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Dr. Bassam S. Tawabini

Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences

Dr. Bassam has been an associate professor at Geosciences Department at CPG, KFUPM since 2007 in addition to his incumbency as an Acting Director, Environment and Sustainability Section, Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Dept. KFUPM since 2014. From 1987 till 2005 he had assumed the role of Senior Research Engineer, Center for Environment and Water (CEW), Research Institute, KFUPM. Between 2005 – 07 he was appointed as Manager of Central Analytical Laboratory (CAL), Center for Environment and Water (CEW), Research Institute, KFUPM.

Research Profile – Google Scholar

  • Citations        1033
  • h-index          15
  • i10-index       22

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ixanLJ4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6508032548

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0096-2723

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering (Water Resources & Environmental Engineering), KFUPM, KSA, 2002.
  • High Diploma, “Sustainable Development” Middle East University at Boston College, Boston, USA, 2001.
  • M.Sc., Civil Engineering, KFUPM, KSA, 1987.
  • B.Sc., (Hons.), Civil Engineering. KFUPM, KSA, 1984.

Research Interests

  • Investigating the fate of pollutants in the water, wastewater, marine, air, and soil
  • Assessment, monitoring, and treatment of water, soils, and air contaminated with hazardous pollutants.
  • Developing innovative treatment technologies for industrial wastewater using electrochemical –based treatment technologies.
  • Developing advanced oxidation and photocatalytic technologies for the ex-situ and in-situ remediation of groundwater contaminated with trace metals and hydrocarbons using the combination of UV, H2O2, TiO2, Cl2, and O3.
  • Developing novel nano-based synthetic adsorbents (i.e. Graphene, CNTs, CNFs, TiO2…etc.) and natural adsorbents (i.e. fly ash, sewage sludge) for the removal of pollutants from the environment.
  • Developing advanced technologies for remediation of contaminated sites with hydrocarbons and trace metals using bio-treatment and phytoremediation technologies
  • Developing novel for the removal of trace metals and hydrocarbons from contaminated environment.
  • Assessing the fate of the Disinfection By-products (DBPs) formation using chlorine (Cl2), ozone (O3), and chlorine dioxide (ClO2).
  • Assessing the spatial distribution of air pollutants (NOx, SOx, PMs, VOCs…etc.) and soil pollutants (heavy/trace metals) in the Arabian Gulf region.
  • Developing best practices and methods for the management of municipal, industrial and hazardous wastes.
  • Assessing the sustainable utilization of natural resources (i.e. water, soil, energy, minerals, and biota)

