CPG

Dr. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail

Dr-Abdullatif-Al-Shuhaill
Tel: +966 (013) 860-3584
Fax: +966 (013) 860-2595

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2163

Dr. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail

Professor, Department of Geosciences

Recent Research Projects

  1. Geophysical Investigation of Near-surface Aquifers. (Client: CPG) in 2019 – 2021 – Principal Investigator.
  2. Removal of Sand Dune Effects from Seismic Data using Parallax Processing. (Client: Saudi Aramco) in2018 – 2021 – Principal Investigator.
  3. First Arrival Picking using Machine Learning. (Client: Saudi Aramco) in2021 – 2024 – Co-Investigator.
  4. Passive Seismic Mapping of Fractures within Unconventional Resources. (Client: CPG) in2022 – 2024 – Co-Investigator.
  5. Exploring Natural Hydrogen Accumulation in Saudi Arabia (ENHANS), (Client: KFUPM) in2023 – 2026 – Co-Investigator.

Patents

  1. Mousa, W. M. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2015. Method of first arrival picking of seismic refraction data: (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number: US009103935) – Co-Inventor.
  2. Alshuhail, Abdulrahman, Aldawood, Ali, and Al-Shuhail, Abdullatif, 2017. Machines, Systems, And Methods For Super-Virtual Borehole Sonic Interferometry (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US009612352B2- Co-Inventor.
  3. Al-Shuhail, A.A., 2017. Method of monitoring carbon dioxide leakage in carbon capture and storage reservoirs (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number 9,835,763) – Sole-Inventor.
  4. Al-Shuhail, A. A.and Abdullah, F., 2018. Method and system for characterization of subsurface cavities using joint inversion of gravity and ground penetrating radar data (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US9977124B2) – Co-Inventor.
  5. Mousa, W., Latif, A., andA. A. Al-Shuhail, 2018. System and method for acquisition and processing of seismic data using compressive sensing: (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US10094941B2) – Co-Inventor.
  6. Sikandar Khan, Yehia Abel Khulief, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, 2022. Method and alarming system for CO 2 sequestration: (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US11353621B2) – Co-Inventor.
  7. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Mohamed Mahmoud, Rakan Fadhel, 2023. Modified sonic tool for advanced formation evaluation (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US011795813B2) – Co-Inventor.

h-index

SCOPUS: 18, citations = 941, documents = 121.

Google Scholar: 20, citations = 1223.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Geophysics, Texas A&M University, USA, 1998.
  • M.S., Geophysics, Texas A&M University, USA, 1993.
  • B.S., Geophysics, KFUPM, KSA, 1987.

Research Interests

  • Fractured reservoirs
  • Near-surface geophysics
  • Micro seismic methods
  • CO2 sequestration

Selected Publications

Selected Journal Publications (2020-2024)

  • SM Hanafy, A El-Husseiny, M Benaafi, A Al-Shuhail, J Dvorkin, 2020. P-wave velocity profile at very shallow depths in sand dunes: Geophysics 85 (5), U129-U137.
  • S Khan, YA Khulief, AA Al-Shuhail, 2020. Effects of reservoir size and boundary conditions on pore-pressure buildup and fault reactivation during CO2 injection in deep geological reservoirs: Environmental Earth Sciences 79, 1-23.
  • A Al-Shuhail, Y Bouzidi, S Al-Dossary, Y Li, 2020. Introduction to this special section: Middle East: The Leading Edge 39 (6), 381-381.
  • M Benaafi, SM Hanafy, A Al-Shuhail, A El-Husseiny, J Dvorkin, 2020. Integrated Geological, Hydrogeological, and Geophysical Investigations of a Barchan Sand Dune in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia: Water 12 (3), 682.
  • S Khan, YA Khulief, AA Al-Shuhail, 2020. Effects of reservoir size and boundary conditions on pore-pressure buildup and fault reactivation during CO 2 injection in deep geological reservoirs: Environmental Earth Sciences, 79:294.
  • SM Hanafy, A El-Husseiny, M Benaafi, A Al-Shuhail, J Dvorkin, 2020. P-wave velocity profile at very shallow depths in sand dunes: Geophysics 85 (5), U129-U137.
  • SA Chan, P Edigbue, S Khan, AL Ashadi, AA Al-Shuhail, 2021. Viscoelastic Model and Synthetic Seismic Data of Eastern Rub’Al-Khali: Applied Sciences 11 (4), 1401.
  • N Ahmad, S Khan, A Al-Shuhail, 2021. Seismic Data Interpretation and Petrophysical Analysis of Kabirwala Area Tola (01) Well, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan: Applied Sciences 11 (7), 2911.
  • X Liu, H Li, AA Al-Shuhail, B Liu, Z Ren, 2021. Reflection and transmission of plane waves at an interface separating two poro-viscoelastic materials with continuity and elastic consistence: Geophysical Journal International 225 (2), 829-845.
  • P Edigbue, A Al-Shuhail, SM Hanafy, 2021. Three-dimensional supervirtual seismic refraction interferometry: A case study in western Saudi Arabia: Geophysics 86 (3), B123-B133.
  • Paul Irikefe Edigbue, Abdullah Abobakr Al-Mashhor, Anastasios Plougarlis, Pantelis Soupios, Markos Tranos, SanLinn Kaka, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Mansour Al-Garni, 2021. Geological and geophysical investigations of an engineering site characterization for construction purposes in Western Saudi Arabia: Journal of Applied Geophysics 188, 104307.
  • AA Dawood, A Al-Shuhail, A Alshuhail, 2021. Enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio of sonic logging waveforms by super-virtual interferometric stacking: Journal of Seismic Exploration 30 (3), 237-255.
  • N Ahmad, S Khan, EF Noor, Z Zou, A Al-Shuhail, 2021. Seismic Data Interpretation and Identification of Hydrocarbon-Bearing Zones of Rajian Area, Pakistan: Minerals 11 (8), 891.
  • Ali A Dawood, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Abdulrahman Alshuhail, 2021. Enhancing the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Sonic Logging Waveforms by Super-Virtual Interferometric Stacking: Journal of Seismic Exploration, 30: 237-255.
  • Sherif M Hanafy, Pantelis Soupios, Alexandros Stampolidis, Christian Bender Koch, Khalid Al‐Ramadan, Abdullatif Al‐Shuhail, Theis Solling, Ignatius Argadestya, 2021. Comprehensive Geophysical Study at Wabar Crater, Rub Al‐Khali Desert, Saudi Arabia: Earth and Space Science, 8 (9). 
  • Huijian Li, Xu Liu, Bo Liu, Stewart Greenhalgh, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, and Yangkang Chen, (2022), “Bandwidth-insensitive extended centroid frequency-shift method for near-surface Q estimation,” GEOPHYSICS 87: V75-V86.
  • Ahmad, Naveed, Sikandar Khan, Muhsan Ehsan, Fayaz U. Rehman, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2022. “Estimating the Total Volume of Running Water Bodies Using Geographic Information System (GIS): A Case Study of Peshawar Basin (Pakistan)” Sustainability 14, no. 7: 3754. 
  • Al-Dawood, A., Al-Shuhail, A.Reservoir characterization analysis in glacial reservoirs. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol (2022). 
  • Surachman, Lutfi M., and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2022. “Common Transmission Point (CTP) Gathers: A New Domain for Amplitude Variation with Offset” Energies 15, no. 13: 4825.
  • Harishidayat, Dicky, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Giovanni Randazzo, Stefania Lanza, and Anselme Muzirafuti. 2022. “Reconstruction of Land and Marine Features by Seismic and Surface Geomorphology Techniques” Applied Sciences 12, no. 19: 9611. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199611.

