Dr. Sulia Haji Mohamed Salim
Researcher, CIPR
Dr. Sulia ( @ Sulia Goeting ) is a researcher working on the taxonomy, diversity and ecology of Benthic foraminifera, with expertise in advanced imaging and microscopy techniques. She has been working on Benthic foraminifera from different biogeographic regions including the Indo-Pacific, South China Sea and the Caribbean. She has also other scientific interests in Paleontology Statistics and Paleoecology.
Educational Qualification
- PhD Geosciences, Università di Genova, Italy
- MSc Geoscience (Honours), Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
- BSc Geoscience (Honours), Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Research Interests
- Taxonomy and palaeoecology of Benthic foraminifera
- Palaeontology statistics
- Palaeoenvironmental interpretation
- Biostratigraphy in shallow water tropical settings
Selected Publications
- Goeting, S., Briguglio, A., Kocsis, L., Roslim, A., Shahrin, F., & Baumgartner-Mora, C. (2025). Distribution of benthic foraminifera from carbonate atolls in the SpratlyIslands of the South China Sea: Louisa Reef and Royal Charlotte Reef. Micropaleontology. https://doi.org/10.47894/mpal.71.1.03
- Goeting, S., Lee, H. C., Kocsis, L., Baumgartner-Mora, C., & Marshall, D. J. (2023). Diversity and distribution of the benthic foraminifera on the Brunei Shelf (Northwest Borneo): Effect of seawater depth. Diversity, 15(8), 937. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15080937
- Goeting, S., Ćosović, V., Benedetti, A., Fiorini, F., Kocsis, L., Roslim, A., & Briguglio, A. (2022). Diversity and depth distribution of modern benthic foraminifera offshore Brunei Darussalam. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 52(3), 160-178. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.52.3.160
- Goeting, S., Fiorini, F., Briguglio, A., Benedetti, A., Kocsis, L., Roslim, A., & Zaini, N. (2021). Catalogue of modern smaller benthic foraminifera offshore Brunei Darussalam. Palaeontographica Abteilung A, 318, 129-223. 10.1127/pala/2021/0103
- Goeting, S., Benedetti, A., & Briguglio, A. (2021). Reophax bruneiensis n. sp. from shallow-water environment of Brunei Darussalam. Micropaleontology, 67(5), 519-525.http://doi.org/10.47894/mpal.67.5.06
- Zaini, N., Briguglio, A., Goeting, S., Roslim, A., & Kocsis, L. (2020). Sedimentological characterisation of sea bottom samples collected offshore Muara and Tutong, Brunei Darussalam. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, 70(1), 139-151. https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm70202012
- Roslim, A., Briguglio, A., Kocsis, L., Goeting, S., & Hofmann, C. (2020). Palynology of Miocene sediments in Brunei Darussalam: First SEM investigations of pollen and spores, and their taxonomy and palaeoenvironmental interpretation. Palaeontographica Abt. B, 301(46), 77-139. 10.1127/palb/2021/0071
- Roslim, A., Briguglio, A., Kocsis, L., Rahman, F. A., Bahrein, I. F., Goeting, S., & Razak, H. (2020). Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of late Miocene outcrops (Miri and Seria Formation) along Jalan Tutong in Brunei Darussalam. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, 70(1), 39-56. 10.7186/bgsm70202004
- Goeting, S., Briguglio, A., Eder, W., Hohenegger, J., Roslim, A., & Kocsis, L. (2018). Depth distribution of modern larger benthic foraminifera offshore Brunei Darussalam. Micropaleontology, 64(4), 299-316. https://www.micropress.org/microaccess/micropaleontology/issue-343/article-2082
Awards & Honors
- PeerJ Award grant (2025)
- Swiss National Science Foundation SPARK Grant (2024-2025) – Research Associate
- Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship (2022-2023) – Postdoctoral Fellow
- PRI J. Thomas Dutro Student Award (2020)
- ECORD Scholarship for Iternational School of Foraminifera (2019)
- Early Career Scientist Support (2019)