The Marine chemistry laboratories of the MSS are quite diverse and extremely active. They are run by the able laboratory technicians Khalid Al Tarabin and the instrument and field measurements technician Maysara Alamor. In the last five years the technical capacity of the laboratories has been elevated substantially. It is thanks to the Red Sea Program, funded by the German Government, the Global Environmental Facility project in collaboration with the Aqaba Region Authority/Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA), Jordan and the Red Sea Marine Peace Park Project managed by NOAA and funded by USAID. Through these projects the laboratories have received state of art equipment in oceanographic field measurements and laboratory analysis.

Research interest of the laboratories is to study chemical characteristics of the Gulf of Aqaba in connection with physical and biological oceanography. Also of our prime interest is to study the interactions between oceanic and coral reef waters, coral reef community metabolism, coral growth under different nutrient concentration levels and nutrient enrichment in reef waters, nutrient fueling of primary productivity in oligotrophic waters, coastal water environmental quality and heavy metal pollution in seawater using sediments and biomonitors as pollution indicators.. Covering this wide scope of research topics has become possible not only by our restless efforts but also by the unique natural characteristics of the Gulf of Aqaba. The great depth to width ratio of the Gulf provides an ideal oceanic basin, where typical oceanic waters can be sampled only a few Kilometers offshore with simple boat facility. Interaction between coastal and oceanic processes can also be studied conveniently.