Qurban Mohammed

Mohammed Ali Qurban received the B.S. degree in aquatic wealth development from King Faisal University, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia, in 1988, the master’s degree in marine science from the Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, USA, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in oceanography from the National Oceanography Center, University of Southampton, Southampton, U.K. He has been an Assistant Professor with the Department of Geosciences, College of Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences (CPG), KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, since 2010. He is serving as the Director of the Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, KFUPM. His research interests include Harmful Algal blooms, ocean acidification, and the effect of dust storms on the nutrient enrichment in the Arabian Gulf. He has published over 36 publications which includes research articles in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Dr. Qurban has received the Almarai Best Research Team Award in 2017/2018.