Deanship of Scientific Research

Research Groups:

It is one of the most important factors in the development of scientific research in research institutions, as it promotes teamwork, which is often of greater quality and benefit than individual work. These groups contribute to resolving pressing research issues, strengthening ties between researchers, and developing qualified research cadres. The Deanship of Scientific Research aims to form specialized research groups that support research projects and sponsor graduate students, which contributes to the establishment of distinguished research centers.

Research Groups Program Forms

Form Name	Link
Proposed Research Group Form(new)	Download Form
Final Installment Disbursement Request Form – Knowledge Excellence Program	Download Form
Research Project Information Amendment Request Form	Download Form
Research Project Completion Waiver in Favor of Another Researcher	Download Form
Research Project Duration Extension Request Form	Download Form
Research Proposal Submission Form	Download Form
Final Report Form	Download Form
Recipients Names Form	Download Form
Financial Report Form-19	Download Form
Receipt Form	Download Form

College of Economics and Administration

No.	Group Leader	Group Name
1	Prof. Habib Allah Al-Turkistani	Economic and Market Research Group
2	Dr. Mohammad Khalid Al-Hanawi	Health Economics Research Group
3	Dr. Sabah Al-Somali	Management of Digital Transformation & Innovation Systems

College of Arts and Humanities

No.	Group Leader	Group Name
4	Dr. Abdullah Ahmad Ali Al-Ghamdi	Applied Linguistics in European Languages
5	Dr. Amira Youssef Badri	Enhancement of Patterns of Quality of Life in Saudi Society
6	Prof. Mohammad Saeed Al-Ghamdi	The Social Research Group

College of Meteorology, Environment and Dry Areas Agriculture

No.	Group Leader	Group Name
7	Dr. Burhan Abdulkabir Niazi	Water Resources Research Group (WRRG)
8	Prof. Youssef Atiya	Sustainable Agriculture Production

College of Computers and Information Technology

No.	Group Leader	Group Name
9	Prof. Reem Abdulaziz Suleiman Al-Nania	Software Engineering & Distributed Systems
10	Dr. Daniel Mohammad Al-Ghazawi	Information Security
11	Prof. Wadie Saleh Al-Halabi	Immersive Virtual Reality
12	Dr. Ahmad Bin Mohammad Barnawi	Cloud Computing and Big Data
13	Dr. Ayman Ghazi Fiyoumi	Blockchain
14	Dr. Naif Radi Al-Juhani	Data Science and Applied AI Research Group
15	Prof. Mohammad Hamdi Al-Alimi	Management of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy
16	Prof. Alaa Imran Al-Maghrabi	Future Networks and Cyber-physical Systems (FuN-CPS)

College of Communication and Media

No.	Group Leader	Group Name
17	Dr. Mohammad Hatem Abu Al-Jadayel	Digital Media and Community Development
90	Dr. Mohammad Hatem Abu Al-Jadayel	Digital Media and Community Development

College of Marine Studies

No.	Group Leader	Group Name
18	Prof. Salem Marzouq Al-Harbi	Saudi Coastal Mapping & Monitoring
19	Dr. Wahid Sami Abu Shanab	Enhancement Metal Alloys and Glass Materials Used in Marine Engineering Applications
20	Dr. Ali Mohammad Mustafa Eidros	Plankton Research Group

College of Tourism

No.	Group Leader	Group Name
21	Dr. Nasser Nmas Munif Al-Buqmi	Innovation Technologies and Development Strategies in the Tourism Industry

College of Pharmacy

No.	Group Leader	Group Name
22	Dr. Abdulstar Mansour Omar	Drug Discovery and Development
23	Dr. Nabil Abdulhafiz Al-Hakami	Advanced Drug Release (Transfer) Systems: Improving Efficiency and Safety