Extended Publications (+)

  • Bargees, Amen, and Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail. 2022. “First Arrival Picking of Zero-Phase Seismic Data by Hilbert Envelope Empirical Half Window (HEEH) Method” Sensors 22, no. 19: 7580. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197580.
  • Edigbue, Paul, Ismail Demirci, Irfan Akca, Hamdan Ali Hamdan, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Pantelis Soupios, Emin Candansayar, Sherif Hanafy, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2022. “A Comprehensive Study of Local, Global, and Combined Optimization Methods on Synthetic Seismic Refraction and Direct Current Resistivity Data” Applied Sciences 12, no. 22: 11589. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122211589.
  • Edigbue, Paul, Ismail Demirci, Irfan Akca, Hamdan Hamdan, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Pantelis Soupios, Markos Tranos, Israa S. Abu-Mahfouz, Emin Candansayar, Sherif Hanafy, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail “Application of Combined Local and Global Optimization Algorithms in Joint Interpretation of Direct Current Resistivity and Seismic Refraction Data: A Case Study of Dammam Dome, Eastern Saudi Arabia” Sensors 22, no. 23: 9337. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239337.
  • Hanafy, Sherif Mohamed, Abdullah Al-Mashhor, and Abdullatif Abdulrahman Al-Shuhail. 2022. “Removal of Intra-Array Statics in Seismic Arrays Due to Variable Topography and Positioning Errors” Applied Sciences 12, no. 24: 12810. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122412810.
  • Edigbue, P., Akca, I., Demirci, I., Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Hamdan Ali Hamdan, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Emin Candansayar, Sherif Hanafy & Pantelis Soupios . Testing Different Stochastic Methods to Model Direct Current Resistivity and Seismic Refraction Geophysical Data Using a Combined Local and Global Optimization Algorithm. Arab J Sci Eng 48, 7925–7938 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-07690-3.
  • Amen Bargees, Dicky Harishidayat, Naveed Iqbal, Abdullatif A Al-Shuhail. 2023. Automatic gas chimney detection from 3D seismic reflection data using a single amplitude attribute: Marine and Petroleum Geology, 152: 106231. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026481722300137X.
  • Emily Barnabas Kiswaka, Dicky Harishidayat, Elisante Elisaimon Mshiu, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2023. Architectural element variations across the offshore basin of Tanzania continental margin: influence of local factors in sedimentary processes and their implications for petroleum prospectivity: Marine Geophysical Research, 44 (2): 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-023-09518-z.
  • Hamida, M. Alfarraj, A. A. Al-Shuhail and S. A. Zummo, “Facies-Guided Seismic Image Super-Resolution,” in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 61, pp. 1-13, 2023, Art no. 4503213, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3289151.
  • Moosa Al-Jahdhami and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, (2023), “Workshop Review: Recent workshop explores near-surface modeling and imaging,” The Leading Edge 42: 506–509. https://doi.org/10.1190/tle42070506.1.
  • Alfuraidan, M.R., Al-Shuhail, A., Hanafy, S.M., and Sarumi, Ibrahim O. Approximation of seismic velocities from the spectrum of weighted graphs. Int J Geomath 14, 5 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13137-023-00214-z.  
  • Li, B. Liu, X. Liu, A. A. Al-Shuhail, S. M. H. Mahmoud and Y. Chen, “Frequency-Independent Centroid Frequency Shift Method for Signal Attenuation Estimation,” in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 61, pp. 1-12, 2023, Art no. 4504212, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2023.3293645. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10177196.
  • Awais, M., Hanafy, S.M., Shafiq, S., Al‐Shuhail, A. and Waheed, U.B., 2023. First Break Traveltime Picking Using Unsupervised Machine Learning and Super‐Virtual Refraction Interferometry. Earth and Space Science, 10(12), p.e2023EA003014.
  • Sikandar Khan, Yehia Khulief, Ruben Juanes, Salem Bashmal, Muhammad Usman, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Geomechanical modeling of CO2 sequestration: A review focused on CO2 injection and monitoring, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 12, Issue 3, 2024, 112847, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112847.
  • Surachman, L.M., Abdulraheem, A., Al-Shuhail, A. and Kaka, S.I., 2024. Acoustic impedance prediction based on extended seismic attributes using multilayer perceptron, random forest, and extra tree regressor algorithms. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, pp.1-9.
  • Harishidayat, D., Niyazi, Y., Stewart, H.A., Al-Shuhail, A. and Jamieson, A.J., 2024. Submarine canyon development controlled by slope failure and oceanographic process interactions. Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.18486.
  • Xu Liu, Bing Zhou, Abdullatif A Al-Shuhail, Wei Zhou, Bo Liu, Qinzhuo Liao, Ray and energy-flux velocities at a contact of two viscoelastic anisotropic materials, Geophysical Journal International, 2024;, ggae363, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae363.
  • Harishidayat, D., Al-Dossary, S. & Al-Shuhail, A. Architecture and geomorphology of fluvial channel systems in the Arabian Basin. Sci Rep 14, 25025 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75980-3.
  • Saidy, K., Fawad, M., Whattam, S.A., Al-Shuhail, A.A., Alshuhail, A.A., Campos, M. and Sulistyohariyanto, F.A., 2024. Unlocking the H2 potential in Saudi Arabia: Exploring serpentinites as a source of H2 production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 89, pp.1482-1491.

Awards & Honors

Books

  1. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Al-Dossary, S. A, 2020. Attenuation of Incoherent Seismic Data: Springer, Switzerland , ISBN: 9783030329471(hardcover).
  2. مدخل إلى احتجاز الكربون وتخزينه (Introduction to Carbon Capture and Sequestration) ، أ. د. يحيى خليف و أ. د. عبد اللطيف الشهيل، 2019، (ترجمة إلى العربية)، دار الكتب العلمية للنشر والتوزيع، القاهرة، جمهورية مصر العربية 89777260015ISBN 97.
  3. محمد الصالح، هاشم الموسوي، عبدالله المشهور، و عبداللطيف الشهيل،( تحت الإعداد ). المعجم الموسوعي للجيوفيزياء التطبيقية، ترجمة إلى العربية لكتاب: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Geophysics; E. Sheriff; Society of Exploration Geophysicists; 2002.
Dr-Abdullatif-Al-Shuhaill
Tel: +966 (013) 860-3584
Fax: +966 (013) 860-2595

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2163

Dr. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail

Professor, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Geosciences Department

Recent Research Projects

  1. Geophysical Investigation of Near-surface Aquifers. (Client: CPG) in 2019 – 2021 – Principal Investigator.
  2. Removal of Sand Dune Effects from Seismic Data using Parallax Processing. (Client: Saudi Aramco) in2018 – 2021 – Principal Investigator.
  3. First Arrival Picking using Machine Learning. (Client: Saudi Aramco) in2021 – 2024 – Co-Investigator.
  4. Passive Seismic Mapping of Fractures within Unconventional Resources. (Client: CPG) in2022 – 2024 – Co-Investigator.
  5. Exploring Natural Hydrogen Accumulation in Saudi Arabia (ENHANS), (Client: KFUPM) in2023 – 2026 – Co-Investigator.

Patents

  1. Mousa, W. M. and Al-Shuhail, A. A., 2015. Method of first arrival picking of seismic refraction data: (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number: US009103935) – Co-Inventor.
  2. Alshuhail, Abdulrahman, Aldawood, Ali, and Al-Shuhail, Abdullatif, 2017. Machines, Systems, And Methods For Super-Virtual Borehole Sonic Interferometry (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US009612352B2- Co-Inventor.
  3. Al-Shuhail, A.A., 2017. Method of monitoring carbon dioxide leakage in carbon capture and storage reservoirs (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number 9,835,763) – Sole-Inventor.
  4. Al-Shuhail, A. A.and Abdullah, F., 2018. Method and system for characterization of subsurface cavities using joint inversion of gravity and ground penetrating radar data (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US9977124B2) – Co-Inventor.
  5. Mousa, W., Latif, A., andA. A. Al-Shuhail, 2018. System and method for acquisition and processing of seismic data using compressive sensing: (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US10094941B2) – Co-Inventor.
  6. Sikandar Khan, Yehia Abel Khulief, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, 2022. Method and alarming system for CO 2 sequestration: (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US11353621B2) – Co-Inventor.
  7. Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Mohamed Mahmoud, Rakan Fadhel, 2023. Modified sonic tool for advanced formation evaluation (U.S. Patent and Trade Office Number US011795813B2) – Co-Inventor.

h-index

SCOPUS: 18, citations = 941, documents = 121.

Google Scholar: 20, citations = 1223.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Geophysics, Texas A&M University, USA, 1998.
  • M.S., Geophysics, Texas A&M University, USA, 1993.
  • B.S., Geophysics, KFUPM, KSA, 1987.

