Senior Research Aquarist at KAUST, with interest in understanding coral reef ecosystems. Working on coral reproduction and coral reef restoration.
Joined May 2020
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11 Jun 2022
🪸Proud and grateful to be part of these coral research projects!🪸😄
You can watch the full episode here 👉🏼
youtube.com/watch?v=tw1PTeFo…
@NatGeo @RSRC_KAUST
#redsea #coralreef
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Mar 29
🪸5years at KAUST come to an end!✨I’m moving on feeling very happy with everything achieved.Huge thanks to everyone I have been working side-by-side on these projects—we’ve done some amazing things together!😊The next chapter starts very soon and I can’t wait to get going!🌏✈️
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17 Oct 2025
🪸3 days after spawning, these tiny Galaxea larvae are on a mission: to find the perfect place to settle and begin their life as coral polyps. Off they go!✨
#coralreproduction #coralspawning #marinescience #coralreef #coral #marinebiology #CoralSymbiomiXLab
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11 Nov 2025
It depends on the species. In this case, they were all settled in the next day
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11 Nov 2025
Busy weeks at work!🪸🔬👨🔬
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#coralreef #coralspawning #marinescience #coralreproduction #coral #coralsymbiomixlab
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13 Oct 2025
Coral larvae ready to go!🪸
#coralreproduction #coralspawning #marinescience #coralreef #coral #marinebiology #CoralSymbiomiXLab
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11 Oct 2025
🪸Look at these tiny Platygyra recruits, just 20 days after spawning! You can see the detailed morphology of their tentacles taking shape.👽
#coralreproduction #coralspawning #marinescience #coralreef #coral #marinebiology #CoralSymbiomiXLab
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3 Oct 2025
I don’t know what it is about this picture, but I’m completely hypnotized by this little Galaxea polyp 🪸✨
#coralreproduction #coralspawning #marinescience #coralreef #coral #marinebiology #CoralSymbiomiXLab
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28 Sep 2025
🪸And just like that, the third season of coral spawning 2025 is officially underway! 🎉 Of course, it had to happen on a weekend. 😂
#coralreproduction #coralspawning #marinescience #coralreef #coral #marinebiology #CoralSymbiomiXLab
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13 Sep 2025
🪸Time-lapse of our 4-months-old Galaxea babies. With the right light and an optical filter, it’s possible to see the green fluorescent protein (GFP) and the progressive accumulation of symbionts (the red dots)
#coralreef #marinescience #coral #coralspawning #CoralSymBiomiXLab
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2 May 2025
🪸Acropora hemprichii
1.Sperm attempting to fertilise eggs.
2.First cell divide after fertilisation.
#CoralSymBiomiXLab
#coralspawning #coralreproduction #coral #marineresearch #coralreef
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12 Apr 2025
Cause corals don’t know about our days off (or do they…?)🤔😂 Galaxeas’ turn. Interesting split spawning observations in some colonies.🪸
#coralspawning #coralreproduction #coralreef #marinebiology
#CoralSymBiomiXLab
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11 Apr 2025
Busy these last nights indeed!🔥Alongside more Acropora spawning events, the Platygyras decided to join the party!🪸
#coralspawning #coralreef #coralreproduction #marinebiology
#CoralSymBiomiXLab
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5 Apr 2025
Night three of Acropora spawning watch! 🤩 So many unforgettable moments – definitely worth the lack of sleep!
#CoralSymBiomiXLab
#coralspawning #coralreef #coralreproduction
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20 Mar 2025
🌕🪸Our Acropora hemprichii colonies are showing signs of egg development! Let the countdown begin!⏰
#coralspawning
#CoralSymBiomiXLab
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16 Mar 2025
The 2025 #exsitucoralspawning season has officially begun!🪸
#CoralSymBiomiXLab
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28 Jan 2025
Waking Up! Time-lapse of our two-month-old baby #corals 🪸
@CoralSymBiomiX
#coralreef #coralspawning #marineresearch
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