Dr. Malika Kheireddine received her Ph.D. degree in marine optics and ocean color remote sensing in 2014 from University Pierre and Marie Curie in France. After her Ph.D., she joined the King Abdullah University of Sciences and Technology (KAUST) as a postdoc to study biogeochemical processes in the Red Sea using in situ marine optics and ocean color remote sensing. Since 2018, she is a research scientist in KAUST and collaborates with researchers in several fields thanks to her expertise in marine optics.