The opportunity to join the annual gathering of Nobel Laureates at Lindau is provided exclusively to outstanding young scientists – undergraduates, Ph.D. students, and post-doc researchers - and Abdullah will be representing KAUST together with three more scientists of the university.

 

"I feel greatly honored to have been selected among thousands of candidates from all around the world. I will get a chance to interact and learn from the world's top scientists, and I have no doubt this experience will make a significant impact on my career,” Abdullah says.

 

“As an engineer, I have always tried to do something unique and innovative. Getting inspired by experts from different disciplines is an essential part of my learning process,” he adds.

 

Abdullah Almansouri earned his B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from RMIT University of Australia and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in 2013 and 2016 respectively. Currently, Abdullah is a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Khaled Nabil Salama and Prof. Jürgen Kosel. He is working on the field of energy harvesting, wireless powering, and environmental sensors.

 

“Looking at the criteria set by the Lindau committee, I could only think of Abdullah. He is always excited to work on multidisciplinary problems, very enthusiastic about his work, comes with out-of-the-box solutions and more importantly always keen to share his knowledge with other students,” Prof. Salama says.

According to the Lindau Nobel website, 41 Nobel Laureates - including the 2018 laureates in physics Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou - have confirmed their attendance. They will meet 600 international young scientists from 88 countries for an inspiring dialogue. The key topics of #LINO19 will be dark matter and cosmology, laser physics and gravitational waves.