(Author denotes graduate students and Author* denotes undergraduate students supervised/co-advised)
Pahari, S. and Gani, N.D. 2025 Soil Loss Analysis of North Fork Kentucky River Basin Utilizing the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). Journal of the Kentucky Academy of Science 86(1), 1-15, (1 September 2025). https://doi.org/10.3101/KYAC-86-01-01
Middleton, G.D., Gani, N.D., Gani, M.R. 2025. Advancing Geohazard Monitoring: Sentinel‐1 InSAR Observations of Land Subsidence in Northern and Central Bangladesh. Geological Journal 60 (5), p. 1106-1128. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.5206
Gani, N.D., Alemu, T.B. and Xue, L., 2024. Review of morphotectonic studies in the East African Rift System: Insights from legacy research to modern advances. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 220, p.105423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2024.105423 (INVITED PUBLICATION).
Shahid, S.B., Gani, M.R. and Gani, N.D., 2024. 32 years of changes in river paths and coastal landscape in Bangladesh, Bengal Basin. Journal of Sedimentary Environments, 9(4), p. 1035-1053.
Gani, N.D., van Soest, M., Gani, M.R., Blackburn, N., Neupane, P., Bowden, S., Tadesse, K. 2023 Investigating apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronologic ages to understand exhumation history of the Ethiopian Plateau. Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 198, p. 104605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104605.
Shrestha, N., Gani, N.D. 2023. Quantitative Tectonic Geomorphic Study from Bedrock Rivers of the Fold and Thrust Belt in the Bengal Basin. Geological Journal. v. 58 (4), p. 1466 – 1485. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.4669.
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., Pour, A.B., Safari, M. and Fam, H.J.A., 2023. Hydrothermal Alteration and Lithological Mapping Using Landsat-9 and Aster Remote Sensing Spectral Imagery in the Northeast Mojave Desert, California. In IGARSS 2023-2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 1972-1975). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10282311
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Barak, S., Gani, N.D., Imamalipour, A., Abedi, M. and Pour, A.B., 2023. Alteration Zones Detection Using Image-Based and Spectrum-Based Image Processing Techniques to Aster Data: Sonajil Copper Deposit. In IGARSS 2023-2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 3700-3703). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS52108.2023.10281515
Bowden, S., Gani, N.D., Furman, T.,Gani, M. R., VanSoest, M., Abebe, T., Alemu, T., O'Sullivan, P.,Tadesse, K., Abebe, B. 2022. Feedback between topography and lithosphere-asthenosphere dynamics beneath the Yerer-Tulu Wellel Volcano-Tectonic Lineament: Insights from apatite thermochronology and basalt geochemistry. Geological Journal, p. 1–18, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.448818. PDF
Gani N. D, Crowe, E.,* Bowden, S., 2021. Mesoscale structures in the Rough Creek Graben, U.S. Midcontinent craton: An integrated DEM analysis, structural modeling, and field-based approach. Results in Geophysical Sciences, v. 7, 100023. PDF
Bhattarai, I., Gani, N.D., Xue, L. 2021. Geomorphological responses of rivers to active tectonics along the Siwalik Hills, Midwestern Nepalese Himalaya. Journal of Mountain Science, v. 18, 1268-1294. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11629-020-6330-x
Mattson, A.G., Gani, M.R., Roesler, T., Gani, N.D., Ford, J.T. 2020. 3D mapping of intruding salt bodies in the subsurface of the Gulf of Mexico using 3D seismic data. Results in Geophysical Sciences, 1-4: 100004. PDF
Bowden, S., Gani, N.D., Alemu, T., O’Sullivan, P., Abebe, B., and Tadesse, K. 2020. Evolution of the Western Ethiopian Shield revealed through U-Pb geochronology, petrogenesis, geochemistry of sys- and post-tectonic intrusive rocks. Precambrian Research, v. 338, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2019.105588 PDF
Sahoo, H., Gani, M.R., Gani, N.D., Hampson, G.J, Howell, J.A., Storms, J., Martinius, A., Buckley, S.J. 2020. Predictable patterns in stacking and distribution of channelized fluvial sand bodies linked to channel mobility and avulsion processes. Geology, v. 48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G47236.1 PDF
Neupane, P., Gani, M. R., Gani, N.D., Huang, Y. 2020. Neogene vegetation shift in the Nepalese Siwalik, Himalayas: A compound-specific isotopic study of lipid biomarkers. Depositional Record, 2019;00:1–11. https ://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.91 4. PDF
Liang, X., Gani, N.D. and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2019. Drainage incision, tectonic uplift, and magmatism of the Kenya Rift, East African Rift System: A morpho-tectonic analysis approach, Geomorphology, v. 345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.106839
