Appointments

2022 Jan– Present

Research Scientist I / Associate Professor, Center for Environment and Marine Studies (CEMS), Research Institute (RI), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA. Leader-Marine Group, Leader-EIA Group, Leader-Scientific Committee of CEMS (2022-till date), Project Manager - Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Monitoring and Benthic ecology

2015 Sep – 2021 Dec

Research Scientist II / Associate Professor, Center for Environment and Marine Studies (CEMS), Research Institute (RI), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA. Leader-Marine Group, Leader-EIA Group, Chairman-Scientific Committee of CEMS (2019-2021), Project Manager -Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Monitoring and Benthic ecology.

2005 Nov – 2015 Aug

Research Scientist III/Assistant Professor, Center for Environment and Water (CEW), Research Institute (RI), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), KSA. –Impact assessment, Monitoring and Benthic ecology.

2002 – 2005

Benthic Ecologist, CEW/RI, KFUPM – Worked in the UNCC funded project "Oceanographic Survey in Support of the Marine and Coastal Damage Assessment (OSDA)" aimed to estimate the long-term impact of oil spill in the Arabian Gulf during the 1991 Gulf Conflict.

1995 – 2002

Research Fellow, Cochin University of Science and Technology – Worked in the project "Estimation of Benthic Productivity in the EEZ of India", did my Ph.D. and involved in a number of projects (macro and meiobenthic studies) at the Department of Marine Biology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India.

Expertise

· Proficiency in marine Environmental Impact Assessment.

· Expertise in formulation, planning and execution of marine research programs.

· Expertise in the benthic ecology of the estuarine, continental shelf and deep-sea environments.

· Proficiency in the taxonomic identification of benthos.

· Expertise in data interpretation using various community analyses.