Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D. in Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines, USA, 1997

  • M.S. in Geophysical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, USA, 1993

  • B.S. in Geophysics, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 1988

Professional Profile

    • 2009- : Professor of Geophysics, KAUST, Saudi Arabia.

  • 2006–2009: Research Professor, Director of the Oil an Gas Research Institute, King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • 2002–2006: Associate Research Professor, Director of the Astronomy and Geophysics Research Institute, KACST, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • 1998–2002: Assistant Research Professor, KACST, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • 1997-1998: Post Doc, Stanford University, CA, USA

  • 1988–1991: Research Assistant, KACST, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Scientific and Professional Memberships

  • The Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)

  • European Association for Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Awards and Recognition

  • Honorable mention for the best paper in the Geophysics journal: "Full model wavenumber inversion", 2016

    • EET10 course tour, EAGE 2014-2015

    • Honorary lecturer for Middle East and Africa, SEG 2011

  • Best Geophysics Paper, presented at GEO2006 Bahrain, 2006

  • Conrad Schlumberger Award, European Association for Geoscientists and Engineers, 2003

  • Clarence J. Karcher Award, The Society of Exploration Geophysicists, 1998

  • Honorable mention for the best paper in the Geophysics journal: "Velocity analysis using nonhyperbolic moveout in transversely isotropic media",1997

  • Honorable mention for best student paper presented at the 62nd SEG annual meeting: "Integral DMO in anisotropic media," 1996

  • Honorable mention for the best paper in the Geophysics journal: "Velocity analysis for transversely isotropic media", 1995

Research Interests

My research interests are in imaging and velocity model building for exploring seismic data with special emphasis on media that exhibit anisotropic behavior of wave propagation. He is also interested in seismic acquisition and processing of near surface data for better near surface treatment.

Department of Physical Science and Engineering 4700 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Thuwal 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia