The WDRC celebrated World Water Day on March 21st by preparing activities that promoted awareness of the importance of water, its source, consumption, and management and guided the community in making sustainable drinking water choices.

Ting Li, a Ph.D. successfully defended her thesis "Remote sensing and agroinformatics insights in Saudi Arabia using machine learning" under Professor Matthew McCabe's supervision.

WDRC students Nayara Huve Musskopf and Aishah Alsamdani were awarded first place at ITAS Arab Youth Competition 2023 for their presentation on SandX and CarboSoil.

Rodrigo Jimenez Sandoval successfully defended his thesis "Synthesis of biohybrid electrocatalysts using electroactive bacteria" under the supervision of Professor Pascal Saikaly.

Terraxy, a spin-off from iLab Group at the Water Desalination and Reuse Center, is among the ten selected start-ups at the TAQADAM 2023.

Lamya Alfuhaid showcased the diverse applications of natural deep eutectic solvents being developed by her group, which can significantly impact the future of the country's water, biomedical, food, and pharmaceutical industries.

Improving the efficiency and sustainability of water desalination is critical to address global water scarcity.

Professor Pascal Saikaly and Ph.D. student Rodrigo Jimenez have developed a greener and more efficient way to produce precious catalysts used in industry from bacteria.

his award recognizes those scientists who perform peer reviews for ACS ES&T Water in their area of expertise to a consistently high standard, in a timely fashion, and frequently throughout the year.

A decentralized wastewater treatment and reuse unit invented at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has been installed in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. The first of its kind in the Kingdom, the technology features the research of Environmental Science and Engineering Professor Pascal Saikaly and Dr. Muhammad Ali, a former research scientist at KAUST and currently an assistant professor at Trinity College Dublin.

Congratulations to WDRC Ph.D. student Lamya Al Fuhaid and her teammates (guided by Prof. Geert-Jan Witkamp) for winning the Women To Impact "EDGE Challenge 2023"! The "Vaccines for all" solution won FIRST place, ahead of numerous contenders, during the recently concluded Winter Enrichment Program (WEP) at KAUST.

Professor Peng Wang, an environmental scientist and engineer at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), has been honored with the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award for research that uses renewable energy to produce clean drinking water.

The 2022 WDRC graduates comprise five Ph.D. and nine MS students. Well done, graduates. We are so proud of you!

Congratulations to Yevhen Myshkevych for taking home the best poster presentation award at the Pasteur Jubilee Conference held in Warsaw, Poland!

KAUST signed four strategic project agreements with ACWA Power. This research collaboration aims to drive greener desalination initiatives towards tangible impact both in Saudi Arabia and internationally; contributing to Saudi Vision 2030 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Congratulations to Dr. Luisa Javier for receiving the KAUST Alumni Change Maker Award in the Research, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship category. Dr. Yasmeen Najm was a recipient of a special recognition award.

KAUST researchers led by Prof. Himanshu Mishra provide new insight into the formation of hydrogen peroxide in water microdroplets.

Professor Pascal Saikaly and postdoc Bin Bian have developed a microbial electrosynthesis process whereby living microbes transform carbon dioxide into useful chemicals in an electrochemical cell via a reduction reaction under applied voltage.

The Water Desalination and Reuse Center is proud to announce that this year, all three KAUST Falling Walls Lab winners came from the center!

A Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) team visited WDRC on Thursday, September 8, 2022. The visit aimed to strengthen the successful partnership between the two entities, achieve sustainability in the desalination industry, and enhance water supply security in the country.