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For M.S. students, your advisor when you are admitted to KAUST is the Program Chair. For Ph.D. students, your advisor is your PI (supervisor) whose lab you have been accepted in to.
Yes, you can change your advisor. M.S. students are advised to do so if/when they begin their thesis or directed research. Ph.D. students do have the ability to change advisors, but the overall impact to the Ph.D. project, as well as the time left to finish the Ph.D., could be significant. This will have to be taken into account before approval.
M.S. students need 36 credits (combination of courses and research is specific to your program).
Ph.D. students need 6 credits of 300-level coursework and will earn dissertation research credit each semester until they defend (no minimum credits established, although there is a minimum residency requirement of 2.5 years).
M.S. students get all university holidays (Eid Al-Fitr, Eid Al-Adha, Spring break).
Ph.D. students get university holidays and three weeks of annual/vacation leave per calendar year to be taken in agreement with your PI.
Yes. Drop and Add deadlines are on the academic calendar.
Your GPC can help you request these from the Registrar’s Office, or you can contact them directly at RegistrarHelpDesk@KAUST.EDU.SA
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My doctoral research explores spatial patterns of shark ecology in the Red Sea by presenting three distinct studies that examine shark occurrence and movements in relation to environmental features. More specifically, I implement a multi-method survey in my first chapter to characterize relative diversity and abundance patterns of elasmobranchs on coral reef pinnacles in the context of conservation planning. My second and third chapters utilize satellite telemetry to describe both horizontal and vertical movements of two large-bodied shark species in the Red Sea: the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) and the tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier). Collectively, this body of work describes novel aspects of shark occurrence and behavior that provides insights into the ecology of these animals in a warming ocean and further informs spatial conservation planning in the Arabian Region.
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