Liang, X., Alemu, T. Gani, N.D. and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2018. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Tectonic Uplift Rates in the Southeastern Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift Systems from Morpho-tectonic Analysis, Geomorphology, v. 309, p. 98–111. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.02.025
Gani, N.D., Neupane, P. C. 2018. Understanding transient landscape of the Ethiopian Plateau in relation to mantle dynamics, Geological Journal. v. 53, p. 371–385. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gj.2903 PDF
Liang, X., Gani, N.D. and Abdelsalam, M. G. 2017. Geomorphologic Proxies for Bedrock Rivers: A Case Study from the Rwenzori Mountains, East African Rift System, Geomorphology, v. 285, p. 374-398. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.009
Gani, N.D. 2016. Dextral shear zone within the Blue Nile Canyon, the Ethiopian Plateau: Photograph of the month, Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 92, page iii. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8141(16)30166-3 PDF
Gani, N.D. and Gani, M.R. 2016. Discussion On the Environment of Aramis: Reply to White in Cerling et al., Current Anthropology, v. 57, Number 2. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/683640 PDF
Sahoo, H., Gani, M. R., Hampson, G.J., Gani, N.D., Ranson, A. 2016. Facies- to sandbody-scale heterogeneity in a tight-gas fluvial reservoir analog: Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, Utah, USA. Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 78, p. 48–69. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.02.005.
Gani, N.D. 2015. Erosion history from incision modeling and river profile morphologies: example from the Tekeze River System, Ethiopian Plateau, East Africa. Arabian Journal of Geoscience, v. 8, Issue 12, p. 11293–11305. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12517-015-1941-1. PDF
Sahoo, H., and Gani, N.D. 2015. Creating three-dimensional channel bodies in LiDAR-integrated outcrop characterization: A new approach for improved stratigraphic analysis. Geosphere, v. 11, no. 3, p. 777–785. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES01075.1. PDF
Gani, M. R., Ranson, A. Cross, D. B., Hampson, G. J., Gani, N. D., Sahoo, H. 2015. Along-strike sequence stratigraphy across the Cretaceous shallow marine to coastal-plain transition, Wasatch Plateau, Utah, U.S.A. Sedimentary Geology, v. 325, p. 59–70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2015.05.003 PDF
Hampson, G.J., Gani, M.R., Sahoo, H., Rittersbacher, A., Irfan, N., Ranson, A., Jewell, T.O., Gani, N.D., Howell, J.A., Buckley, S.J., and Bracken, B., 2012. Controls on large-scale patterns of fluvial sandbody distribution in alluvial to coastal plain strata: upper Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, central Utah, USA. Sedimentology, v. 59, p. 2226–2258. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.2012.01342.x PDF
Gani, M.R., Gani, N.D., 2011. Riparian habitat of Ardipithecus ramidus, Nature Communication, v. 2: 602, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms1610. In 2014, this paper ranked as Top 8th Articles (out of Top 20) in the Domain of Article 22186898, ‘Who Is Publishing In My Domain?’ www.wipimd.com PDF
Gallin, W, Gani, M. ., Deo, M. D., Gani, N.D., and Vanden Berg, M.D., 2010. Lake-level Controlled Sedimentological Heterogenity of Oil-shale, Upper Green River Formation, Eastern Uinta Basin, Utah. In Ogunsola, O., Hartstein, A., and Ogunsola, O. (eds.), Oil Shale: A Solution to Liquid Fuels Dilemma, American Chemical Society, Series Book, Oxford University Press, Chapter 3, p. 63–85. PDF
Gani, N.D., Abdelsalam, M.G., Gera, S., Gani, M. R. 2009. Stratigraphic and structural evolution of the Blue Nile Basin, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau, Geological Journal, v. 44, p. 30–56. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gj.1127 PDF
Gani, M.R. and Gani, N.D. 2008. Tectonic Hypotheses of Human Evolution, Geotimes, January 2008 issue, v. 53 (no. 1), p. 34-39. Published by American Geosciences Institute (AGI). (INVITED PUBLICATION). PDF
Gani, N.D. Gani, M.R., Abdelsalam, M.G. 2007. Blue Nile incision on the Ethiopian Plateau: Pulsed plateau growth, Pliocene uplift, and hominin evolution, GSA Today, v. 17, p. 4–11 (COVER ARTICLE). DOI: 10.1130/GSAt01709A.1, available at: http://www.geosociety.org/gsatoday/archive/17/9/pdf/gt0709.pdf PDF
Gani, N.D., Abdelsalam, M.G. 2006. Remote Sensing Analysis of the Gorge of the Nile with emphasis on the Dejen-Gohatsyion region, Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 44, p. 135–150. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.10.007 PDF
Sultana, D.N., Alam, M.M., 2000. Facies analysis of the Neogene Surma Group succession in the subsurface of the Surma Basin, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Geoscience Journal, v. 6, p. 53–74. PDF
Pahari, S. and Gani N. D. 2025. Leveraging Deep Learning and Remote Sensing-based Geomorphology for Flood Susceptibility Mapping in The Appalachian Mountain Regions of KY.
Carden, M.* and Gani, N. D. 2025. 3D Mineralogy: Teaching in New Dimension of Learning. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
Gibbs, B.*, Gani, N.D. Lunday, J. 2025. Mapping Karst and slope hazards in Pulaski County, Kentucky using high-resolution Lidar and petrographic analysis. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 57, No. 2. doi: 10.1130/abs/2025SE-408901
Lunday, J., Gani, N. D., Anderson, S.*, Hughes, M., * Lowman, C., * Woodard, D.* 2025. Limestone Microscopy: A Case Study in the Optical Validation of Field Investigations in the Olmstead Quadrangle, Todd and Logan Counties, KY. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
Gibbs, B.*, Gani, N.D. Lunday, J. 2025. Mapping Karst and Slope Hazards in Pulaski County, Kentucky Using High-resolution Lidar and Petrographic Analysis. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
Woodard, D., * Gani, N.D., and Lunday, J. 2025. Windows into the Past: Fossil Identification and Classification Through Thin Section Microscopy. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
Lowman, C., Hughes, M., Aham, V., A., Pahari, S., Gani, M., and Gani, N.D., 2025. Geology in Flight: Unveiling WKU’s Campus Karren Through Drone Technology. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
Gibbs, B.*, and Gani, N.D. 2024. Assessing karst hazards and mass wasting risks in Pulaski County, Kentucky: Perspectives from the Appalachian terrain. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 56, No. 5. doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-402883.
Lunday, J., Gani, N. D., Anderson, S.*, Towoju, V., Lunday, J. 2024. Application of Random Forest Classification to Remote Sensing Data: Evaluating the Viability of Machine Learning for Geologically Remapping the Heavily Vegetated Olmstead Quadrangle, Kentucky. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2024, No. 1491, pp. EP53C-1491).
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., Beiranvand Pour, A., Parsa, M., 2024. Leveraging Multi-sensor Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Enhanced Critical Mineral Exploration: The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2024 Conference, and the Laurentian University and Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC), Student Minerals Colloquium (SMC 2024), Poster and Abstract, Toronto – Canada.
Anderson, S.*, Gani, N.D. 2024. Analyzing Change Detection and Band Ratio of The Olmstead Quadrangle In Kentucky: Insights For Environmental Monitoring. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
Thomas, C.*, Gani, N.D. 2024. Sinkhole Progression and Public Safety at Mammoth Cave and Surrounding Areas. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., Gani, M. R., Brotzge, J. 2024. Application Of Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Critical Raw Material Exploration in The United States. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
Gibbs, B.*, Gani, N.D. 2024. Exploring Karst Hazards and Mass Wasting Potential in Pulaski County, Kentucky: Insights from the Appalachian Region. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
Lunday, J., Gani, N. D., Yan, J., Towoju, V. 2024. Remote Sensing for Geologic Mapping in Karst-Rich Woodlands and Farmlands of the Olmstead Quadrangle, Todd and Logan Counties, Kentucky. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., Beiranvand Pour, A., Parsa, M., 2023. Optimized mineral exploration in the Mountain Pass Mining District of California with multi-source remote sensing datasets and machine learning techniques, American Geophysical Union (AGU) International Conference, Poster and Abstract, San Francisco, California.
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., 2023. Targeting Hydrothermal Alterations using GIS and Remote Sensing Data, Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) Kentucky GIS Conference, Owensboro – Kentucky. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., Beiranvand Pour, A., Jodeiri Akbari Fam, H., 2023. Application of Multi-Sensor Satellite Imagery to Identify Hydrothermal Alterations in Mountain Pass District, San Bernardino County, California: Insights for Critical Minerals Exploration, American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) 2023 National Conference, Poster and Abstract, Covington –Kentucky.
Kilgore, W.C.*, Gani, M.R., Gani, N.D., 2023. Geochemical analysis of tuffs at the Ardipithecus ramidus site at Aramis, Ethiopia. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15-18 October.
