Syed Haleem Shah

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Location:

Bldg. 2, Level 2, Seaside (right wing), 2217-WS04, +966 544 54 64 62, +966 12 808 49 49

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Biography

​I am interested in investigating profiles of phytoplankton-bacterioplankton trophic relationships in Red Sea waters through the assessment of photosynthesis-irradiance relationships and primary production rates of phytoplankton as well as bacterioplankton secondary production using radioisotopes labelling methods.

Research Interests

​Photosynthesis, Carbon sequestration, Biogeochemistry, Environment

Selected Publications

  • A Random Forest Machine Learning Approach for Retrieval of Leaf Chlorophyll Content in Wheat Shah, S.H.; Houborg, R.; Angellopez Y. and McCabe M.F. Remote Sensing 11(8), 920, (2019)
  • Response of Chlorophyll, Carotenoid and SPAD-502 Measurement to Salinity and Nutrient Stress in Wheat (Triticum aes... Shah, S.H.; Houborg, R.; McCabe, M.F. Agronomy 2017, 7, 61, (2017)
  • Synergy effects of biochar and polyacrylamide on plant growth and soil erosion control Lee, S.S., S. H. Shah, Y. M. Awad, S. Kumar, Y. S. Ok Environmental Earth Science. 74(3), 2463-2473, (2015) 
  • Bioaugmented Phytoremediation: A strategy for Reclamation of Diesel Oil-contaminated Soils Chuluun, B., S. H. Shah, J. S. Rhee International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. Issue 16, 624-628, (2014) 

Education

  • ​Ph.D., Environmental Sciences and Engineering, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2019
  • MS, Ghent University, Belgium, 2007
  • MSc, Ghent University & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 2006

Professional Profile

  • ​2019- present: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2011-2013: Visiting Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea
  • 2010-2011: Research Associate, Kangwon, National University, Chuncheon, Korea
  • 2008-2010: Asst. Agricultural Chemist, United Nations Development Program, Lahore, Pakistan

Scientific and Professional Membership

​Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

Awards

Ghent University Fellowship award, Belgium
BEST-KNU, Kangwon National University, South Korea​

KAUST Affiliations

​Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)

Research Interests Keywords

Marine Microbiology Biological Networks and Interactions