Awards
1. Excellence in Applied Research Team Award (Best Project Team Award) for the academic year 2023/2024, awarded on May 20, 2024 by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
2. Excellence in Applied Research Management Award (Best Project Manager Award) for the academic year 2020/2021, awarded on May 30, 2022 by King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM).
3. KNOWTECH Award – 22 for the research contribution, awarded on April 01, 2022, by Saudi East KNOWTECH (Knowledge & Technology), Risala, Jubail.
4. Prof. C.V. Kurian Memorial Award 2019 for the contribution to Benthic Science, awarded by the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Benthos, held on March 6-8, 2019, at Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
5. Excellence in Research Award (Best Applied Researcher Award) 2014-2015 of the Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
6. Outstanding Applied Research Team Award of KFUPM for the years 2006–'07, 2007–'08, 08–09, 2011-'12, 2014-'15, 2018-'19, 2020-’21 and 2021-’22.
7. Outstanding Reviewer Award:
a. 2018, by Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (Elsevier)
b. 2017, by Ecological Indicators (Elsevier)
c. 2016, by Marine Pollution Bulletin (Elsevier)
d. 2015, by Continental Shelf Research (Elsevier)
e. 2014, by Deep-Sea Research Part I (Elsevier)
8. Top reviewers award by Publons for King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Decision Sciences) – September 2017