Dr. Robert Brown, President of Boston University, has been appointed to the KAPSARC Board of Trustees following ratification by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz.

Prior to Boston University, Dr. Brown held a number of leadership positions at MIT, including Provost, Dean of the School of Engineering, and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering. In 2008, Dr. Brown was named as one of the top 100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Dr. Brown replaces the outgoing member Dr. Ernest Moniz, who had to resign due to his appointment as the US Secretary of Energy, and joins the other six distinguished international members of the Board:

His Excellency Mr. Ali Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees
His Excellency Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser, the Kingdom’s Minister of Economy and Planning
Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Secretary General of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Sir Keith O’Nions, Rector of Imperial College London
Dr. Muhammad Saggaf, as President of KAPSARC
His Excellency Dr. Hashim Yamani, President of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE)