THE KAUST GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS
The KAUST Global Fellowship Program supports outstanding emerging research leaders and scientists from around the world to build their path towards a fully independent career. The program inspires the young generation of scientists and engineers to explore and address global challenges and opportunities for the benefit of humanity. The program is merit based, targeting excellent postdocs with breakthrough ideas to complement, support, contribute and advance the major research initiatives of KAUST. In our 'research-first' environment, Global Fellows have full access to key research tools, equipment, unparalleled facilities, and expertise surrounded by a strong community of excellence.
Turn Your Research Ideas Into Reality
Saudi Arabia's unique natural landscape and marine environment make of it an ideal place to address some of the most pressing issues of our times. KAUST Global Fellowship invests in ambitious scientific changemakers with groundbreaking research ideas that can also contribute to the Kingdom's Vision 2030 and the KAUST research priorities:
WE SUPPORT YOU - YOU INSPIRE US
A KAUST host PI with similar research interests will mentor, empower and support you to successfully conduct your independent research.
As a Global Fellow you will support original research at KAUST that advances current knowledge and opens new pathways for innovation.
Direct access to multidisciplinary laboratories located on campus equipped with cutting-edge technologies and staffed with experts to support faculty, students, researchers, and partners.
RECENT NEWS
04 July, 2022
Meet Andrew Temple, an interdisciplinary researcher with expertise in the fields of ecology, fisheries science, and socioeconomics. He is one of the Cohort 2022 KAUST Postdoctoral Global Fellows.
With a background in Marine Biology, Andrew holds a PhD in Fisheries Sciences and Management from Newcastle University, UK. His research and consultancy work focusses on the interactions between marine vertebrates (marine mammals, sharks, rays, turtles, and finfish) and human impacts. His research ranges from European waters to the waters of the Indo-Pacific and South America, as well as taking a global perspective.
“Marine biodiversity is vital in enhancing the health, food, and nutritional security of KSA, supporting economic diversification through tourism (particularly the giga-projects), fisheries, and aquaculture, and protecting KSA against the impacts of climate change. However, few marine species have adequate data to facilitate effective conservation and management”, he states.
Within his KAUST Global Fellowship independent research, Andrew is leveraging widely available morphological traits and a suite of powerful machine learning techniques in a novel interdisciplinary approach that combines natural, social, and economic sciences. His fellowship is addressing Red Sea fishes and aims to facilitate the effective conservation, management and policy actions needed to ensure KSA’s ambitious Vision 2030 goals are achieved.
“Fisheries are the most immediate threat to marine biodiversity at the global level. My vision is to utilize a century of evolution and ecology science to triage whole species assemblages, identifying species least resilient to human exploitation, and those vital to ecosystem health and the human communities dependent upon them.”, Andrew says.
Andrew is working at the Reef Ecology Lab with KAUST Professor Michael Berumen and is affiliated with the Red Sea Research Center (RSRC).