Selected Publications

  • Tawabini, Bassam, Alshahrani, Fawaz, Saleh, Tawfik, Alrayaan, Muhammad, Alaama, Subhi, Nasser, Rayan, Soupios, Pantelis, Kirmizakis, Panagiotis, Mahmoud, Mohamed. A Laboratory Study to Assess the Use of Biochar-Based Liquid Activated Carbon for the Removal of MTBE and Benzene from Contaminated Groundwater (2024). Advances in Science, Technology and Innovation J. Pages 19 – 21.
  • Adamu Kimayim Gaduwang, Bassam Tawabini, Israa S. Abu-Mahfouz, Ahmed Al-Yaseri. Assessing hydrogen production potential from carbonate and shale source rocks: Assessing hydrogen production potential from carbonate and shale source rocks: A geochemical investigation. Fuel 378 (2024) 132923.
  • Abid Khogali; Konstantinos Chavanidis; Alexandros Stampolidis; Panagiotis Kirmizakis; Mohamed Yassin; Israa S. Abu-Mahfouz; Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani; Pantelis Soupios; Bassam Tawabini. Subsurface complexity controls the aquifer heterogeneity: a case study from the Al-Hassa Oasis, Eastern Saudi Arabia. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 27(101322). DOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101322
  • Barra Bokhari, Bassam Tawabini and Husam Baalousha (2024). A Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP)-GIS Approach to Flood Susceptibility Mapping in NEOM, Saudi Arabia. Frontiers in Water-Water Resource Management. Volume 6 – 2024 https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1388003.
  • Mohammed Benaafi, Ahmed M. Al-Areeq, Bassam Tawabini, Abdullah A. Basaleh, Abdullah Bafaqeer, John D. Humphrey & Isam H. Aljundi (2024). Combined Effects of Seawater Intrusion and Heavy Metal Pollution on the Groundwater Resources of Tarout Island, Saudi Arabia. Arab J Sci Eng (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09184-2. (ISI, Q2, IF 2.6).
  • Jawad Rafiq, Israa S Abu-Mahfouz, Pantelis Soupios, John D Humphrey, Bassam S Tawabini (2024). Hydrochemical Characterization, Geothermometry, and Origin of Ain Al-Harrah Hot Spring and Its Relationship to Al-Lith Geothermal System, Saudi Arabia. ACS Omega 2024 9 (23), 24807-24818. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c01343
  • Mohamed Al-Harbi, Bassam Tawabini*, Mohammed Al-Farhan, Pantelis Soupios, Mohammed Farooqui, Abdullah Basaleh (2024). Mapping of uncontrolled dumpsites in arid regions through remote sensing and image processing. Waste Management & Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X241257098. June 2024. (ISI, Q1, IF 3.7).
  • Sinatrya D Prayudi, Bassam S Tawabini, Asmaa Korin, Michael A Kaminski (2024). Morphological deformities in benthic foraminiferal assemblages from shallow marine and lagoonal environments of the western Arabian Gulf. Journal of Foraminiferal Research. vol. 54, issue 3, pp. 290-308.
  • Sinatrya D Prayudi, Bassam S Tawabini, Abduljamiu O Amao, Asmaa Korin, Hafiz M Gull, Daffa Arrofi, Michael A Kaminski (2024). Survival of biocalcifying shallow-marine benthic organisms in the coastal areas of the Arabian Gulf under conditions of global warming: Is there a limit to their resilience?. Journal of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. August 2024, doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112423.
  • SI Abba, Mohamed A Yassin, Mahmud M Jibril, Bassam Tawabini, Pantelis Soupios, Abid Khogali, Syed Muzzamil Hussain Shah, Jamilu Usman, Isam H Aljundi. Nitrate concentrations tracking from multi-aquifer groundwater vulnerability zones: Insight from machine learning and spatial mapping. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. Volume 184, April 2024, Pages 1143-1157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2024.02.041.
  • Mohammed Benaafi, Arya Pradipta, Bassam Tawabini, Ahmed M Al-Areeq, Abdullah Bafaqeer, John D Humphrey, Mazen K Nazal, Isam H Aljundi (2024). Suitability of treated wastewater for irrigation and its impact on groundwater resources in arid coastal regions: Insights for water resources sustainability. Heliyon 10 (8), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29320.
  • Mohammed Benaafi, S.I. Abba, Bassam Tawabini, Ismail Abdulazeez, Billel Salhi, Jamilu Usman, Isam H. Aljundi. Integrated clustering analysis for delineating seawater intrusion and heavy metals in Arabian Gulf Coastal groundwater of Saudi Arabia. Heliyon, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19784. (ISI, IF = 4, Q2).

US Patents:

  • 10,843,940. T Laoui, FA Olabemiwo, B Tawabini, M Khaled. Contaminant removal from water using polyelectrolyte coated fly ash.
  • 10167212. Jamal Amana and Bassam S. Tawabini. Continuous flow decontamination of an MTBE-contaminated aqueous liquid.
  • 10160675. Jamal Amana and Bassam S. Tawabini. Process for filtering and treating an MTBE-contaminated aqueous liquid.
  • 10125038. Jamal Amana and Bassam S. Tawabini. Treatment of Water Contaminated with MTBE Using UV/Chlorine Advanced Oxidation Process.
  • 10596546. Bassam S. Tawabini, Mutaz. A. Atieh, Faraj A. Abuilaiwi and Segun B. Adebayo. Doped silver nanoparticles on carbon fly ash for adsorption of methyl tertiary butyl ether.
  • 11305255 B2. B. S. Tawabini, M. A. Atieh, F. A. Olabemiwo, S. B . Adebayo. MTBE-Removal Composition with Acid-Treated Fly Ash Particles.
  • 11446632 B2 . Bassam S. Tawabini, Mutaz. A. Atieh, Faraj A. Abuilaiwi and Segun B. Adebayo. Silver Oxide Nanoparticle-Containing Fly Ash Adsorbent.

Extended Publications (+)