Research Interests

  • Fractured reservoirs
  • Near-surface geophysics
  • Micro seismic methods
  • CO2 sequestration

Selected Publications

Selected Journal Publications (2020-2024)

  • SM Hanafy, A El-Husseiny, M Benaafi, A Al-Shuhail, J Dvorkin, 2020. P-wave velocity profile at very shallow depths in sand dunes: Geophysics 85 (5), U129-U137.
  • S Khan, YA Khulief, AA Al-Shuhail, 2020. Effects of reservoir size and boundary conditions on pore-pressure buildup and fault reactivation during CO2 injection in deep geological reservoirs: Environmental Earth Sciences 79, 1-23.
  • A Al-Shuhail, Y Bouzidi, S Al-Dossary, Y Li, 2020. Introduction to this special section: Middle East: The Leading Edge 39 (6), 381-381.
  • M Benaafi, SM Hanafy, A Al-Shuhail, A El-Husseiny, J Dvorkin, 2020. Integrated Geological, Hydrogeological, and Geophysical Investigations of a Barchan Sand Dune in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia: Water 12 (3), 682.
  • S Khan, YA Khulief, AA Al-Shuhail, 2020. Effects of reservoir size and boundary conditions on pore-pressure buildup and fault reactivation during CO 2 injection in deep geological reservoirs: Environmental Earth Sciences, 79:294.
  • SM Hanafy, A El-Husseiny, M Benaafi, A Al-Shuhail, J Dvorkin, 2020. P-wave velocity profile at very shallow depths in sand dunes: Geophysics 85 (5), U129-U137.
  • SA Chan, P Edigbue, S Khan, AL Ashadi, AA Al-Shuhail, 2021. Viscoelastic Model and Synthetic Seismic Data of Eastern Rub’Al-Khali: Applied Sciences 11 (4), 1401.
  • N Ahmad, S Khan, A Al-Shuhail, 2021. Seismic Data Interpretation and Petrophysical Analysis of Kabirwala Area Tola (01) Well, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan: Applied Sciences 11 (7), 2911.
  • X Liu, H Li, AA Al-Shuhail, B Liu, Z Ren, 2021. Reflection and transmission of plane waves at an interface separating two poro-viscoelastic materials with continuity and elastic consistence: Geophysical Journal International 225 (2), 829-845.
  • P Edigbue, A Al-Shuhail, SM Hanafy, 2021. Three-dimensional supervirtual seismic refraction interferometry: A case study in western Saudi Arabia: Geophysics 86 (3), B123-B133.
  • Paul Irikefe Edigbue, Abdullah Abobakr Al-Mashhor, Anastasios Plougarlis, Pantelis Soupios, Markos Tranos, SanLinn Kaka, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Mansour Al-Garni, 2021. Geological and geophysical investigations of an engineering site characterization for construction purposes in Western Saudi Arabia: Journal of Applied Geophysics 188, 104307.
  • AA Dawood, A Al-Shuhail, A Alshuhail, 2021. Enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio of sonic logging waveforms by super-virtual interferometric stacking: Journal of Seismic Exploration 30 (3), 237-255.
  • N Ahmad, S Khan, EF Noor, Z Zou, A Al-Shuhail, 2021. Seismic Data Interpretation and Identification of Hydrocarbon-Bearing Zones of Rajian Area, Pakistan: Minerals 11 (8), 891.
  • Ali A Dawood, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Abdulrahman Alshuhail, 2021. Enhancing the Signal-to-Noise Ratio of Sonic Logging Waveforms by Super-Virtual Interferometric Stacking: Journal of Seismic Exploration, 30: 237-255.
  • Sherif M Hanafy, Pantelis Soupios, Alexandros Stampolidis, Christian Bender Koch, Khalid Al‐Ramadan, Abdullatif Al‐Shuhail, Theis Solling, Ignatius Argadestya, 2021. Comprehensive Geophysical Study at Wabar Crater, Rub Al‐Khali Desert, Saudi Arabia: Earth and Space Science, 8 (9). 
  • Huijian Li, Xu Liu, Bo Liu, Stewart Greenhalgh, Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail, and Yangkang Chen, (2022), “Bandwidth-insensitive extended centroid frequency-shift method for near-surface Q estimation,” GEOPHYSICS 87: V75-V86.
  • Ahmad, Naveed, Sikandar Khan, Muhsan Ehsan, Fayaz U. Rehman, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2022. “Estimating the Total Volume of Running Water Bodies Using Geographic Information System (GIS): A Case Study of Peshawar Basin (Pakistan)” Sustainability 14, no. 7: 3754. 
  • Al-Dawood, A., Al-Shuhail, A.Reservoir characterization analysis in glacial reservoirs. J Petrol Explor Prod Technol (2022). 
  • Surachman, Lutfi M., and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2022. “Common Transmission Point (CTP) Gathers: A New Domain for Amplitude Variation with Offset” Energies 15, no. 13: 4825.
  • Harishidayat, Dicky, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Giovanni Randazzo, Stefania Lanza, and Anselme Muzirafuti. 2022. “Reconstruction of Land and Marine Features by Seismic and Surface Geomorphology Techniques” Applied Sciences 12, no. 19: 9611. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12199611.

Extended Publications (+)

  • Bargees, Amen, and Abdullatif A. Al-Shuhail. 2022. “First Arrival Picking of Zero-Phase Seismic Data by Hilbert Envelope Empirical Half Window (HEEH) Method” Sensors 22, no. 19: 7580. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197580.
  • Edigbue, Paul, Ismail Demirci, Irfan Akca, Hamdan Ali Hamdan, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Pantelis Soupios, Emin Candansayar, Sherif Hanafy, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2022. “A Comprehensive Study of Local, Global, and Combined Optimization Methods on Synthetic Seismic Refraction and Direct Current Resistivity Data” Applied Sciences 12, no. 22: 11589. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122211589.
  • Edigbue, Paul, Ismail Demirci, Irfan Akca, Hamdan Hamdan, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Pantelis Soupios, Markos Tranos, Israa S. Abu-Mahfouz, Emin Candansayar, Sherif Hanafy, and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail “Application of Combined Local and Global Optimization Algorithms in Joint Interpretation of Direct Current Resistivity and Seismic Refraction Data: A Case Study of Dammam Dome, Eastern Saudi Arabia” Sensors 22, no. 23: 9337. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239337.
  • Hanafy, Sherif Mohamed, Abdullah Al-Mashhor, and Abdullatif Abdulrahman Al-Shuhail. 2022. “Removal of Intra-Array Statics in Seismic Arrays Due to Variable Topography and Positioning Errors” Applied Sciences 12, no. 24: 12810. https://doi.org/10.3390/app122412810.
  • Edigbue, P., Akca, I., Demirci, I., Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Hamdan Ali Hamdan, Panagiotis Kirmizakis, Emin Candansayar, Sherif Hanafy & Pantelis Soupios . Testing Different Stochastic Methods to Model Direct Current Resistivity and Seismic Refraction Geophysical Data Using a Combined Local and Global Optimization Algorithm. Arab J Sci Eng 48, 7925–7938 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-07690-3.
  • Amen Bargees, Dicky Harishidayat, Naveed Iqbal, Abdullatif A Al-Shuhail. 2023. Automatic gas chimney detection from 3D seismic reflection data using a single amplitude attribute: Marine and Petroleum Geology, 152: 106231. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026481722300137X.
  • Emily Barnabas Kiswaka, Dicky Harishidayat, Elisante Elisaimon Mshiu, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail. 2023. Architectural element variations across the offshore basin of Tanzania continental margin: influence of local factors in sedimentary processes and their implications for petroleum prospectivity: Marine Geophysical Research, 44 (2): 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-023-09518-z.
  • Hamida, M. Alfarraj, A. A. Al-Shuhail and S. A. Zummo, “Facies-Guided Seismic Image Super-Resolution,” in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 61, pp. 1-13, 2023, Art no. 4503213, doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3289151.
  • Moosa Al-Jahdhami and Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, (2023), “Workshop Review: Recent workshop explores near-surface modeling and imaging,” The Leading Edge 42: 506–509. https://doi.org/10.1190/tle42070506.1.
  • Alfuraidan, M.R., Al-Shuhail, A., Hanafy, S.M., and Sarumi, Ibrahim O. Approximation of seismic velocities from the spectrum of weighted graphs. Int J Geomath 14, 5 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13137-023-00214-z.  
  • Li, B. Liu, X. Liu, A. A. Al-Shuhail, S. M. H. Mahmoud and Y. Chen, “Frequency-Independent Centroid Frequency Shift Method for Signal Attenuation Estimation,” in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 61, pp. 1-12, 2023, Art no. 4504212, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2023.3293645. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10177196.
  • Awais, M., Hanafy, S.M., Shafiq, S., Al‐Shuhail, A. and Waheed, U.B., 2023. First Break Traveltime Picking Using Unsupervised Machine Learning and Super‐Virtual Refraction Interferometry. Earth and Space Science, 10(12), p.e2023EA003014.
  • Sikandar Khan, Yehia Khulief, Ruben Juanes, Salem Bashmal, Muhammad Usman, Abdullatif Al-Shuhail, Geomechanical modeling of CO2 sequestration: A review focused on CO2 injection and monitoring, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 12, Issue 3, 2024, 112847, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112847.
  • Surachman, L.M., Abdulraheem, A., Al-Shuhail, A. and Kaka, S.I., 2024. Acoustic impedance prediction based on extended seismic attributes using multilayer perceptron, random forest, and extra tree regressor algorithms. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, pp.1-9.
  • Harishidayat, D., Niyazi, Y., Stewart, H.A., Al-Shuhail, A. and Jamieson, A.J., 2024. Submarine canyon development controlled by slope failure and oceanographic process interactions. Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.18486.
  • Xu Liu, Bing Zhou, Abdullatif A Al-Shuhail, Wei Zhou, Bo Liu, Qinzhuo Liao, Ray and energy-flux velocities at a contact of two viscoelastic anisotropic materials, Geophysical Journal International, 2024;, ggae363, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggae363.
  • Harishidayat, D., Al-Dossary, S. & Al-Shuhail, A. Architecture and geomorphology of fluvial channel systems in the Arabian Basin. Sci Rep 14, 25025 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75980-3.
  • Saidy, K., Fawad, M., Whattam, S.A., Al-Shuhail, A.A., Alshuhail, A.A., Campos, M. and Sulistyohariyanto, F.A., 2024. Unlocking the H2 potential in Saudi Arabia: Exploring serpentinites as a source of H2 production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 89, pp.1482-1491.

