Project participants to al-‘Ulā DPA Project

The al-‘Ulā DPA Project — Ethnographic, genetic, and morphometric analyses of the date palm agrobiodiversity in al-‘Ulā oasis — has the ambition to add and converge expertises on the agrobiodiversity and history of the al-‘Ulā date palm in Saudi Arabia.
The researchers associated with the project, direct participant—in addition to the collaborations carried out with the other scientific projects under the AFALULA umbrella—are (co-PIs, then in alphabetical order):

– Vincent Battesti Social anthropologist at CNRS in the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, co-PI of the project.	– Muriel Gros-Balthazard Evolutionary biologist at IRD, research associate at NYU-Abu Dhabi, co-PI of the project.
– Muneera al-Mssallem Professor Assistant at King Faisal University in Nutrition and Dietetics.	– Margot Besseiche Doctoral student in genetics at Université de Montpellier.
– Yann Bourgeois Evolutionary biologist, University of Portsmouth (UK)	– Matthieu Breil former PhD student in genetics at Université de Montpellier (contrat CNRS).
– Sylvie Ferrand Biological technician at New York University Abu Dhabi.	– Jonathan M. Flowers Geneticist at New York University Abu Dhabi.
– Sarah Ivorra Biological technician at Université de Montpellier.	– Nahed Mohammed Biologist at KAUST.
– Michael Purugganan Silver Professor of Biology at New York University Abu Dhabi.	– Jean-Frédéric Terral Professor in biology at Université de Montpellier.
– Rod A. Wing Professor in biology at KAUST, dir. of the Center for Desert Agriculture.