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N. D., Pour, A.B., Safari, M., Fam, H.J.K. 2023. Hydrothermal alteration and lithological mapping using Landsat-9 and ASTER remote sensing spectral imagery in northeast Mojave Desert, California. Paper No. FR1.R14.5, Remote Sensing Data Applied to Mineral Deposits: A New Era for Critical Raw Material Deposits Studies Session, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2023 IEEE, Pasadena, California. Talk.
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N. D., Barak, S., Imamalipour, A., Abedi, M., Pour, A.B. 2023. Alteration zone detection using image-based and spectrum-based image processing techniques to ASTER data: Sonajil Copper deposit. Paper No. FRP.P17.4, Mining Exploration and Environmental Impact Assessment Session, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2023 IEEE, Pasadena, California. Poster.
Middleton, G. Gani, N. D., Esmaeilzadeh, N., 2023. Groundwater exploitation in mega urban cities case studies: Dhaka City. IGARSS Groundwater Exploitation in Mega-urban cities case studies, Dhaka. Paper No. FRP.P2.10, Differential SAR Interferometry: Applications II Session, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2023 IEEE, Pasadena, California. Poster.
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N. D., Yan, J. 2023. Lithologic Mapping of the Mountain Pass Mining District, California Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Data. 53rd Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 1.
Kilgore, W., * Gani, M. R., Gani N. D. 2023. Geochemical Analysis of Volcanic Ash-layers Found at a Hominin Fossil Site in Afar, Ethiopia. 53rd Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 1.
Middleton, G. Gani, N. D. 2023. InSAR Investigation of Subsidence in Northern and Central Bangladesh. 53rd Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 1.
Lunday, J., * Gani, N. D. 2023. SEM and EDS-based Elemental and High-resolution Petrography-based Analyses of Basalts from East Africa. 53rd Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 1.
Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N. D., Pour, A. B., Fam, H. J. A. 2023. Application of principal component analysis and band ratios for critical mineral prospecting using multi-sensor remote sensing data in the Mountain Pass Mining District, California. 2023 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference, Canada.
Middleton, G. Gani, N. D. 2022. Investigating Subsidence and Groundwater Exploitation in Mega-Urban Environment using Sentinel-1 Data based InSAR Observations. 2022 AGU Fall Meeting.
Shrestha, N., Gani, N. D. 2022. Inferring tectonic signals using river longitudinal profile models and geomorphic proxies at the Fold and Thrust Belt, Eastern Himalayan Range, Bengal Basin. 52nd Annual WKU Student Research Conference, March 26. Talk.
Karn, B.*, Gani, N. D. 2022. Salty Shrinkage and climate change-driven aridification: A satellite-based environmental investigation of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. 52nd Annual WKU Student Research Conference, March 26. Poster.
Shrestha, N., Gani N. D., Xue, L. 2021. Investigating neotectonics, erosional patterns and landform perturbation from river longitudinal profile model analysis, Bengal Basin fold and thrust belt, Eastern Himalayan Range. American Geophysical Union 2021 Annual Meeting, December 12-17, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Brosky, M.*, Wade, M., * Gani, N. D., Gani, M. R. 2021. Multi-technique geologic and geomorphologic mapping of the bedrock outcrops within the McDaniels Quadrangle, Rough Creek Graben, Kentucky. Geological Society of America 2021 Annual Meeting, October 10-13, Portland, Oregon.
Gani, N. D. and Bhattarai, I. 2021. Landscape Evolution of the Himalayan Foreland Basin: An Investigation from River Profiles and Numerical Modeling of the Central Siwalik, Nepal. Session: The stratigraphic record of foreland basin systems, the International Sedimentary Geosciences Congress (ISGC), Flagstaff, Arizona, April 26-29. Talk.
Brosky, M.*, Gani, N. D. 2021. Investigating mineralogical and petrological characteristics of the flood basalt on the Ethiopian Plateau. Geological Society of America 2021 Virtual Southeastern 70th Section Meeting, April 1-2.
Shrestha, N., Gani N. D. 2021. Understanding the Tectonic Geomorphology of the Eastern Fold and Thrust Belt of the Bengal Basin. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.
Wade, M.*, Brosky, M.*, Gani, N. D., Gani, M. R. 2021. Geologic Mapping Methods of the McDaniels Quadrangle, Kentucky. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.
Brosky, M., Gani, N. D. 2021. Investigating mineralogical and petrological characteristics of the flood basalt on the Ethiopian Plateau. Geological Society of America 2021 Southeastern Online Section Meeting, April 1-2.