Awards & Honors

Books

  1. Al-Shuhail, A. A. and Al-Dossary, S. A, 2020. Attenuation of Incoherent Seismic Data: Springer, Switzerland , ISBN: 9783030329471(hardcover).
  2. مدخل إلى احتجاز الكربون وتخزينه (Introduction to Carbon Capture and Sequestration) ، أ. د. يحيى خليف و أ. د. عبد اللطيف الشهيل، 2019، (ترجمة إلى العربية)، دار الكتب العلمية للنشر والتوزيع، القاهرة، جمهورية مصر العربية 89777260015ISBN 97.
  3. محمد الصالح، هاشم الموسوي، عبدالله المشهور، و عبداللطيف الشهيل،( تحت الإعداد ). المعجم الموسوعي للجيوفيزياء التطبيقية، ترجمة إلى العربية لكتاب: Encyclopedic Dictionary of Applied Geophysics; E. Sheriff; Society of Exploration Geophysicists; 2002.
Dr-Michael-Anthony-Kaminski
Tel: +966 (013) 860-2344
Fax: +966 (013) 860-2595

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2127

Professor Michael A. Kaminski

Professor, Department of Geosciences

Prof. Mike Kaminski is a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Geosciences. He started his prolific academic career in 1979, graduating with a B.S. degree in Geology from Rutgers University, New Brunswick N.J., USA. He did his masters degree in Geology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow Poland. In 1987, he was awarded his Ph.D. in the subject of Oceanography from the W.H.O.I./M.I.T. Joint Program in the USA. In 2007, he defended his “Habilitation” thesis at the Polish Academy of Science.

His research, projects, and teaching experience spans nearly 40 years and his recognition within the academic world brings significant recognition to KFUPM. Dr. Kaminski is fluent in English and Polish and is a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Arts & Sciences.  He has authored over 250 scientific publications and is the Editor-in-Chief of Micropaleontology, the oldest scientific journal in the subject area. He is a member of the editorial boards of several academic journals, including the Revue de Micropaleontologie, Geological Quarterly, Geologica Carpathica, and the Grzybowski Foundation Special Publications. He has supervised over 60 graduate students.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Oceanography, W.H.O.L, MIT Joint Program, USA, 1987.
  • M.S., Geology, Jagiellonian University, Poland, 1981.
  • B.A., Geology, Rutgers University, USA, 1979.
  • B.A., Slavic Studies, Rutgers University, USA, 1979.

Research Interests

  • Historical Geology, Paleontology, Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology.
  • Biodiversity, Evolutionary processes, and the history of marine microfossil communities
  • Classification, taxonomy, biodiversity of benthic foraminifera
  • Biochronology of marine microfossils and calibration to the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale.
  • Biostratigraphy & paleoceanography of the North Atlantic and its marginal seas.
  • High-latitude biostratigraphy and its correlation to standard, low-latitude biochronology
  • Problems in Tethyan Paleobiogeography and stratigraphic correlation.
  • The evolution of Cretaceous-Cenozoic climate and the timescales of Global Change.
  • The use of benthic foraminiferal assemblages for paleoenvironmental analysis.
  • The development of the general circulation of the Atlantic Ocean from the Late Cretaceous to the Recent.

Selected Publications

  • Kaminski, M.A., Amao, A.O., Babalola, L., Bu Khamsin, A., Fiorini, F., Garrison, A.M., Gull, H.M., Johnson, R.L., Tawabini, B., Frontalini, F. & Garrison, T.F. 2021. Substrate temperature as a primary control on meiofaunal populations in the intertidal zone: A dead zone attributed to elevated summer temperatures in eastern Bahrain. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 42: 101611.  
  • Stein, R., Fahl, K., Schreck, M., Knorr, G., Niessen, F., Forwick, M., Gebhardt, C., Jensen, L., Kaminski, M., Kopf, A., Matthiessen, J., Jokat, W., Lohmann, G. 2016. Evidence for ice-free summers in the late Miocene central Arctic Ocean. Nature Communications, 7, 11148.
  • Kaminski, M.A. & Alegret, L. (eds), 2017. Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 22, 264 pp.
  • Katz, M.E., Miller, K.G., Kaminski, M.A. & Browning, J.V. 2018. Neogene benthic foraminiferal biofacies, paleobathymetry, and paleoenvironments of a Gulf of Mexico transect. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 48 (4), 356-372.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Perdana, P., Abouelresh, M.O., and Babalola, L. 2019. Late Ordovician agglutinated foraminifera from the Ra’an Shale Member of Saudi Arabia as indicators of the O40 Maximum Flooding Surface. Stratigraphy, 16 (1), 27–39.
  • Kaminski, M.A. & Perdana, P.R.D. 2020. Lower Silurian benthic foraminifera from Saudi Arabia – including the oldest known multichambered lituolids. Stratigraphy, 17 (3), 141-185.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Amao, A.O., Babalola, L., Bu Khamsin, A., Fiorini, F., Garrison, A.M., Gull, H.M., Johnson, R.L., Tawabini, B., Frontalini, F., & Garrison, T.F. 2021. Substrate temperature as a primary control on meiofaunal populations in the intertidal zone: A dead zone attributed to elevated summer temperatures in eastern Bahrain. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 42: 101611.

