Athaa Al-Otaibi
Research Assistant II, CIPR
Athaa is currently working as a Research Assistant in the Center for Integrated Petroleum Research, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geoscience, KFUPM.
Educational Qualification
- M.S., Physics of Materials, Physics department, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), KSA-Dammam
- B.S., Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University (IAU), KSA-Dammam
Research Interests
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations with GROMACS
Ajibola Hakeem Okeyode
Research Assistant II, CIPR
Ajibola is a research assistant at the Centre for Integrative Petroleum Research, CPG, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia. His academic journey includes a Master’s degree in Life Sciences at KFUPM with a focus on the bioremediation of petroleum pollutants. Currently, he works within the Geosystem Research Group, specializing in the use of Advanced microscopy techniques for the visualization and analysis of geological, petroleum, chemical, and biological samples.
Educational Qualification
- M.S., Life Sciences, KFUPM, KSA, 2022.
- B.S., Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria, 2016
Research Interests
- Environmental Remediation
- Microbiology and Bioengineering
- Enhanced Oil Recovery
- Bioprocessing and Biotechnology
Selected Publications
Okeyode, A. H., Al-Thukair, A., Chanbasha, B., Nazal, M. K., Afuecheta, E., Musa, M. M., Shahad, A., & Nzila, A. (2023). Degradation of the highly complex polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon coronene by the halophilic bacterial strain Halomonas caseinilytica, 10SCRN4D. Archives of Environmental Protection, 78-86. doi:10.24425/AEP.2023.147330.
Awards & Honors
- Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship (M.S. in Life Sciences, 2020-2022), Saudi Arabia.
- West Chester University Graduate Scholarship, United States 2017