Shrestha, N., Gani N. D. 2021. Understanding the Tectonic Geomorphology of the Eastern Fold and Thrust Belt of the Bengal Basin. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.
Wade, M., Brosky, M., Gani, N. D., Gani, M. R. 2021. Geologic Mapping Methods of the McDaniels Quadrangle, Kentucky. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.
Brosky, M., Gani, N. D. 2021. Investigating Volcanic Eruption of The Ethiopian Plateau Flood Basalt in Relation to Past Climate Changeu. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.
Wright, E., and Gani, N. D. 2020. Interpreting data from recent volcanic activity to understand the volcanic hazard and societal risk in Hawaii. Kentucky Academy of Science Annual conference, Louisville, Kentucky, November 6-7, 2020. (Talk). First Place Winner.
Gani, N. D., Crowe, E., Scott, K., Gani, M. R. and Whittle, M. 2020. Investigating Geologic Controls of Western Pennyroyal Karst Region, Kentucky. UNESCO Karst 2020: Conservation of Fragile Karst Resources: A Workshop on Sustainability and Community, Bowling Green, Kentucky, August 18-20. Poster-Flash Talk session.
Grigsby, J. Gani, N. D. 2020. Quantifying Tekeze River Canyon Incision on the Ethiopian Plateau from Low Temperature Thermochronology. 50th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (virtual presentation)
Wright, E. and Gani, N. D. 2020. Investigating recent activities in Hawai’i to understand volcanic hazard and societal risk. 50th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (virtual presentation)
Grigsby, J. Gani, N. D., Bowden, S. vanSoest, M., Gani, M. R., and Kibre, T. 2019. Young Cooling History of the Tekeze River Canyon, Ethiopian Plateau deduced from New Apatite (U-Th)/He Ages. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 51, No. 5. doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-330782. (poster)
Whittle, M*. and Gani, N. D. 2019. River Bed Analysis in the Mammoth Cave Area, Kentucky. 49th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
Bowden, S. Gani, N. D., vanSoest, M., Gani, M. R., and O’Sullivan, P. 2018. Unroofing history of the western Ethiopian Plateau: Insights from apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6. doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-319982. (talk)
Gani, N. D. Bowden, S. and vanSoest, M. 2018. Timing of the Blue Nile Canyon incision: An understanding from low-temperature thermochronology from northern and southern sections of the river. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6 doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-320825. (poster)
Bowden, S. Gani, N. D., vanSoest, M., Gani, M. R., and O’Sullivan, P. 2018. Incision timing and its relationship to tectonic uplift and climate change: using thermochronology to unravel Ethiopia's past. 2018 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (talk)
Mattson, A., Gani, M.R., and Gani. N. D. 2018. Structural evolution of the north-central Gulf of Mexico: Implications from Salt tectonic modeling. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-321976. (poster)
Grigsby, J. Gani, N. D., Bowden, S. 2018. Tekeze River Incision Constrained from Apatite (U-Th)/He Dating. 2018 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (talk)
Bowden, S. Gani, N. D., Alemu, T., Abebe, B. and Tadesse, K. 2018. Evidence for East African Orogenic Transpression and Cenozoic Tension in Neoproterozoic Basement Rocks, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau. AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20-23, 2018. (poster)
Bowden, S. and Gani, N. D. 2018. Evidence for East African Orogenic Transpression and Extension in Neoproterozoic Basement Rocks, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau. 48th Annual Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference, March 24th, 2018. (talk) Natural Sciences Session Winner.