Extended Publications (+)

  • Kaminski, M.A., 1985. Evidence for control of abyssal agglutinated foraminiferal community structure by substrate disturbance. Marine Geology, 66, 113-131.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Gradstein, F.M. & Berggren, W.A., 1989. Paleogene benthic foraminiferal stratigraphy and paleoecology at Site 647, southern Labrador Sea. In: S.P. Srivastava, M.A. Arthur and B. Clement, et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 105, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 705-730.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Baumgartner, P.O., Bown, P., Haig, K., McMinn, A., Moran, M.J., Mutterlose, J., & Ogg, J., 1992. Magnetobiostratigraphic synthesis of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 123: Sites 765 and 766 (Argo Abyssal Plain and lower Exmouth Plateau). In: Ludden, J., Gradstein, F.M., et al. Proc. Sci. Results ODP 123, (College Station, TX), 717-737.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Kuhnt, W. & Radley, J., 1996. Paleocene-Eocene deep water agglutinated foraminifera from the Numidian Flysch (Rif, Northern Morocco): their significance for the Paleoceanography of the Gibraltar Seaway. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 15, 1-19.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Kuhnt, W. & Moullade, M. 1999. The evolution and paleobiogeography of abyssal agglutinated foraminifera since the Early Cretaceous: a tale of four faunas. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 212 (1-3), 401-439.
  • Kaminski, M.A. Aksu, A.E., Box, M., Hiscott, R.N., Filipescu, S. & Al-Salameen, M. 2002. Late Glacial to Holocene benthic foraminifera in the Marmara Sea: Implications for the Black Sea – Mediterranean Sea connections following the last deglaciation. Marine Geology, 190, 165-202.
  • Kaminski, M.A. & Gradstein, F.M. 2005. Atlas of Paleogene cosmopolitan deep-water agglutinated foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 10, 547 pp.
  • Kender, S., Kaminski, M.A., & Jones, R.W. 2008. Early to Middle Miocene Foraminifera from the deep-sea Congo Fan, offshore Angola. Micropaleontology, 55 (6), 477-568.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Setoyama, E. & Cetean, C.G. 2010. The Phanerozoic diversity of Agglutinated Foraminifera: Origination and Extinction rates.  Acta Paleontologia Polonica, 55 (3), 529-539.
  • Kender, S. & Kaminski, M.A. 2013. Arctic Ocean benthic foraminiferal faunal change associated with the onset of perennial sea ice in the Middle Miocene. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 43 (1), 99-109.
  • Kaminski, M.A. 2014. The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera. Micropaleontology, 61 (1), 89-108.
Dr-Michael-Anthony-Kaminski
Tel: +966 (013) 860-2344
Fax: +966 (013) 860-2595

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2127

Professor Michael A. Kaminski

Professor, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Geosciences Department

Prof. Mike Kaminski is a Distinguished Professor at the Department of Geosciences. He started his prolific academic career in 1979, graduating with a B.S. degree in Geology from Rutgers University, New Brunswick N.J., USA. He did his masters degree in Geology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow Poland. In 1987, he was awarded his Ph.D. in the subject of Oceanography from the W.H.O.I./M.I.T. Joint Program in the USA. In 2007, he defended his “Habilitation” thesis at the Polish Academy of Science.

His research, projects, and teaching experience spans nearly 40 years and his recognition within the academic world brings significant recognition to KFUPM. Dr. Kaminski is fluent in English and Polish and is a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Arts & Sciences.  He has authored over 250 scientific publications and is the Editor-in-Chief of Micropaleontology, the oldest scientific journal in the subject area. He is a member of the editorial boards of several academic journals, including the Revue de Micropaleontologie, Geological Quarterly, Geologica Carpathica, and the Grzybowski Foundation Special Publications. He has supervised over 60 graduate students.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., Oceanography, W.H.O.L, MIT Joint Program, USA, 1987.
  • M.S., Geology, Jagiellonian University, Poland, 1981.
  • B.A., Geology, Rutgers University, USA, 1979.
  • B.A., Slavic Studies, Rutgers University, USA, 1979.

Research Interests

  • Historical Geology, Paleontology, Paleoceanography, Paleoclimatology.
  • Biodiversity, Evolutionary processes, and the history of marine microfossil communities
  • Classification, taxonomy, biodiversity of benthic foraminifera
  • Biochronology of marine microfossils and calibration to the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale.
  • Biostratigraphy & paleoceanography of the North Atlantic and its marginal seas.
  • High-latitude biostratigraphy and its correlation to standard, low-latitude biochronology
  • Problems in Tethyan Paleobiogeography and stratigraphic correlation.
  • The evolution of Cretaceous-Cenozoic climate and the timescales of Global Change.
  • The use of benthic foraminiferal assemblages for paleoenvironmental analysis.
  • The development of the general circulation of the Atlantic Ocean from the Late Cretaceous to the Recent.

Selected Publications

  • Kaminski, M.A., Amao, A.O., Babalola, L., Bu Khamsin, A., Fiorini, F., Garrison, A.M., Gull, H.M., Johnson, R.L., Tawabini, B., Frontalini, F. & Garrison, T.F. 2021. Substrate temperature as a primary control on meiofaunal populations in the intertidal zone: A dead zone attributed to elevated summer temperatures in eastern Bahrain. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 42: 101611.  
  • Stein, R., Fahl, K., Schreck, M., Knorr, G., Niessen, F., Forwick, M., Gebhardt, C., Jensen, L., Kaminski, M., Kopf, A., Matthiessen, J., Jokat, W., Lohmann, G. 2016. Evidence for ice-free summers in the late Miocene central Arctic Ocean. Nature Communications, 7, 11148.
  • Kaminski, M.A. & Alegret, L. (eds), 2017. Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 22, 264 pp.
  • Katz, M.E., Miller, K.G., Kaminski, M.A. & Browning, J.V. 2018. Neogene benthic foraminiferal biofacies, paleobathymetry, and paleoenvironments of a Gulf of Mexico transect. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 48 (4), 356-372.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Perdana, P., Abouelresh, M.O., and Babalola, L. 2019. Late Ordovician agglutinated foraminifera from the Ra’an Shale Member of Saudi Arabia as indicators of the O40 Maximum Flooding Surface. Stratigraphy, 16 (1), 27–39.
  • Kaminski, M.A. & Perdana, P.R.D. 2020. Lower Silurian benthic foraminifera from Saudi Arabia – including the oldest known multichambered lituolids. Stratigraphy, 17 (3), 141-185.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Amao, A.O., Babalola, L., Bu Khamsin, A., Fiorini, F., Garrison, A.M., Gull, H.M., Johnson, R.L., Tawabini, B., Frontalini, F., & Garrison, T.F. 2021. Substrate temperature as a primary control on meiofaunal populations in the intertidal zone: A dead zone attributed to elevated summer temperatures in eastern Bahrain. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 42: 101611.

Extended Publications (+)

  • Kaminski, M.A., 1985. Evidence for control of abyssal agglutinated foraminiferal community structure by substrate disturbance. Marine Geology, 66, 113-131.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Gradstein, F.M. & Berggren, W.A., 1989. Paleogene benthic foraminiferal stratigraphy and paleoecology at Site 647, southern Labrador Sea. In: S.P. Srivastava, M.A. Arthur and B. Clement, et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 105, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), 705-730.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Baumgartner, P.O., Bown, P., Haig, K., McMinn, A., Moran, M.J., Mutterlose, J., & Ogg, J., 1992. Magnetobiostratigraphic synthesis of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 123: Sites 765 and 766 (Argo Abyssal Plain and lower Exmouth Plateau). In: Ludden, J., Gradstein, F.M., et al. Proc. Sci. Results ODP 123, (College Station, TX), 717-737.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Kuhnt, W. & Radley, J., 1996. Paleocene-Eocene deep water agglutinated foraminifera from the Numidian Flysch (Rif, Northern Morocco): their significance for the Paleoceanography of the Gibraltar Seaway. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 15, 1-19.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Kuhnt, W. & Moullade, M. 1999. The evolution and paleobiogeography of abyssal agglutinated foraminifera since the Early Cretaceous: a tale of four faunas. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen, 212 (1-3), 401-439.
  • Kaminski, M.A. Aksu, A.E., Box, M., Hiscott, R.N., Filipescu, S. & Al-Salameen, M. 2002. Late Glacial to Holocene benthic foraminifera in the Marmara Sea: Implications for the Black Sea – Mediterranean Sea connections following the last deglaciation. Marine Geology, 190, 165-202.
  • Kaminski, M.A. & Gradstein, F.M. 2005. Atlas of Paleogene cosmopolitan deep-water agglutinated foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 10, 547 pp.
  • Kender, S., Kaminski, M.A., & Jones, R.W. 2008. Early to Middle Miocene Foraminifera from the deep-sea Congo Fan, offshore Angola. Micropaleontology, 55 (6), 477-568.
  • Kaminski, M.A., Setoyama, E. & Cetean, C.G. 2010. The Phanerozoic diversity of Agglutinated Foraminifera: Origination and Extinction rates.  Acta Paleontologia Polonica, 55 (3), 529-539.
  • Kender, S. & Kaminski, M.A. 2013. Arctic Ocean benthic foraminiferal faunal change associated with the onset of perennial sea ice in the Middle Miocene. Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 43 (1), 99-109.
  • Kaminski, M.A. 2014. The year 2010 classification of the agglutinated foraminifera. Micropaleontology, 61 (1), 89-108.
Tel: + 966 (013) 860-5843
Fax: + 966 (013) 860-2595

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2119

Dr. Basem Zoheir

Professor, Department of Geosciences

Professor Basem Zoheir has been a renowned expert in the field of Mineralogy and Economic Geology since 2015. As a professor at Benha University (Egypt), Kiel University (CAU, Germany), and KFUPM (Saudi Arabia), his work spans various continents and reputable institutions. His journey in academia and research is marked by numerous scholarships, fellowships, and funding from different international foundations. Dr. Zoheir has contributed extensively to the field through publications, research, and editorial roles in leading geoscience journals. Additionally, he has extensive consulting experience in the mining industry, focusing on mineral exploration and resource evaluation.

