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• Saudi Arabian Alumni Chapter Welcomes New Committee

  • ​Alumni Affairs has welcomed two new committee members for 2019. Babar Khan, PhD ’18, joins the committee with responsibility for increasing the Chapter’s outreach to current students. He is founder of Waterworks Monitoring, a start-up company at KAUST.  “Babar has been an active student volunteer, and great supporter of alumni events, and we’re delighted to welcome him to the Chapter,” said Lea Sublett, Manager of Alumni Affairs.  

    Former postdoctoral fellow Dr Muhammad Arsalan, with Saudi Aramco, also joins the committee, representing the postdoctoral alumni community in Saudi Arabia. “With Muhammad’s support we look forward to strengthening our relationship with postdoc alumni,” Lea said.
    
    

    Noura Shehab, PhD ’14, MS ’10, will lead the Chapter into January 2020, with a mandate to connect the student and alumni community, engage more with alumni in Riyadh and Dhahran, and focus the Chapter’s networking activities in the areas of innovation (including commercialization) and start-ups. “I am very passionate about entrepreneurship and start-ups, and would like the Chapter to strengthen the relationship between KAUST’s alumni entrepreneurs and the Entrepreneur Center to exchange the knowledge and engage our current students,” said Noura, a Research Scientist with RPD Innovations.

    
    We welcome the following members of the Chapter for 2019:

    
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    Noura Shehab, PhD ‘14 – President
    

    Hussain Shibli, MS ‘13  – Vice-President, and President-Elect (2020)
    

    Mona Alsomali, PhD ’16 – Vice-President (Communications)
    

    Hessa Alquwaiee, PhD ’16 – Vice-President (Programs)

    
    

    Committee:

    
    

    Vasiliki Kordopati, MS ‘17
    

    Babar Khan, PhD ‘18

    Muhammad Arsalan (former post-doctoral fellow)

    
    

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• New leadership for KAUST’s China Alumni Chapter in 2019

  • Alumni Affairs is pleased to announce the new Executive and Committee of the China Alumni Chapter for 2019. The Chapter will be led by Jian Pan, MS’11, Vice-Director, General Manager and Co-founder of Bertzer Catalyst.
    
    

    “I feel highly honored to be President of the China Alumni Chapter. The Chapter should not only be a comprehensive connection between our alumni and KAUST, but also a reliable bridge to other organizations in China for our alumni and KAUST,” said Jian.
    
    

    “I’m delighted to welcome Jian Pan as President of the Chapter, and look forward to supporting his vision. Jian demonstrated his leadership and organizational skills in November 2018, when he organized KAUST’s first China Alumni Reunion in Hangzhou,” said Lea Sublett, Manager of Alumni Affairs.
    
    

    The Chapter has geographical coverage of China.  All alumni in China, including former postdoctoral fellows of KAUST, automatically become members.
    
    

     “I offer my congratulations to the 10 volunteer leaders who’ll serve the China Alumni Chapter,” Lea said. 

    
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    Jian Pan, MS ’11, President (2019-2021)

    Felix Lau, PhD ’18, MS ’10, Vice-President (and President-Elect 2021)

    Wang Lei, MS ’11, Vice-President, Communications

    Feng Yan, MS ’10, Vice-President, Programs

    
    

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    Xiujuan Zhang, PhD ’17

    Junjie Xiong, MS ‘11

    Yangqin Gao, PhD ’15, MS ‘10

    Lixin Li, former postdoctoral fellow

    Sian-Jheng Lin, former postdoctoral fellow

    Yuanlie Yu, former postdoctoral fellow

    
    

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• Founding Class - Share your Memories

  • As a founding year student your memories of KAUST as our earliest students are special, significant and unique. As we approach our 10 year anniversary we'd love to capture your memories for a series of Then and Now projects.
    

    
    

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• Welcome New Graduates-class of 2018

  • Welcome to the KAUST alumni community, a network of more than 1,600 alumni across the globe.
    
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    KAUST has alumni chapters in Saudi Arabia and China. For information on how to become involved, contact us alumni@kaust.edu.sa

    
    

    Remember, no matter where you go or what you do, KAUST will always be a part of who you are.

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• Alumni Volunteering Opportunities

  • Are you interested in volunteering for Alumni Affairs? Opportunities coming up include: participating in the Things I Wish I’d Known panel at Orientation on Thursday August 22 to give advice to our new students on how they can best settle in to their new lives at KAUST and as grad students. On Thursday October 24 Alumni Affairs is hosting Alumni Career Conversations and we’re currently looking for speakers to sit on a panel to share helpful information on establishing a career and searching for a job.  If you’re interested in being considered for either opportunity, email Alumni Affairs before June 20.