Ahmed Aljohani, a native of Saudi Arabia, graduated from Emory with highest honors in Biology. His honors thesis examined whether circadian rhythms affect monarch butterflies’ disease risk.
Currently pursuing a doctorate in Biology at Oxford, he will follow that with a second doctorate at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
Interested in ways to communicate his research findings to a broader audience, Ahmed pursuing training in digital filmmaking to translate his work on coral reefs into videos that could sway public opinion and policy. His research at Emory focused on ecology and he was co-author of a paper on the effect of plant chemicals on immunity in monarch butterflies.
During his time at Emory, Ahmed was a captain with the Academic Fellows program and the co-leader of the Muslim Student Association.