  • Sami Al-Rasheedi, Bassam Tawabini, Mazen Nazal, and Amjad B. Khalil. Application of Thermophilic Bacteria for the Treatment of Municipal Wastewaters. Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering. AJSE 47, 6881-6888 (2022).
  • Bassam Tawabini, Mohammed A. Yassin, Mohammed Benaafi, J. A. Adetoro, Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani, S.I. Abba. Spatiotemporal variability assessment of trace metals based on Subsurface Water Quality Impact Integrated with Artificial Intelligence-Based Modeling. Sustainability, 2022, 14 (4), https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042192.
  • Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Bassam Tawabini, Omer Muhammad Siddiq, Dimitrios Kalderis, Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Pantelis Soupios. Adsorption of Arsenic on Fe-modified Biochar and Monitoring Using Spectral Induced Polarization. Water 2022, 14(4), 563; https://doi.org/10.3390/w14040563.
  • Arya Pradipta, Pantelis Soupios, Nektarios Kourgialas, Maria Doula, Zoi Dokou, Mohammad Makkawi, Mohammed Alfarhan, Bassam Tawabini, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Mohamed Yassin. Remote Sensing, Geophysics, and Modeling to Support Precision Agriculture –Part 1: Soil Applications. Water. 1595020. Water 2022, 14, 1158. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14071158.
  • Arya Pradipta, Pantelis Soupios, Nektarios Kourgialas, Maria Doula, Zoi Dokou, Mohammad Makkawi, Mohammed Alfarhan, Bassam Tawabini, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Mohamed Yassin. Remote Sensing, Geophysics, and Modeling to Support Precision Agriculture –Part 2: Irrigation Management Water 2022, 14, 1157. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14071157.
  • Mohamed Yassin, Bassam Tawabini, A. Adetoro, Mohammed Benaafi, Ahmed Al-Areeq, Abdullahi Garba Usman, S.I. Abba. Geochemical and Spatial Distribution Topsoil HMs Coupled with Modeling of Cr Using Chemometrics Intelligent Techniques: Case Study from Dammam Area, Saudi Arabia. Molecules 2022, 27(13), 4220.
  • Rami W. Mansouri, Abdulaziz Al-Shaibani, Mohammed Makkawi, Bassam Tawabini. Groundwater Quality Assessment of Northern Harrat Rahat Aquifer, Saudi Arabia. Hydrogeology Journal. 30(8), pp. 2433-2457.
  • Mohammed Benaafi *, Bassam Tawabini, S.I. Abba *, John D. Humphrey, Ahmed AL-Areeq, Saad A. Alhulaibi, Abdullahi Garba Usman, Isam H. Aljundi. Integrated Hydrogeological, Hydrochemical, and Isotopic Assessment of Seawater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifers in Al-Qatif Area, Eastern Saudi Arabia. J. Molecules. Volume 27  Issue 20  3390/molecules27206841.
  • Amjad Khalil, Shahad Shaikh and Bassam Tawabini. Removal of heavy metals from contaminated water by thermophilic bacteria isolated from hot springs in Saudi Arabia (2022). J. of Bacteriology & Mycology. Vol. 10, Issue 3, 2022: pp. 60-64.
  • Alshahrani, B. Tawabini*, T. Saleh, M. Alrayaan, S. Alaama, R. Nasser, P. Soupios, P. Kirmizakis, M. Mahmoud, T. Oyehan & E. Safi (2022). Removal of benzene, MTBE and toluene from contaminated waters using biochar-based liquid activated carbon. Scientific Reports, (2022) 12:19651, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-24283-6.
  • Ahmed A. Hassan, Bassam Tawabini. Physicochemical Parameters of Tap Water in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia: An Empirical Assessment (2022). International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering Vol:16, No:9, 2022.
  • I. Abba, Mohammed Benaafi, A.G.Usman, Dilber Uzun Ozsahin, Bassam Tawabini, Isam H.Aljundiaf. Mapping of groundwater salinization and modelling using meta-heuristic algorithms for the coastal aquifer of eastern Saudi Arabia (2023). Science of the Total Environment. Volume 858, Part 2  Feb. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159697. (Q1)
  • Bassam Tawabini, Mubarak Al-Enazi, Mansour A. Alghamdi, Ashraf Farahat, Ahsan M. Shemsi, Marwan Y. Al Sharif and Mamdouh I. Khoder. Potentially Harmful Elements Associated with Dust of Mosques: Pollution Status, Sources, and Human Health Risks (2023). Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(3), 2687; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032687. (Q2 in JCR-2022)
  • Bassam Tawabini (2023). A Chemometrics-Based Approach for the Chemical Prediction of Lead (Pb) Levels in Surface Soil, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. J. of Cogent Engineering. Vol. 10, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311916.2023.2199967. 13 pages. (ISI, Q2)

 

Awards & Honors

  • Best Teaching Award. College of Petroleum Eng. & Geosciences, KFUPM. 2024.
  • Best Teaching Award. College of Sciences, KFUPM. 2011.
  • KFUPM Awards for obtaining several US Patents
  • Long Services Award, 10 Years KFUPM. Dhahran, KSA. 1994.
  • Long Services Award, 20 Years KFUPM. Dhahran, KSA. 2004.
  • Long Services Award, 30 Years KFUPM. Dhahran, KSA. 2014.
  • Long Services Award, 35 Years KFUPM. Dhahran, KSA. 2019.
  • Long Services Award, 40 Years KFUPM. Dhahran, KSA. 2024.
  • Top 5 contributions in photoenergy for my paper titled “Simultaneous Removal of MTBE and Benzene from Contaminated Groundwater Using Ultraviolet-Based Ozone and Hydrogen Peroxide”. International Journal of Photoenergy.
  • The 1st place at the 5th Saudi Water Arabia conference held between 17-19 of October, 2017 in Saudi Arabia. The paper titled’ Assessment of Polyelectrolyte Coated Fly Ash for Cadmium Removal in Polluted Water”.
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