Honorary and foreign members :: AL SAUD Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed

— Graduated from Stanford University (USA).
— Since 1997 - at the Center of Science and Technology named after King Abdul Aziz (KACST): Director of the Space Research Institute, since 2004 - Vice-President, since 2015 - President of KACST.
— At the same time - Chairman of the Supervisory Committee of the National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation, Supervisory Committee of the Technology Incubator Program, The Supervisory Committee of the King Abdullah Solar Desalination Initiative, Administrative Committee of the Saudi Energy Efficiency Center, Board of Directors of the Saudi Company for Technological Development and Investments, as well as the boards of a number of joint centers of excellence established with leading foreign universities and companies.
— Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for the Defense Industry, Civil Defense Council, International Advisory Board of the Center oil studying and research named after King Abdullah, Al Faisal University Board of Trustees in Riyadh.

Scientific works in the field of high-temperature gas dynamics, space research and modern satellite technologies, the development of new materials, experimental verification of the effects of special and general relativity, on the formation of science, technology and innovation policy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Made measurements of the radiation and temperature of the torches of the engines of the jet control system of the space shuttle Space Shuttle using the STS-51G flight program (1985). He applied the method of large particles for numerical modeling of flow processes and supersonic flows. He showed the possibility of improving the characteristics of polycrystalline silicon solar cells by depositing ultrathin films of highly dispersed luminescent silicon nanoparticles on them. Investigated the formation of new molecular complexes (superexiplexes) when coumarin molecules were excited by nanosecond pulses of a tunable titanium-sapphire laser. One of the developers of a new generation of space architectures — multi-purpose reconfigurable distributed systems based on microsatellite platforms, a project to test a special theory of relativity in low-Earth orbit using high-quality optical frequency standards and KACST mini-satellites.

In 2006, together with the leadership of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, he formed a long-term program of Belarusian-Saudi scientific and technical cooperation, involving the implementation of the most promising proposals from leading academic institutions in the field of aerospace research and technology, nanotechnology, energy and optics, aimed at creating pilot samples of equipment and technological processes with improved characteristics.

Major papers:

Space Shuttle RCS Plumes: Radiation and Temperature Measurement on Mission 51-G // Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics. Washington, 1988. Vol. 110 (в соавт.).
Superexciplex of Coumarin Molecules using Tunable Ti-Sapphire Laser // Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 2003. Vol. 42, N 10 (в соавт.).
Radar Images and Geoarchaeology of the Eastern Sahara // Remote Sensing in Archaeology. N. Y., 2006 (в соавт.).
Enhancement of polycrystalline silicon solar cells using ultrathin films of silicon nanoparticle // Appl. Phys. Lett. 2007. Vol. 91, N 6 (в соавт.).
Hybrid Composites with Shunted Piezoelectric Particles for Vibration Damping // Mech. Adv. Mater. Struct. 2007. Vol. 14, N 6 (в соавт.).
New reforms of research, innovation and entrepreneurship in the GCC countries // Innovation: Management Policy and Practice. 2014. Vol. 16, N 2 (в соавт.).
The Gravity Probe B test of general relativity // Class. Quantum Grav. 2015. Vol. 32, N 22 (в соавт.).