Education

Ph.D.  (Stratigraphy)  1983,   University of Pittsburgh,  Pittsburgh,  U S A

    Dissertation Title: Sedimentary Facies Analysis of Ames Limestone Member,    Conemaugh   Group,                                           Appalachian Basin, U.S.A.      

M.Sc.   (Petroleum Geology)   1976,   University of Baghdad,  Iraq.

    Thesis Title: Quantitative Sedimentary Environmental Analysis of Oligocene

                           Kirkuk Group, Kirkuk Oil Field,  Northern  Iraq.

B.Sc.   (Geology)   1972,  University of Baghdad,  Iraq.

Appointments

Present time: Retired Professor affiliated with private Azmur consultation office

2021 – 2022:  Professor of Geology,   Department of Petroleum Engineering, Komar  University of Science and Technology, Sulaimaniyah,  Iraq.

2004 - 2020:  Professor of Geology,   Department of Geology,  University of  Sulaimani,  Sulaimani,  Iraq.

 2002 - 2004: Chair and  Professor of Geology,  Department of  Earth & Environmental Sciences, Thamar University, Thamar, Yemen.

 1998 -2002: Professor of Geology,  Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences,  Sana'a   University,  Yemen.

 1989 -1998: Professor of Geology, Department of Geography, University of Baghdad, Iraq.

 1987-1989: Assistant Professor,  Department of Geology, Salahuddin University,  Erbil, Iraq.

1983 -1987:  Lecturer,    Department of  Geology, Salahuddin University,   Erbil, Iraq.

 1977 -1978:  Assistant Lecturer, Department of Geology, University of Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.                      

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses: 

 Stratigraphy,   Sedimentology,   Petroleum Geology,   Paleontology,   Geology of Iraq, Introduction to Geology,   Micropaleontology, Physical Geology, Paleoecology,  Geotectonics,   Petroleum Exploration.

Graduate Courses :      

(Ph.D.)  Applied Stratigraphy, Reservoir Geology, Carbonate Facies, Sedimentary Basins,  Middle East Geology, Petroleum System, Quaternary Geology,  Applied Geomorphology

(M Sc)  Advanced Stratigraphy,   Advanced Geotectonics,  Regional Geology of Iraq,  Advanced Petroleum Geology, Paleoecology,  Ichnology

Graduate  Supervision:    9  M.Sc.  and  10   Ph.D.  in  Earth Sciences.

Graduate Thesis Evaluation:    Tens of   M. Sc. and  Ph.D. Theses.

Research  Interest

 Primary research interests circled around sequence stratigraphy, tectonostratigraphy, and facies modeling of the Zagros foreland basin and system. Other active research areas include carbonate reservoir characterization and porosity evaluation of the Zagros province's oil fields.

Secondary research activities include Quaternary geology and geomorphology of fluvially controlled terrains

 Professional  Societies Associations

*Geological Society of Iraq

*Geological Union of Iraq

*Geological Society of Kurdistan

*American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)

* Society of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

*International Association of Sedimentologists  (AIS)

*European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

(EAGE)