimir Bajic)

Functional genomics, bioactive compounds with pharmacological effects, chemoinformatics, bioinformatics.

magbubah.essack@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Feras Fawzi Lafi

Research Scientist (supervisor Vladimir Bajic)

Environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, microbial isolation, metagenomic mining, polyketide synthases (PKSs) and nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS), bioinformatics, 16S rRNA Phylogeny.

feras.lafi@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Abdallah Musa Abdallah

Research Scientist (supervisor Arnab Pain)

abdallah.abdallah@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Taewoo Ryu

Research Scientist (supervisor Timothy Ravasi)

taewoo.ryu@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Yong Ho Woo

Research Scientist (supervisor Arnab Pain)

yong.woo@kaust.edu.sa

Dr Hiroyuki Kuwahara

Research Scientist (supervisor Xin Gao)

Metabolic pathway simulation and analysis.

Hiroyuki.Kuwahara@kaust.edu.sa

Professional Staff

Martin Senger

Senior Bioinformatics Specialist

martin.senger@kaust.edu.sa

Allan A. Kamau

Database Developer/Administrator

allan.kamau@kaust.edu.sa

Technical Staff

Emily Giles

Research Technician (supervisor Timothy Ravasi)

emily.giles@kaust.edu.sa

Sabir Adroub

Research Technician (supervisor Arnab Pain)

sabir.adroub@kaust.edu.sa

Mohammad Shoaib Amini

Research Technician (supervisor Arnab Pain)

mohammad.amini@kaust.edu.sa

Mridul Nair

Research Technician (supervisor Arnab Pain)

mridul.nair@kaust.edu.sa

Suhaiza Ahmad Jamhor

Research Technician (supervisor John Archer)

suhaiza.jamhor@kaust.edu.sa

Postdoctoral Fellows
Vladimir Bajic group

Dr Yulia Medvedeva

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research interests: regulation of transcription in eukaryotes, functional genomics, epigenomics

yulia.medvedeva@kaust.edu.sa

 
Arnab Pain group
 
Timothy Ravasi group
 
Xin Gao group

Dr Ming Fan

Postdoctoral Fellow

ming.fan@kaust.edu.sa

 
Dr John AC Archer group
 
Ph.D. Students
Vladimir Bajic group

Abdullah Khamis

PhD Student: Co-supervisor Xin Gao

abdullah.khamis@kaust.edu.sa

Manal Kalkatawi

PhD Student

Supported by SEDCO project.

manal.kalkatawi@kaust.edu.sa

Othman Soufan

PhD Student: Co-supervisor Panos Kalnis

othman.soufan@kaust.edu.sa

Rawan Olayan

PhD Student

Rawan obtained MS by Thesis in three semesters, though the regular program takes four full semesters of graduate studies.

rawan.olayan@kaust.edu.sa

Soha Al-Amoudi

PhD Student: Co-supervisor Feras Lafi

soha.amoudi@kaust.edu.sa

Wail BaAlawi

PhD Student: Co-supervisor Panos Kalnis

wail.baalawi@kaust.edu.sa

Arnab Pain group
Timothy Ravasi group
 
Xin Gao group
 
Dr John AC Archer group

Ameerah Bokhari

PhD Student: Co-supervisor Vladimir Bajic

ameerah.bokhari@kaust.edu.sa

Hanin Alzubaidy

PhD Student: Co-supervisor Vladimir Bajic

hanin.alzubaidy@kaust.edu.sa

Tariq Malas

PhD Student: Co-supervisor Vladimir Bajic

tariq.malas@kaust.edu.sa

 
Postdoctoral Fellows
Vladimir Bajic group

Dr Sebastian Schmeier

Home Page: http://sebscientific.org/

Lecturer in Bioinformatics/Genomics, Institute of Natural Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand;

s.schmeier@massey.ac.nz

 
Ph.D. Students
Vladimir Bajic group

Dr Cameron Ross MacPherson

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

cameron.macpherson@pasteur.fr

 
MSc Students
Vladimir Bajic group

Md. Shariful Bhuyan

PhD student, Columbia University, New York, USA

mb3647@columbia.edu

Mario Messih

PhD student at University of Sapienza, Rome, Italy

mario.messih@kaust.edu.sa

Arnab Pain group
Dr John AC Archer group

Xianwei Zhang

MSc Student: Co-supervised by Vladimir Bajic

xianwei.zhang@kaust.edu.sa

 
Research Scientists

Dr. Heikki Lehvaslaiho

Associate Research Scientist

2009 - 2013

heikki.lehvaslaiho@kaust.edu.sa

 
Professional Staff

Dr Ulf Schaefer

Bioinformatics Specialist

2009 - 2013

ulf.schaefer@kaust.edu.sa

George Marselis

Senior System Administrator

2010 - 2013

george.marselis@kaust.edu.sa

Minna Lehvaslaiho

Bioinformatician/curator

2009-2012

minna.lehvaslaiho@kaust.edu.sa

 
Administration

Margaret Knight

Executive Secretary

2009-2012

margaret.knight@kaust.edu.sa