microfluidics

Abdullah Bukhamsin

Ph.D. Student (former), Bioengineering
Selected Publications: Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " In vivo dynamics of indole-and phenol-derived plant hormones: Long-term, continuous, and minimally invasive phytohormone sensor." (2025) Science Advances. Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " Accelerating adoption of species-agnostic plant sensors for precision farming." (2025) Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering. Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " Early and high-throughput plant diagnostics: strategies for disease detection." (2024) Trends in Plant Science. Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " Minimally-invasive, real-time, non-destructive, species

KAUST Researchers Offer 'Touch' To The World

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We proudly announced that he had won the award for the "Best Research Paper" at the 2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium for his research on artificial skin.

CEMSE Bridging science: IEEE-NEMS best paper award bestowed to CEMSE for scientific boundaries crossing

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Scientific boundary-crossing initiatives are what help scientists stepping across boundary lines that traditionally mark the divide between scientific disciplines.

Making Artificial Skin inspired from nature

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Congratulations to Professor Jurgen Kosel for his research on an Artificial Skin inspired by nature. Research that was featured in MIT Technology Review.

PhD student Ahmed Alfadhel interviewed in New Scientist weekly

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In an interview with New Scientist weekly, PhD student Ahmed Alfadhel from Prof. Jurgen Kosel's team spoke about his research on bio-inspired artificial skin.

Ahmed Alfadhel wins the 2016 Edition of MIT Arab Innovators Under 35

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On April 14, the "Innovator under 35 in the Arab World" prize - an award scheme organized by the MIT was bestowed on Ahmed Alfadhel, a PhD candidate in CEMSE at Kaust.

Sumeyra Agambayev

Sumeyra Agambayev worked as a Researcher at Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas & Circuit Technology (IMPACT) Research Group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Research Interests Sumeyra's research interests included BioSensors, Microfluidics, ​Inkjet printing.

Sakandar Rauf

Education and Early Career Dr. Sakandar Rauf received his Ph.D (Field of Study: Biosensors) from the University of Glasgow, U.K. in 2010. He obtained an MPhil degree in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise from the University of Cambridge, U.K in 2005 and MPhil in Biotechnology from the National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE), Pakistan in 2004. Dr. Rauf studied M.Sc. in Chemistry from Islamia University Bahawalpur, Pakistan in 2001. He received Cambridge Commonwealth & DFID shared Scholarship from the University of Cambridge, Dorothy Hodgkin’s Postgraduate Award

Ian Foulds

Ian Foulds was a founding faculty member in electrical engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, a graduate-only research university on the shores of the Red Sea that was ranked first in the world for citations per faculty in the QS World University Rankings® 2015/16. Prior to KAUST, Ian did a NSERC post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Victoria after graduating from Simon Fraser University. Ian leads the Electromechanical Microsystems & Polymer Integration Research (EMPIRe) Group developing MEMS and Microfluidic systems and the

Ahmed Alfadhel

Ahmed Alfadhel obtained his both MS degree and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Prof. Jurgen Kosel. He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, the US in 2010. Ahmed recently co-founded SONATE, a start-up company that manufactures high-quality smart nanomaterials for medical, electronics and energy applications. Research Interests Ahmed's research interests are in the fields of nano-engineering, wearable sensors, and magnetic micro-systems. His

Abdullah Bukhamsin

Selected Publications: Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " In vivo dynamics of indole-and phenol-derived plant hormones: Long-term, continuous, and minimally invasive phytohormone sensor." (2025) Science Advances. Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " Accelerating adoption of species-agnostic plant sensors for precision farming." (2025) Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering. Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " Early and high-throughput plant diagnostics: strategies for disease detection." (2024) Trends in Plant Science. Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " Minimally-invasive, real-time, non-destructive, species