Dr. Bassam Aljahdali

Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

Bassam Mohammedsaleh Aljahdali is Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Maritime Studies, King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, and an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain and Maritime Business. His research covers shipping finance and maritime business, as well as applied work on risk mapping of dynamic dust storms and multi-hazard maritime navigation in the Red Sea using machine learning. At KAU he has also served on the Faculty's administration, helping to shape the university's academic programmes in maritime studies that feed graduates into Saudi Arabia's expanding shipping, ports and logistics sector.