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D., ‘magna cum laude 1.0’ in Natural and Environmental Sciences (Munich University, LMU, Germany)
  • M.S., (hons.) Mineralogy and Ore Geology (Ain Shams University, Egypt)
  • B.S., (hons.) Geology (Benha University, Egypt)

Research Interests

  • Mineralogy, petrology, economic geology, mineral exploration
  • Geological mapping, structural geology, remote sensing, microanalysis of ore and silicate minerals, fluid inclusions micro-thermometry and Raman spectroscopy, geochemistry, stable isotopes, and geochronology of hard rocks and mineral deposits
  • Metallogeny of orogenic belts, i.e., precious/base metals, rare metal-bearing granites, and pegmatites

Selected Publications

  • Zoheir, B., Holzheid, A., Diab, A., Ragab, A., Deshesh, F., Abdelnasser, A., 2024. Recycling of Au during Serpentinization of Ultramafic Rocks: A Case Study from Neoproterozoic Forearc Ophiolites, Egypt. Minerals, 14 (9). doi:10.3390/min14090916
  • Zoheir, B., Lohmeier, S., Tang, Y., Martin, A., 2024. Geochemical and geochronological studies of the Um Samiuki deposit (Eastern Desert, Egypt): Metal mobilization in a stratabound massive sulfide ore. Ore Geology Reviews, 166, 105967
  • Zoheir, B., Holzheid, A., Zeh, A., McAlaar, R., El-Behairy, M., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Graupner, T., Lentz, D., Xiong, F., 2022. The Sukari gold deposit, Egypt: Geochemical and geochronological constraints on the ore genesis and implications for regional exploration. Economic Geology, doi:10.5382/econgeo.4990; 26 p.
  • Zoheir, B., McAlaar, R., Steele-McInnis, M., Zeh, A., Bain, W., Poulette, S., 2022. Vein-type gold formation during late extensional collapse of the Eastern Desert, Egypt: The Gidami deposit. Mineralium Deposita. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-022-01152-w
  • Xiong, F., Zoheir, B., Robinson, P.T., Wirth, R., Xu, X., Qiu, T., Sun, Y., 2022. Microchemistry and magnesium isotope composition of the Purang ophiolitic chromitites (SW Tibet): New genetic inferences. American Mineralogist. DOI 10.2138/am-2022-8392
  • Zoheir, B., Diab, A., Koutsovitis, P., Abu Alam, T., Feigenson, M., El-Bialy, M., Abdelnasser, A., 2022. Mantle source heterogeneity in a Neoproterozoic back-arc basin: Geochemical and thermodynamic modeling of the volcanic section of Wadi Ghadir ophiolite, Egypt. Precambrian Research 368, 106480.

Extended Publications (+)

  • Zoheir, B., Abd El-Rahman, Y., Kusky, T., Xiong, F., 2022. New SIMS zircon U-Pb ages and oxygen isotope data for ophiolite nappes in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Implications for Gondwana assembly. Gondwana Research 105, 450-467.
  • Zoheir, B., Zeh, A., El-Bialy, M., Ragab, A., Deshesh, F., Steele-MacInnis, M., 2021. Hybrid granite magmatism during orogenic collapse in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: Inferences from whole-rock geochemistry and zircon U–Pb–Hf isotopes. Precambrian Research 354, 106044.
  • Lehmann, B., Zoheir, B., Neymark, L., Zeh, A., Emam, A., Radwan, A., Zhang, R., Moscati, R., 2020. Monazite and cassiterite U-Pb dating of the Abu Dabbab rare-metal granite, Egypt: Late Cryogenian metalliferous granite magmatism in the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Gondwana Research 84, 71-80.
  • Zoheir, B., Lehmann, B., Emam, A., Radwan, A., Zhang, R., Bain, W.M., Steele-MacInnis, M., Nolte, N., 2020. Extreme fractionation and magmatic–hydrothermal transition in the formation of Abu Dabbab rare-metal granite, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Lithos DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2019.105329
  • Li, X., Klyukin, Y., Steele-MacInnis, M., Fan, HR., Yang, KF., Zoheir, B., 2020. Phase equilibria, thermodynamic properties, and solubility of quartz in saline-aqueous-carbonic fluids: Application to orogenic and intrusion-related gold deposits. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 283, 201-221.
  • Zoheir, B., Abd El-Wahed, M., Pour, A.B., Abdelnasser, A., 2019. Orogenic Gold in Transpression and Transtension Zones: Field and Remote Sensing Studies of the Barramiya–Mueilha Sector, Egypt. Remote Sensing 11(18), 2122; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11182122.
  • Zoheir, B., Goldfarb, R., Holzheid, A., Helmy, H., El Sheikh, A., 2019. Geochemical and geochronological characteristics of the Um Rus granite intrusion and associated gold deposit, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Geoscience Frontiers, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2019.04.012
  • Zoheir, B., Johnson, P.J., Goldfarb, R.J., Klemm, D.D., 2019. Orogenic gold in the Egyptian Eastern Desert: Widespread gold mineralization in the late stages of Neoproterozoic orogeny. Gondwana Research 75, 184-217

Awards & Honors

  • Awardee of: DAAD, GERSS, SIDA, TEMPUS, TWAS-CSIR, FULBRIGHT, ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, CAS-PIFI
  • Associate editor of Ore Geology Reviews (Elsevier), Geochemistry (Elsevier), and guest editor for Remote Sensing (MDPI), Minerals (MDPI), Lithos (Elsevier)
  • Consultancy services to: Altus Strategies Plc., Afaq Mining Co., Red Sea Resources, Lotus Gold, Meamari Group, Mineral Research and Exploration (MTA) General Directorate-Ankara, Saudi Geological Survey (Jeddah).
Tel: +966 (013) 860 2993

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 1245

Dr. Scott Whattam

Professor, Department of Geosciences

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D. The University of Hong Kong
  • B.S. (Hons) Carleton University

