Curriculum Vitae
Shakraka, 125/49
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq
+964 07701921021
basim.alqayim@komar.edu.iq
Dr. Basim Al-Qayim
SKILLS
Teaching geological courses of undergraduate and graduate courses related to stratigraphy and petroleum geology
Researching of the carbonate reservoir geology of the Zagros Foreland Basin of NE Iraq with emphasis on oil fields of Kurdistan Region
EXPERIENCES
2021 - Present: Professor of Petroleum Geology, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Komar University of Science and Technology, Sulaimani, Iraq.
2004 - 2020 : Professor of Geology, Department of Geology,
University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Iraq.
2002 - 2004 : Chairman and Professor of Geology, Department of Earth 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.
1983- 1989: Lecturer & Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Salahuddin University, Erbil, Iraq.
1977 - 1978: Assistant Lecturer, Department of Geology, University of Sulaymaniyah, Sulaimaniyah, Iraq.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Stratigraphy) 1983, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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.
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
-Advisor of College of Sciences Library, Salahuddin University, Erbil, Iraq, 1984-1986.
-Member of the Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Geology, Salahuddin University, Erbil, Iraq 1986-1989.
-Summer Research Sabbatical, National Oil Exploration Company, Baghdad, Iraq, 1996.
-Research Work: Review of facies distribution of Paleocene - L. Eocene sedimentary cycle of North Iraq.
-Summer Research Sabbatical, National Oil Exploration Company, Baghdad, Iraq, 1997.
Research Work: Facies interpretation of Ramp-Basin Transition, Khasib Formation in selected wells from Samara, Balad, and East-Baghdad oil fields.
-Summer Research Sabbatical, Remote Sensing Center, Scientific Research Foundation Baghdad, Iraq, 1998.
-Research Work: Application of Landsat imagery to the interpretation of ancient fluvial courses.
-Community Services Courses: “ Basics of Geological Mapping Techniques” (2002) offered to the Petroleum Training Center, Ministry of Oil and Minerals, Sana’a, Yemen.
-Head of Graduate Studies, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Sana’a University, Yemen, 1999-2002.
-Undergraduate Program Consulting Committee, Department of Applied Geology, Thamar University, Yemen, 2001.
-Head of Scientific Promotion Committee., Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences Sana’a University, Yemen, 1999-2002.
-Head of Graduate Studies, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Sana’a University, Yemen, 1999-2002.
-Member of Faculty Council: Faculty of Applied Science, Thamar University, Thamar, Yemen, 2002-2004.
-University Academic Council Member: Thamar University, Yemen, 2002-2004.
-Member of the Scientific Committee: Department of Geology, Sulaimani University ( 2005- 2020 ).
-Head of Ph.D. Comprehensive Examination: Department of Geology, Sulaimani University (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).
-Editorial Board Member of the: " Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining " Published by the State Company of Geological Survey of Iraq, Baghdad, ( 2008 - ) .
-Editorial Board Member of the: " Iraqi National Journal of Earth Sciences" Published by Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq. (2011- 2019 ).
-Senior Coordinator of DelPHE-Iraq Cooperation Program: College of Science, Sulaimani University
-Member of Split-Site Ph.D. Program Committee, Sulaimani University.
(2011- 2016).
-Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA, Summer (2011).
-Fulbright Visiting Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA, December, (2015).
-EAGE Middle East Council Member, (2010- 2016)
SCIENTIFIC & RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Area of Research & professional interest Includes:
Sequence Stratigraphy, Sedimentary Facies Modeling,
Carbonate Reservoir Characterization and Diagenesis,
Sedimentary Basin Analysis, with focus on Zagros Basin Evolution
Applied Geomorphology & Geo-Environmental Studies (EIA Reports)
Publication of 110 refereed Scientific Papers of stratigraphy, reservoir geology and geomorphology of Iraq, in local and international journals (see attached list).
Computer Literacy: Including application of multivariate analysis in geosciences, and Microsoft software products application including adobe illustrator.
Participation in 10’s of National and International Scientific Conferences & Meetings, Including :
- 7th, 8t , 9th , 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, Iraqi Geological Conference, Baghdad, Iraq (1986 – 1998, 2016 - 2019).
- 5th Iraqi Oil and Gas Conference, Oil Ministry, Baghdad, 2020
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd Iraqi Oil Studies Conference, Baghdad University, 2011,2013, 2021
- Geological Society of America Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, 1980.
- Geological Society of America Annual Convention, Vancouver, Canada, 2014
- 13th International Sedimentological Congress, Nottingham, 1990.
- 22nd International Geological Congress, Kyoto, Japan, 1992.
- 7th, 10th Jordanian Geological Conference, Amman, Jordan (1998, 2001)
- Geo-Arabia "Middle East Petroleum Geology Conference", Bahrain,
2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014.
- 5th 6th, 8th International Conference on the Geology of the Arab World
( GAW), Cairo, Egypt, 2000, 2002, 2006.
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Scientific Conference of Yemen, ( Aden, Al-Mukkalah, Sana’a, Ta”az, Sayun, and Sana’a, 1999 - 2004.
- MENA, 2005, 2010 on the petroleum prospects of Iraq, London.
- 6th International Conference on the Geology of the Middle East, UAE, 2006.
-AAPG Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, 2008.
-AAPG International Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009.
-AAPG International Meeting, Houston, Texas, 2011.
- 1st EAGE workshop on the geology of Iraq, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012 - - 2nd EAGE workshop on the geology of Iraq, Dead Sea, Jordan, 2013
- GeoKurdistan Conference, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 Sulaimaniyah, Iraq
- Arabian Journal of Geoscience Conference, CAJG-18, CAJG- 19 Tunis, 2018, 2019.
PROFESSIONAL & SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION
* American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
* Society of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)
* International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)
* European Association of Geoscientist and Engineers (EAGE)
* Geological Society of Iraq
* Geological Union of Iraq
* Geological Society of Kurdistan