Head of Biological Sciences Department 

Graces and supplication to Allah the almighty, who created and taught the human kind what they did not know, and blessings on our prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.

Almighty Allah, there is no ease except in that which You have made easy, and You make the difficulty, if You wish, easy.

It is my utmost pleasure to express my gratitude to both prof. Abdulrahman bin Obaid Al-Youbi, the president of KAU and to the Dean of Faculty of Science Prof. Abdularahman Labeed Al-Malki for their precious trust in assigning me for Head of Biological Sciences Department. I sincerely ask Allah to assist me in serving our sons and daughters, students, and fellow colleagues the faculty members in both sectors, female and male, and to be a worthy successor for my previous fellow leaders of the department  who have contributed their efforts into moving the development process in the department through teaching, research, scientific publication and various community service activities.

Recently, the faculty exceeds 180 members, professors, associate and assistant professors and lecturers, as well as the academic technician and administrational staff. More that 100 postgraduate students are enrolled at the department's Master and PhD programs, about 27 of them are international students constitutes our postgrad student community at our four majors (Botany, Zoology, Microbiology and Genetics), this makes the department one of the largest at the College of Science and KAU.

I also would like to express my gratitude for the generous support from my fellow colleagues: Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Academic affairs officials, the female section vice-Dean and supervisor of female-section department of Biological Sciences. 

We ask Allah the Almighty to guide us all in our journey for improving our department's performance and practices in production of scientific knowledge, excellence in teaching and research capabilities and academic supervision for postgraduate studies to be always proud of our academic outcomes, and to fulfill the country's, KAU and our faculty vision and prospective, and to prepare a qualified graduate that contributes to the labor market efficiently. Finally, May Allah bless our country's leader and keep our land in peace, security and prosperity.