Research Interests

  • Igneous Petrology
  • Cosmochemistry
  • Plate Tectonics

Selected Publications

  • Azizi, H., Daneshvar, N., Mohammad, A., Asahara, Y., Whattam, S.A., Tsuboi, M., & Minami, M., 2021. Early Miocene Post-Collision Andesite In The Takab Area, Northwest Iran. Journal Of Petrology, In Press.
  • Shervais, J.W., Reagan, M., Godard, Prytulak, J., Ryan, J.G. Pearce, J.A., Almeev, R.,Haugen, E., Chapman, T., Kurz, W., Nelson, W.R. Heaton, D., Kirchenbaur, M., Shimizu, K., Sakuyama, T., Vetter, S.K., Li, Y., &. Whattam, S.A., 2021. Magmatic Response To Subduction Initiation, Part II: Boninites And Related Rocks Of The Izu-Bonin Arc From IOPD Expedition 352, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gc009093
  • Whattam, S.A., Shervais, J.W., Reagan, M.K., Coultard, D.A., Pearce, J.A., Jones, P.J., Seo, J., Putirka, K., Chapman, T., Heaton, D., Li, H., Nelson, W.R., Shimizu, K., & Stern, R.J., 2020. Mineral Compositions And Thermobarometry Of Basalts And Boninites Recovered During IODP Expedition 352 To The Bonin Forearc, American Mineralogist, https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2020-6640.
  • Whattam, S.A. Montes, C., & Stern, R.J., 2020. Early Central American Forearc Follows The Subduction Initiation Rule, Gondwana Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.Gr.2019.10.002.
  • Pandey, D.K., Pandey, A. & Whattam, S.A., 2020. Reply To ‘Evidence For Simple Volcanic Rifting Not Complex Subduction Initiation In The Laxmi Basin’, Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/S41467-020-16570-5.
  • Moghadam, H. S., Stern, R.J., Griffin, W.L., Khedr, M.Z., Kirchenbaur, M., Ottley, C.J., Whattam, S.A., Kimura, J.-I., Ghorbani, G., Gain, S., O’Reilly, S.Y., & Tamura, A., 2019. Subduction Initiation And Back-Arc Opening North Of Neo-Tethys: Evidence From The Late Cretaceous Torbat-E-Heydarieh Ophiolite Of Ne Iran, Geological Society Of America Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1130/B35065.1.
  • Pandey, D.K., Pandey, A. & Whattam, S.A., 2019. Discovery Of Relict Subduction Initiation In The Laxmi Basin, Northwest Indian Ocean, Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/S41467-019-10227-8.
  • Shervais, J.W., Reagan, M., Haugen, E., Almeev, R., Pearce, J.A., Prytulak, J., Ryan, J.G., Whattam, S.A., Godard, M., Chapman, T., Li, H., Kurz, W., Nelson, W.R. Heaton, D., Kirchenbaur, M., Shimizu, K., Sakuyama, T., Li, Y., & Vetter, S.K., 2019. Magmatic Response To Subduction Initiation, Part I: Fore-Arc Basalts Of The Izu-Bonin Arc From IODP Expedition 352, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), Doi: 10.1029/2018gc007731.

Extended Publications (+)

Tel: +966 (013) 860 2993

Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 1245

Dr. Scott Whattam

Professor, Department of Geosciences, Geosciences Department

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D. The University of Hong Kong
  • B.S. (Hons) Carleton University

Research Interests

  • Igneous Petrology
  • Cosmochemistry
  • Plate Tectonics

Selected Publications

  • Azizi, H., Daneshvar, N., Mohammad, A., Asahara, Y., Whattam, S.A., Tsuboi, M., & Minami, M., 2021. Early Miocene Post-Collision Andesite In The Takab Area, Northwest Iran. Journal Of Petrology, In Press.
  • Shervais, J.W., Reagan, M., Godard, Prytulak, J., Ryan, J.G. Pearce, J.A., Almeev, R.,Haugen, E., Chapman, T., Kurz, W., Nelson, W.R. Heaton, D., Kirchenbaur, M., Shimizu, K., Sakuyama, T., Vetter, S.K., Li, Y., &. Whattam, S.A., 2021. Magmatic Response To Subduction Initiation, Part II: Boninites And Related Rocks Of The Izu-Bonin Arc From IOPD Expedition 352, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gc009093
  • Whattam, S.A., Shervais, J.W., Reagan, M.K., Coultard, D.A., Pearce, J.A., Jones, P.J., Seo, J., Putirka, K., Chapman, T., Heaton, D., Li, H., Nelson, W.R., Shimizu, K., & Stern, R.J., 2020. Mineral Compositions And Thermobarometry Of Basalts And Boninites Recovered During IODP Expedition 352 To The Bonin Forearc, American Mineralogist, https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2020-6640.
  • Whattam, S.A. Montes, C., & Stern, R.J., 2020. Early Central American Forearc Follows The Subduction Initiation Rule, Gondwana Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.Gr.2019.10.002.
  • Pandey, D.K., Pandey, A. & Whattam, S.A., 2020. Reply To ‘Evidence For Simple Volcanic Rifting Not Complex Subduction Initiation In The Laxmi Basin’, Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/S41467-020-16570-5.
  • Moghadam, H. S., Stern, R.J., Griffin, W.L., Khedr, M.Z., Kirchenbaur, M., Ottley, C.J., Whattam, S.A., Kimura, J.-I., Ghorbani, G., Gain, S., O’Reilly, S.Y., & Tamura, A., 2019. Subduction Initiation And Back-Arc Opening North Of Neo-Tethys: Evidence From The Late Cretaceous Torbat-E-Heydarieh Ophiolite Of Ne Iran, Geological Society Of America Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1130/B35065.1.
  • Pandey, D.K., Pandey, A. & Whattam, S.A., 2019. Discovery Of Relict Subduction Initiation In The Laxmi Basin, Northwest Indian Ocean, Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/S41467-019-10227-8.
  • Shervais, J.W., Reagan, M., Haugen, E., Almeev, R., Pearce, J.A., Prytulak, J., Ryan, J.G., Whattam, S.A., Godard, M., Chapman, T., Li, H., Kurz, W., Nelson, W.R. Heaton, D., Kirchenbaur, M., Shimizu, K., Sakuyama, T., Li, Y., & Vetter, S.K., 2019. Magmatic Response To Subduction Initiation, Part I: Fore-Arc Basalts Of The Izu-Bonin Arc From IODP Expedition 352, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (G3), Doi: 10.1029/2018gc007731.

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Dr. Husam Baalousha

Professor, Department of Geosciences

Dr. Husam Baalousha is a Professor at the Department of Geosciences, College of Petroleum and Geosciences (CPG), at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). He earned his in Hydrological Engineering from Delft, the Netherlands, and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) in Germany.   He also earned a HDR degree (Habilitation degree) in hydrogeology from the University of Strasbourg,

With more 25 years of experience, Dr. Baalousha has held diverse roles in academia, industry, and governmental institutions. His expertise covers various areas in hydrogeology, geoscience, modeling, and integrated water resources management. He has contributed more than 85 scholarly works, including journal papers, books, conference proceedings, and book chapters. Dr. Baalousha has completed projects in Germany, New Zealand, and the Middle East. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Hydrogeology Journal and many other journals. He is also a member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MODSIM), and the New Zealand Hydrological Society (NZHS).

Educational Qualification

  • HDR., Hydrogeology, Laboratory of Hydrology and Geochemistry, University of Strasbourg, France, 2020.
  • Ph.D., Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Germany, 2003
  • M.S., Hydrological Engineering, UNESCO IHE-Delft, The Netherlands, 1998.

Research Interests

  • Hydrogeology.
  • Groundwater Modeling
  • Vulnerability, and risk assessment.
  • Flow in fractured porous media.
  • Uncertainty analysis.

Selected Publications

  • Baalousha, Husam Musa. “Theis Equation Revisited: From Infinite to Finite Aquifer and from Fully to Partially Penetrating Well.” Groundwater for Sustainable Development 24 (February 2024): 101069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2023.101069.
  • Baalousha, Husam Musa. “Predictive Uncertainty Analysis for a Highly Parameterized Karst Aquifer Using Null-Space Monte Carlo.” Frontiers in Water 6 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1384983.
  • Baalousha, Husam Musa. Hydrogeological Atlas of Qatar: Geology- Water Resources- Paleoclimate. Doha, Qatar: Qatar University Press, 2024. https://qspace.qu.edu.qa/handle/10576/54784.
  • Fahs, Marwan, Behshad Koohbor, Qian Shao, Joanna Doummar, Husam M. Baalousha, and Clifford I. Voss. “Effect of Flow‐Direction‐Dependent Dispersivity on Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers.” Water Resources Research 58, no. 8 (August 2022): e2022WR032315. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032315.
  • Baalousha, Husam Musa, Anis Younes, Mohamed A. Yassin, and Marwan Fahs. “Comparison of the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) and Fuzzy Logic for Flood Exposure Risk Assessment in Arid Regions.” Hydrology 10, no. 7 (June 26, 2023): 136. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10070136.
  • Ajjur, Salah Basem, and Husam Musa Baalousha. “A Review on Implementing Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Methods, Progress and Challenges.” Water International 46, no. 4 (May 19, 2021): 578–604. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2021.1889192.

