I am an environmental bioinformatician working with water engineers to investigate the dissemination of pathogens and antimicrobial resistome from the view of One-Health. I’m interested in the broader application of deep learning and environmental bioinformatics with the multi-omics approach for the water industry and public health. I want to help water and environmental professionals and public health works navigate these new tools for water treatment and reuse.

I value teamwork, communication and the research community. I love collaborating, consulting with mentoring, and teaching.

I started research in 2016. I’m a former structural-biologist wannabe and a current bioinformatician now. Interestingly, I worked on the same topic: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) for both of my time as being structural-biologist and environmental bioinformatician.

Education

• Ph.D. in BioEngineering (Bioinformatic and machine learning track), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2020-2025

• M.Sc. in Environmental Science and Technology, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, 2018-2020

• B.Sc. in Bioinformatics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, 2014-2018

Work Experience

• Visiting scholar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States (2017-2018) (Working with Prof. Yue Chen)
• Postdoctoral researcher, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (2025-now) (Working with Prof. Pei-Ying Hong)

Academic service

• Reviewer Nature Communications (2025-now) BMC Microbiology (2025-now) Scientific Reports (2024-now) Environmental Science and Technology (2023-now) ACS Environmental Science and Technology Water (2023-now) Microbial Ecology (2023-now) Journal of Hazardous Materials (2022-now)

Teaching and Mentorship experiences

• Mentor Bioscience Master Program (KAUST, 2025)
• Lecturer EnSE314-Public Health Microbiology II (KAUST, 2023 Spring, 2025 Fall)
• Research supervisor KAUST WISE internship (KAUST, 2025 Summer)
• Mentor KAUST Gifted student program (KSIP) (KAUST, 2024 Spring)

Grants and Awards

• Saudi NIH Research Grant 500,000 SAR Saudi National Institute of Health, May 2025 – May 2026, Saudi Arabia
• Ph.D. Progression Award KAUST, October 2022 – June 2025, Saudi Arabia
• Ph.D. full scholarship KAUST, June 2020 – June 2025, Saudi Arabia
• BESE Dean’s Award BESE, KAUST, December 2022, Saudi Arabia
• Master full scholarship KAUST, August 2018 – June 2020, Saudi Arabia
• Best Poster Award MEWE2021, October 2021, Netherland
• Outstanding Student Award SUSTech, 2018, China