College of Medicine

No.	Group Leader	Group Name
24	Dr. Sami Hamdan Al-Zahrani	Health Promotion Research Group
25	Prof. Suhad Ma’touq Bahajri	Saudi Diabetes Research Group
26	Prof. Abdulwahab Nuroli	Use of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering Technology to Treat Diseases
27	Dr. Omar Ibrahim Sa’ada	Inflammatory Bowel Disease
28	Prof. Hesham Ahmad Mohammad Mosli	Genitourinary Diseases and Metabolic Syndrome
29	Prof. Siraj Omar Siraj Wali	Sleep Disorders
30	Dr. Faten Nabil Al-Zaben	Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Children and Adults
31	Prof. Hesham Othman Omar Akbar	Expanding Novel and Existing Managements in Internal Medicine
32	Dr. Yahya Abdullah Ahmad Al-Marhabi	Trauma Surgery Research Group
33	Dr. Reda Abdullah Jamjoom	Vascular Surgery Diseases Clinical Investigation Group (VSDCIG)
34	Dr. Hamed Abdulraouf Saleh	The effects of environmental pollutants on prenatal and postnatal development
35	Dr. Mohammad Mohammad Saeed Jan	Pediatric Neurology
36	Dr. Saleh Mohammad Al-Daql	Clinical Immune Responses
37	Prof. Ahmad Eid Al-Saadi	Nonlinear Analysis and Applied Mathematics
38	Dr. Jamal Saber Mohammad Saber	Biotechnology
39	Prof. Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ghamdi	Advances in Composites, Synthesis and Applications
40	Dr. Abdulmohsen Ali Al-Shehri	Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Studies (SCCS)
41	Prof. Hasan Saeed Al-Zahrani	Plant Biology
42	Dr. Ahmad Hammoud Ali Bakri	Laser Applications
43	Prof. Saadallah Qari Aziz	Computational Chemistry Group
44	Prof. Khalid Omar Abu Al-Naja	Bioactive Natural Products
45	Dr. Mordi Mohammad Hasan Al-Jandabi	Medicinal Plants
46	Prof. Taha Abdullah Qamsani	Production of Bioproducts for Industrial Applications
47	Prof. Fahd Abdulrahman Al-Fassi	Bio-organic Farming
48	Prof. Yas Mohammad Al-Hadithi	Lithography in Devices Fabrication and Development
49	Dr. Yasser Mohammad Saad	Conservation of Aquatic Biological Resources
50	Prof. Mohammad Wazeer Qadi	Metal Oxides Research Group
51	Prof. Abdullah Muthakir Al-Otaibi	Operator Theory and Applications
52	Dr. Nu’man Abdullah Salah	Carbon Nanostructures
53	Prof. Khadijah Mohammad Al-Zaidi	Sustainable Green Chemistry
54	Prof. Saleh Abdulaziz Al-Karim	Embryonic and Cancer Stem Cells
55	Dr. Ali Saleh Al-Shamrani	Mathematical Modelling and Applied Computation (MMAC)
56	Prof. Adel Naif Mohammad Al-Ahmadi	Algebraic Structure and its Applications
57	Prof. Mohammad Othman Al-Jahdali	Red Sea Mangrove Ecosystem Research Group
58	Prof. Ahmad Al-Shehri	Hydrogen Research Group
59	Dr. Fahd Mohammad Al-Aboud	Statistical Inferences and its Applications
60	Prof. Hasan Mohammad Basra	Solar Physics Research Group
61	Prof. Khalid Al-Ghamdi	Molecular Biology Group
62	Dr. Majid Ahmad Al-Shaari	Environmental Protection & Sustainability (EPS)
63	Prof. Tarek Saeed Al-Maliki	Financial Mathematics and Actuarial Science
64	Dr. Nazihah Suleiman Al-Kiyal	Environmental Applications of Synthetic Polymers
65	Dr. Dina Mahmoud Qouji	Clinical Nutrition Research Group
66	Dr. Ghada Saleh Dukheil Allah Al-Sharif	Vitamin D Pharmacogenomics
67	Dr. Turki Abu Jamal	Smart Medical Imaging
68	Dr. Raed Ismail Felmban	3D Printing Applications in Medicine and Bioengineering
69	Dr. Turki Abdulwahab Al-Zughbi	Toxicology and Nanomedicine
70	Prof. Abdullah Mohammad Abu Sura	Renewable Energy and Power Systems Group
71	Dr. Mohammad Reda Ali Kabli	Engineering Management and Quality Improvement
72	Dr. Mohammad Abdulrahman Da’ous	Process Integration in Industrial Operations (PIIO)
73	Dr. Fouad Bin Eid Salem Al-Saadi	Communication Systems and Networks
74	Dr. Mohammad Asif Hussein	Diagnostic and Therapeutic Engineering
75	Prof. Abdulrahim Ahmad Al-Zahrani	Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems
76	Dr. Abdulrahman Hasan Bajudah	Analytical Dynamics and Aerospace Control Systems (ADACS)
77	Prof. Fouad Abdulaziz Abu Albin	Nuclear Engineering Applications and Innovations
78	Dr. Mohiuddin Jamal Rawah	Smart Grid
79	Dr. Mohammad Nasser Ajour	Energy Efficiency
80	Prof. Khalid Omar Daqrouq	Physiological and Biometric Signal Processing Research Group
81	Dr. Abdullah Saeed Al-Amsh	Design and Implementation of IoT Systems
82	Prof. Hamad Ali Al-Turaif	Food Process and Quality Control Engineering
83	Prof. Ali Habib Allah Akbar	Oral-Dental Deformities and Cleft Lip and Palate
84	Prof. Ali Saad Ali Thafid Al-Ghamdi	Oral and Dental Diseases Research Group
85	Dr. Hanadi Youssef Murghlani	Dental Restorative Bio-Materials, Bio-Mechanics & Adhesion (DRBBA)
86	Dr. Dalieh Abdullah Abu Al-Einen	Recent Technology in Dentistry
87	Dr. Suleiman Ouda	Oral Epidemiology and Genetics
88	Prof. Hashem Mohammad Harbi	Arabian Shield Research Group
89	Dr. Issam Ibrahim Azhar	Infectious Disease Research Group
91	Prof. Abdulbasset Salem Bouhamida	Wellness Research Group Towards a Saudi Vibrant Society

Guidelines for Creating a Research Group

Term	Description
Title	The research group’s title should reflect its objectives and fields of work.
Members	The research group should include a number of faculty members (no fewer than eight) from different departments and colleges of the university.
Leader	The group is chaired by one distinguished member holding the rank of Professor.
International Experts	The group should include experts (from outside the Kingdom) who are distinguished in the same research field, enriching the group’s work and transferring knowledge to its members.
Publication	The group must commit to producing original research that is publishable in reputable international journals.
Field	The objectives and work of the group should be applied and serve a wide segment of the community.

- No member of the research team should be on full-time academic leave during the contract period.

- No member of the research team should be a full-time consultant or seconded outside the university.

- King Abdulaziz University must be referenced as the affiliated institution for all researchers, in the format specified in the contract.

- Acknowledgment of King Abdulaziz University and its support for this project must be included in any scientific papers derived from the project, in the designated section of the journal, using the format specified in the contract.

The program application is submitted after the Head of the Research Group, accredited by the Deanship, completes the program application forms available in the "Forms" section and sends them to the designated email of the Deanship of Scientific Research: dsr.hici@kau.edu.sa.