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Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2219

Dr. Husam Baalousha

Professor, Department of Geosciences, Geosciences Department

Dr. Husam Baalousha is a Professor at the Department of Geosciences, College of Petroleum and Geosciences (CPG), at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM). He earned his in Hydrological Engineering from Delft, the Netherlands, and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Aachen University of Technology (RWTH) in Germany.   He also earned a HDR degree (Habilitation degree) in hydrogeology from the University of Strasbourg,

With more 25 years of experience, Dr. Baalousha has held diverse roles in academia, industry, and governmental institutions. His expertise covers various areas in hydrogeology, geoscience, modeling, and integrated water resources management. He has contributed more than 85 scholarly works, including journal papers, books, conference proceedings, and book chapters. Dr. Baalousha has completed projects in Germany, New Zealand, and the Middle East. He serves as an Associate Editor of the Hydrogeology Journal and many other journals. He is also a member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (MODSIM), and the New Zealand Hydrological Society (NZHS).

Educational Qualification

  • HDR., Hydrogeology, Laboratory of Hydrology and Geochemistry, University of Strasbourg, France, 2020.
  • Ph.D., Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Aachen University of Technology (RWTH), Germany, 2003
  • M.S., Hydrological Engineering, UNESCO IHE-Delft, The Netherlands, 1998.

Research Interests

  • Hydrogeology.
  • Groundwater Modeling
  • Vulnerability, and risk assessment.
  • Flow in fractured porous media.
  • Uncertainty analysis.

Selected Publications

  • Baalousha, Husam Musa. “Theis Equation Revisited: From Infinite to Finite Aquifer and from Fully to Partially Penetrating Well.” Groundwater for Sustainable Development 24 (February 2024): 101069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2023.101069.
  • Baalousha, Husam Musa. “Predictive Uncertainty Analysis for a Highly Parameterized Karst Aquifer Using Null-Space Monte Carlo.” Frontiers in Water 6 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1384983.
  • Baalousha, Husam Musa. Hydrogeological Atlas of Qatar: Geology- Water Resources- Paleoclimate. Doha, Qatar: Qatar University Press, 2024. https://qspace.qu.edu.qa/handle/10576/54784.
  • Fahs, Marwan, Behshad Koohbor, Qian Shao, Joanna Doummar, Husam M. Baalousha, and Clifford I. Voss. “Effect of Flow‐Direction‐Dependent Dispersivity on Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers.” Water Resources Research 58, no. 8 (August 2022): e2022WR032315. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR032315.
  • Baalousha, Husam Musa, Anis Younes, Mohamed A. Yassin, and Marwan Fahs. “Comparison of the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) and Fuzzy Logic for Flood Exposure Risk Assessment in Arid Regions.” Hydrology 10, no. 7 (June 26, 2023): 136. https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology10070136.
  • Ajjur, Salah Basem, and Husam Musa Baalousha. “A Review on Implementing Managed Aquifer Recharge in the Middle East and North Africa Region: Methods, Progress and Challenges.” Water International 46, no. 4 (May 19, 2021): 578–604. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2021.1889192.

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Location: Bldg. 76, Rm. 2123

Dr. Ammar El-Husseiny

Professor, Program Leader – Petrophysics/Rockphysics, CIPR, Department of Geosciences

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Geophysics, Stanford University, USA, 2016
  • M.S. in Geophysics, Stanford University, USA, 2013
  • B.S. (Honor) in Petroleum Geosciences, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2010

Research Interests

  • Rock physics of carbonates characterizing their transport and elastic properties.
  • Fluid substitution and time-lapse seismic interpretation
  • The use of NMR for pore structure characterization

Selected Publications

  • Salih, M., Reijmer, JJG., El-Husseiny, A.*, 2021, Diagenetic controls on the elastic velocity of the early Triassic Upper Khartam Member (Khuff Formation, central Saudi Arabia), Marine and Petroleum Geology, 124, 104823, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104823.
  • Elsayed, M., El-Husseiny, A.*, Kwak, H., Hussaini, S. R., and Mahmoud, M., 2021, New Technique for Evaluating Fracture Geometry and Preferential Orientation Using Pulsed Field Gradient Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. SPE Journal.  SPE-205505-PA, doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/205505-PA
  • Khodja, M.R., Nizamuddin, S., Ali, A., Kandil, M., El-Husseiny, A., Nazal, M., Babalola, L., and Solling, T., 2022, Can Fluid-Substitution Models Continue to Ignore the Complex Physico-Chemical Properties of Crude Oil?, Geophysics 86: MR299-MR314, https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2021-0136.1
  • Reijmer, J.J.G, Blok, C.N., El-Husseiny, A., Kleipool, LM, Hogendorp, YCK, Alonso-Zarza, AM., 2021, Petrophysics and sediment variability in a mixed alluvial to lacustrine carbonate system (Miocene, Madrid Basin, Central Spain). Depositional Record, 00:1– 23. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.158
  • Al-Garadi, K., El-Husseiny, A.*, Elsayed, M., Connolly, P., Mahmoud, M., Johns, M., Adebayo, A., 2022. A rock core wettability index using NMR T2 measurements, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208, 109386, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109386.
  • El-Husseiny, A.*, Eltom, H., Alqubalee, A. et al. Distinct Petroacoustic Signature of Burrow-Related Carbonate Reservoirs: Outcrop Analog Study, Hanifa Formation, Central Saudi Arabia. Nat Resour Res (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-022-10097-w
  • Suleymanov V, El-Husseiny A*, Glatz G, Dvorkin J. Rock physics and machine learning comparison: elastic properties prediction and scale dependency, Frontiers in Earth Science 11 
  • sayed, Mahmoud, El-Husseiny, A*, Hussaini, Syed Rizwanullah, Al Mukainah, Hani, and Mohamed Mahmoud. “Experimental Study on the Impact of Clay Distribution and Mineralogy on NMR T2 and Internal Gradient: Insights From Well-Controlled Physical Samples.” SPE Res Eval & Eng (2022;): doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/212300-PA
  • Moaz Salih, El-Husseiny, A.*, John J.G. Reijmer, Hassan Eltom, Abdallah Abdelkarim, Factors controlling sonic velocity in dolostones, Marine and Petroleum Geology, Volume 147, 2023, 105954, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2022.105954.
  • Badhafere D, Kirmizakis P, Oshaish A, El-Husseiny A, Mahmoud M, Ntarlagiannis D, Soupios P., 2023, Detection of Iron Disulfide Materials in Geological Porous Media Using Spectral Induced Polarization Method, SPE J. 28 (2023): 3409–3418. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/217424-PA
  • Hassan, A., M. Elsayed, A. Oshaish, S. Al-Ofi, El-Husseiny, A.*, I. S. Abu-Mahfouz, M. Mahmoud, M. Abouelresh, H. Attia, 2024, Evaluating the impact of artificial maturation on the petrophysical and geochemical properties of unconventional shale formations by integrating dielectric and NMR measurements, International Journal of Coal Geology, 285, 104492, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2024.104492.
  • Elsayed, M., El-Husseiny, A.*, Kwak, H., Adebayo, A., Mahmoud, M., 2024, The impact of clay and fluid conductivity on the electrical-diffusion tortuosity correlations in sandstone reservoirs, Water Resources Research, e2023WR037031, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR037031
  • A. Saraih, S. Hanafy, H. Eltom, A. El-Husseiny, et al., “Characterizing the Attributes of Large Burrows in the Upper Cretaceous Aruma Formation: Insights From Ground Penetrating Radar,” in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 62, pp. 1-12, 2024, Art no. 4510012, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3448223.
  • Kellal, S., Kirmizakis, P., El-Husseiny, A., Ntarlagiannis, D., Soupios, P., and M. Mahmoud. “Low Resistivity Pay Zone Detection in Hydrocarbon Formation: The Feasibility of the Spectral Induced Polarization Method.” SPE J. 29 (2024): 5372–5383. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/223100-PA
  • Oshaish, Ali, El-Husseiny, Ammar, Mahmoud, Mohamed, Al-Ofi, Salah, Alarifi, Sulaiman A., Attia, Hussein, Al-Yaseri, Ahmed, and Amjed Hassan. “Quantification of Rock’s Wettability Index Using Dielectric Measurements.” SPE J. 30 (2025): 1281–1300. doi: https://doi.org/10.2118/224401-PA

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Awards & Honors

  • Awarded the EAGE annual meeting Travel Grant, Vienna, Austria, May 2011
  • Graduation from The Petroleum Institute with GPA of 4.0 out of 4.0 (honor with distinction), 2010.
  • First place in the “SEG Challenge Bowl” regional competition in the Middle East, The Petroleum Institute, 2009.
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