Gani, N. D. and Bowden, S. 2017. Timing of exhumation of the Mesozoic Blue Nile Rift, Ethiopia: A new study from apatite fission track thermochronology. AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 11-15. (poster)
Scott, K.* and Gani, N. D. 2017. Neotectonics records in the Green River Basin: A new morpho-tectonic analysis of transient channels draining across the Rough Creek Graben, western Kentucky. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301576. (poster)
Gani, N. D. and Crowe, E.* 2017. Mesoscale Extensional and Contractional Structures in the Rough Creek Graben, Midcontinent Rift, Central United States: An Integrated DEM Analysis, 3-D Structural Modeling and Field-Based Approach. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article. #90291 ©2017 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, April 2-5, 2017. (poster)
Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2017. Investigating en echelon fault systems on the surface of Mars to understand past strike-slip tectonics. 47th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2016. Understanding tectonic processes from the distribution pattern and interaction of strike-slip faults and en echelon: A new study from the Solis Planum and Lunae Planum regions of the Valles Marineris plateaus in Mars. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 12-16 December. (poster)
Bhattarai, I., and Gani, N. D. 2016. Tectonic Signals Deduced from Quantitative Analysis of Geomorphic Parameters in Bedrock Rivers and Structural Mapping: A case study from the Surai Khola Siwalik Section, Nepalese Himalaya. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 12-16 December. (poster)
Flynn, H. D.* and Gani, N. D. 2016.Fault zone architecture and implication of 2-D observations along the Blue Nile Canyon, Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift System. GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7 doi: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-285838 (talk) 25. Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2016b. Investigating en echelon fault systems on the surface of Mars to understand past strike-slip tectonics. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Ashville, North Carolina, April 7-8. (poster)
Bhattarai, I., and Gani, N. D. 2015a. Quantitative geomorphic analysis and digital processing of Aster Imagery in the Siwalik Foreland Basin, Nepalese Himalaya: An investigation of landscape response to neotectonics. 46th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (talk)
Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2015.Tectonic Activities on Mars: An Analysis of faults in the Valles Marineris graben system. 46th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
Gani, N.D. and Neupane, P. 2015. Surface response dynamic topography within the Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift System. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 155. (poster)
Bhattarai, I. and Gani, N. D. 2015. Revealing the link between tectonics, topography and Exhumation of the Siwalik Foreland Basin, Nepal, Himalaya: An integration of quantitative geomorphic analysis and detrital thermochronology. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 158. (poster)
Flynn, H. D.* and Gani, N. D. 2015. Understanding fault zone architecture and permeability structures in a rift setting: Normal faults from the Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift System. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 155. (poster)
Gani, N. D., Blackburn, N. C., Moore, B. P.*, and van Soest, M. C. 2015. Timing of Upland Erosion for Petroleum System and Geodynamic Implications: An Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronologic Approach. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90216 ©2015 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, May 31 - June 3, 2015. (talk)
Stanley, B.* and Gani, N. D. 2015. Tectonic controls on the Devonian Shale Gas Plays along the Pine Mountain Thrust Fault System. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90216 ©2015 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, May 31 - June 3, 2015. (poster)
Bhattarai, I., and Gani, N. D. 2015. Thrust belt study in the Himalayan Foreland Basin- Nepal: An integrated approach of Remote Sensing and GIS. 45th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
Moore, B. P.*, and Gani, N. D. Flynn, H. D.*, 2015. Normal faults on the Ethiopian Plateau: An understanding of the geodynamics and fault zone permeability. 45th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
Meservy, C.*, and Gani, N. D. 2015. Investigation of Apatite and Zircon Minerals for Thermochronologic Dating: A case study from the Siwalik Sandstones, Central Nepal, Himalaya. 45th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
Gani, N.D., Blackburn, N. C. and van Soest, M. C. 2014. Understanding Landscape Exhumation from Apatite He Age Data Dispersion: An Example from the Ethiopian Plateau, East Africa, paper, EP21A-3524, AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. (poster)
Neupane, P. C., Gani, M. R., Huang, Y. and Gani, N. D. 2014. Multi-System and Compound-Specific Isotopic Study of Neogene Vegetation and Climate Changes in the Siwalik Strata, Nepal Himalaya. AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. (poster)
Blackburn, N. C., Gani, N. D., van Soest, M.C., 2014. Apatite Helium thermochronology of the Blue Nile Canyon, Ethiopia. 2014 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Lexington, Kentucky. (poster)
Stanley, B.* and Gani, N. D. 2014. Tectonic controls on the Devonian Shale Gas Plays along the Pine Mountain Thrust Fault System, 2014 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Lexington, Kentucky. (talk)
Blackburn N. C., Gani, N. D., and van Soest, M.C., 2014. Cenozoic Incision of the Ethiopian Plateau from thermal modeling. GSA annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 46, No. 6, p. 442. (talk)
Gani, N. D. 2014. From Blue Nile to Blue Mind, water runs deep, 4th annual Blue Mind Summit, Cornwall, United Kingdom. (INVITED TALK).
Kellogg, N.* and Gani N. D. 2014. Tracking detrital rock record to understand unroofing of the Himalayas in Nepal, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington, Kentucky, April 3-5, 2014. (poster)
Crowe, E.* and Gani, N. D. 2014. Structural Modeling of Rough Creek Graben in Western Kentucky to better understand the tectonic evolution of North America’s Cratonic Interior: An Integration of GIS-Based DEM Analysis and Field Study, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington, Kentucky, April 3-5, 2014. (talk)
Book “In Motion: The Experience of Travel”: 2010. By Tony Hiss (much-praised author). Random House Digital, Inc., Aug 17, 2011, 352 pages. (Author devoted a few pages explaining our published idea on tectonic hypothesis of human evolution).
