The CLI is pleased to announce the arrival of KAUST's newest Research Scientist: Kaoru Kakinuma. Kakinuma will be joining KAUST in Feb 2023 and will have an academic home within the Prof. Yoshihide Wada’s team. She brings with her experience in social-ecological interaction in a changing climate.    

At KAUST, she will be working in Prof. Wada’s team and will be conducting research on climate and environmental changes, and the impact it has on societies by focusing on population mitigations, inequality and health, as well as sustainable water management and food production. 

Kakinuma joins KAUST from the Asian Demographic Research Institute at Shanghai University, where she previously held the position of Associate Professor.