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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 BattestiSocial anthropologist at CNRS in the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, co-PI of the project.
Muriel Gros-BalthazardEvolutionary biologist at IRD, research associate at NYU-Abu Dhabi, co-PI of the project.
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.
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