3D electrodes

Walaa Khushaim

Ph.D. Student, Bioengineering

3D electrodes Quantum Dots microfluidics

Walaa Khushaim is a Ph.D. student at the Sensors Lab in the Electrical Engineering Program, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Walaa received her MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford, U.K., in 2018. She obtained a Biochemistry bachelor's degree from Queens University of Charlotte, USA, in 2016. Research Interests Walaa Khushaim is interested in developing next-generation biomedical devices for point of care diagnostics.

Abdullah Bukhamsin

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

MEMS microfluidics 3D electrodes Biosensors precision agriculture Single atom catalysts Plant Wearables

Selected Publications: Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " In vivo dynamics of indole-and phenol-derived plant hormones: Long-term, continuous, and minimally invasive phytohormone sensor." (2025) Science Advances. Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " Accelerating adoption of species-agnostic plant sensors for precision farming." (2025) Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering. Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " Early and high-throughput plant diagnostics: strategies for disease detection." (2024) Trends in Plant Science. Bukhamsin, Abdullah, et al. " Minimally-invasive, real-time, non-destructive, species