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Ras Al-Qasabah, Mission Team


  • Ameer Abdullah, PhD

    Reef Fish Surveyor

  • Omar Al-Kushaim

    Project Coordinator

  • Khalid Al-Shaikh

    Scientific Diver

  • Hatem Al-Yami

    Fish Specialist

  • Annelise Hagan, PhD

    Co-Principal Investigator

  • Sarah Hamylton

    2007 Research Fellow

  • David Obura

  • Sam Purkis, PhD

    Chief Scientist

  • Philip Renaud

    Former Executive Director of the Living Oceans Foundation

  • Gwilym Rowlands, PhD

    2007 Research Fellow, Ground Truthing and Acoustic Surveyor


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The Red Sea and the Future of Coral Reefs

November 25, 2020

G20 Riyadh Summit November 19, 2020 A short film featuring the Khaled bin Sultan Living Ocean Foundation’s Chief Scientist, Dr. Sam Purkis, and his research in the Red Sea was shown at the G20 meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After …

Mapping the abyssal depths of the Northern Red Sea

November 12, 2020

During a month-long expedition in 2007, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) conducted a comprehensive assessment of the coral reefs situated in the Ras Qisbah region of the northern Saudi Arabian Red Sea. Thirteen years later, KSLOF Chief Scientist Sam Purkis is embarking on a return mission to revisit this area and extend the mapping of the shallow-water reefs conducted by KSLOF into the abyssal depths of the Northern Red Sea.

The Status, Threats, and Resilience of Reef-Building Corals of the Saudi Arabian Red Sea

May 20, 2015

This article on the status of Red Sea corals is a direct result of the research conduction by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation during its missions to the Red Sea, including Farasan Islands (2006), Ras Al-Qasabah (2007), Al …

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Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is dedicated to the conservation and restoration of living oceans and pledges to champion their preservation through research, education and a commitment to Science Without Borders.®


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