​My research interests involve the application of machine learning and data mining algorithms for functional annotation of various biological entities including the prediction of proteins’ functions and human disease-causative genetic variation.

​Ph.D, Computer Science, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (2012-present)

M.Sc., Computer Science, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (2012)

B.Sc., Computer Science, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman (2010)

​January 2015 – March 2015:  Visiting student researcher, The European Bioinformatics Institute, Team, Hinxton, UK

June 2011-July 2011: Visiting student researcher, Technical University of Munich, Munich

​International Society for Computational Biology

• KAUST Ph.D Fellowship (2012)
• KAUST Provost Award (2010)
• KAUST M.Sc Fellowship (2010)
• Top Graduate student of College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University (2010)
  
• KAUST Discovery Scholarship (2008)

• Bio-Ontology Research Group (BORG)​
• Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC)
• Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE)