Principal Investigator

Carlos M. Duarte

Distinguished Professor of Marine Science, Tarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology

Research Interests: Marine Ecology, Environment, Biodiversity, Conservation biology, Ecosystem ecology, Coastal ecology aquaculture, Carbon Dynamics, Seagrass Ecology

Research Scientists

Shannon Klein

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Climate Change, Coral Reefs, Marine Biology, Pollution, Acclimatization, Applied Statistics

Carlos Angulo-Preckler

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Marine invertebrates, chemical ecology, Environmental DNA

Chuangcheng Fu (Alex Fu)

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Blue carbon, Soil and sediment biogeochemistry, Climate Change

Postdoctoral Fellows

Natalie Wildermann

Post-doctoral Fellow

Jordi Sola

Post-doctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Biodiversity, Biogeography, Community ecology, Functional Ecology, Coastal benthic and intertidal ecosystems

Marc W. Van Goethem

Post-doctoral fellow in Bioinformatics

Research Interests: Metagenomics, Microbial ecology

Lutfi Afiq-Rosli

Postdoctoral fellow

Research Interests: Coral reef ecology, Coral reef restoration, Population genomics, Conservation genetics

PhD Students

Maria Moran Garcia

PhD student

Research Interests: Marine Ecology, Ecosystem services, Seagrass Ecology, Seagrass restoration, Ecosystem management, Ecosystem functioning

Mai Aldhahri

PhD Student

Research Interests: Clams, Environmental sustainability, Marine Ecology, Blue carbon, Carbon cycle, Marine analytical chemistry, Climate Change

Masters Students

Lina El Sayed Aly

Master Student

Research Interests: Coral reef ecology, Seagrass Ecology, Microbial ecology, Marine Conservation, Metagenomics

Research Group Staff

Mongi Ennasri

Laboratory Technician​

Research Interests: Analytical Chemistry, Marine Ecology, Environmental analysis

Naira Pluma

Research Specialist

Research Interests: Marine Conservation, Marine Ecology, Coral reef restoration, Citizen Science, Biodiversity

Wajitha Jasmine Raja Mohamed Sait

Laboratory Technician

Research Interests: Molecular biology, Gene sequencing, Immunohistochemistry