Earth-Science Reviews: 2009. Corti, G. Continental rift evolution: From rift initiation to incipient break-up in the Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa, 96, p 1-53.
Continuum Magazine, 2008, University of Utah: “Evolution and Uplift" U of U geologists find harmony and insight in both personal and professional discovery.
(IGARSS- International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium; GSA-Geological Society of America; AGU-American Geophysical Union; AAPG-American Association of Petroleum Geologists)
1. Pahari, S. and Gani N.D. 2025. Leveraging Deep Learning and Remote Sensing-based Geomorphology for Flood Susceptibility Mapping in The Appalachian Mountain Regions of KY. Upcoming AGU Fall meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
2. Xue, L., Atekwana, E., Moucha, R., Scholz, C., Gani, N.D. 2025. Landscape–Tectonic Interactions in Continental Rifts: A Modeling Perspective from the East African Rift System. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program. v. 57, No. 6. Geological Society of America annual conference, San Antonio, Texas, 2025.
3. Hughes, M., Lowman, C., Gani, M.R., Gani, N.D. 2025. From Ocean-Dwellers to Hilltoppers: Tracing the Geoheritage of Western Kentucky University’s Campus. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Program. v. 57, n. 6. Geological Society of America annual conference, San Antonio, Texas, 2025.
4. Carden, M.* and Gani, N.D. 2025. 3D Mineralogy: Teaching in New Dimension of Learning. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
5. Gibbs, B.*, Gani, N.D. Lunday, J. 2025. Mapping Karst and slope hazards in Pulaski County, Kentucky using high-resolution Lidar and petrographic analysis. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 57, No. 2. doi: 10.1130/abs/2025SE-408901
6. Lunday, J., Gani, N.D., Anderson, S.*, Hughes, M., * Lowman, C., * Woodard, D.* 2025. Limestone Microscopy: A Case Study in the Optical Validation of Field Investigations in the Olmstead Quadrangle, Todd and Logan Counties, KY. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
7. Gibbs, B.*, Gani, N.D. Lunday, J. 2025. Mapping Karst and Slope Hazards in Pulaski County, Kentucky Using High-resolution Lidar and Petrographic Analysis. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
8. Woodard, D., * Gani, N.D., and Lunday, J. 2025. Windows into the Past: Fossil Identification and Classification Through Thin Section Microscopy. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
9. Lowman, C., Hughes, M., Aham, V., A., Pahari, S., Gani, M., and Gani, N.D., 2025. Geology in Flight: Unveiling WKU’s Campus Karren Through Drone Technology. 55th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 5.
10. Gibbs, B.*, and Gani, N.D. 2024. Assessing karst hazards and mass wasting risks in Pulaski County, Kentucky: Perspectives from the Appalachian terrain. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 56, No. 5. doi: 10.1130/abs/2024AM-402883.
11. Lunday, J., Gani, N. D., Anderson, S.*, Towoju, V., Lunday, J. 2024. Application of Random Forest Classification to Remote Sensing Data: Evaluating the Viability of Machine Learning for Geologically Remapping the Heavily Vegetated Olmstead Quadrangle, Kentucky. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2024, No. 1491, pp. EP53C-1491).
12. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., Beiranvand Pour, A., Parsa, M., 2024. Leveraging Multi-sensor Remote Sensing and Machine Learning for Enhanced Critical Mineral Exploration: The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2024 Conference, and the Laurentian University and Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC), Student Minerals Colloquium (SMC 2024), Poster and Abstract, Toronto – Canada.
13. Anderson, S.*, Gani, N.D. 2024. Analyzing Change Detection and Band Ratio of The Olmstead Quadrangle In Kentucky: Insights For Environmental Monitoring. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
14. Thomas, C.*, Gani, N.D. 2024. Sinkhole Progression and Public Safety at Mammoth Cave and Surrounding Areas. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
15. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., Gani, M. R., Brotzge, J. 2024. Application Of Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Critical Raw Material Exploration in The United States. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
16. Gibbs, B.*, Gani, N.D. 2024. Exploring Karst Hazards and Mass Wasting Potential in Pulaski County, Kentucky: Insights from the Appalachian Region. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
17. Lunday, J., Gani, N. D., Yan, J., Towoju, V. 2024. Remote Sensing for Geologic Mapping in Karst-Rich Woodlands and Farmlands of the Olmstead Quadrangle, Todd and Logan Counties, Kentucky. 54th Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 6.
18. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., Beiranvand Pour, A., Parsa, M., 2023. Optimized mineral exploration in the Mountain Pass Mining District of California with multi-source remote sensing datasets and machine learning techniques, American Geophysical Union (AGU) International Conference, Poster and Abstract, San Francisco, California.
19. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., 2023. Targeting Hydrothermal Alterations using GIS and Remote Sensing Data, Kentucky Association of Mapping Professionals (KAMP) Kentucky GIS Conference, Owensboro – Kentucky. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N.D., Beiranvand Pour, A., Jodeiri Akbari Fam, H., 2023. Application of Multi-Sensor Satellite Imagery to Identify Hydrothermal Alterations in Mountain Pass District, San Bernardino County, California: Insights for Critical Minerals Exploration, American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) 2023 National Conference, Poster and Abstract, Covington –Kentucky.
20. Kilgore, W.C.*, Gani, M.R., Gani, N.D., 2023. Geochemical analysis of tuffs at the Ardipithecus ramidus site at Aramis, Ethiopia. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15-18 October.
21. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N. D., Pour, A.B., Safari, M., Fam, H.J.K. 2023. Hydrothermal alteration and lithological mapping using Landsat-9 and ASTER remote sensing spectral imagery in northeast Mojave Desert, California. Paper No. FR1.R14.5, Remote Sensing Data Applied to Mineral Deposits: A New Era for Critical Raw Material Deposits Studies Session, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2023 IEEE, Pasadena, California. Talk.
22. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N. D., Barak, S., Imamalipour, A., Abedi, M., Pour, A.B. 2023. Alteration zone detection using image-based and spectrum-based image processing techniques to ASTER data: Sonajil Copper deposit. Paper No. FRP.P17.4, Mining Exploration and Environmental Impact Assessment Session, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2023 IEEE, Pasadena, California. Poster.
23. Middleton, G. Gani, N. D., Esmaeilzadeh, N., 2023. Groundwater exploitation in mega urban cities case studies: Dhaka City. IGARSS Groundwater Exploitation in Mega-urban cities case studies, Dhaka. Paper No. FRP.P2.10, Differential SAR Interferometry: Applications II Session, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2023 IEEE, Pasadena, California. Poster.
24. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N. D., Yan, J. 2023. Lithologic Mapping of the Mountain Pass Mining District, California Using Sentinel-2 Satellite Data. 53rd Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 1.
25. Kilgore, W., * Gani, M. R., Gani N. D. 2023. Geochemical Analysis of Volcanic Ash-layers Found at a Hominin Fossil Site in Afar, Ethiopia. 53rd Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 1.
26. Middleton, G. Gani, N. D. 2023. InSAR Investigation of Subsidence in Northern and Central Bangladesh. 53rd Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 1.
27. Lunday, J., * Gani, N. D. 2023. SEM and EDS-based Elemental and High-resolution Petrography-based Analyses of Basalts from East Africa. 53rd Annual WKU Student Scholar Showcase, April 1.
28. Esmaeilzadeh, N., Gani, N. D., Pour, A. B., Fam, H. J. A. 2023. Application of principal component analysis and band ratios for critical mineral prospecting using multi-sensor remote sensing data in the Mountain Pass Mining District, California. 2023 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference, Canada.
29. Middleton, G. Gani, N. D. 2022. Investigating Subsidence and Groundwater Exploitation in Mega-Urban Environment using Sentinel-1 Data based InSAR Observations. 2022 AGU Fall Meeting.
30. Shrestha, N., Gani, N. D. 2022. Inferring tectonic signals using river longitudinal profile models and geomorphic proxies at the Fold and Thrust Belt, Eastern Himalayan Range, Bengal Basin. 52nd Annual WKU Student Research Conference, March 26. Talk.
31. Karn, B.*, Gani, N. D. 2022. Salty Shrinkage and climate change-driven aridification: A satellite-based environmental investigation of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. 52nd Annual WKU Student Research Conference, March 26. Poster.
32. Shrestha, N., Gani N. D., Xue, L. 2021. Investigating neotectonics, erosional patterns and landform perturbation from river longitudinal profile model analysis, Bengal Basin fold and thrust belt, Eastern Himalayan Range. American Geophysical Union 2021 Annual Meeting, December 12-17, New Orleans, Louisiana.
33. Brosky, M.*, Wade, M., * Gani, N. D., Gani, M. R. 2021. Multi-technique geologic and geomorphologic mapping of the bedrock outcrops within the McDaniels Quadrangle, Rough Creek Graben, Kentucky. Geological Society of America 2021 Annual Meeting, October 10-13, Portland, Oregon.
34. Gani, N. D. and Bhattarai, I. 2021. Landscape Evolution of the Himalayan Foreland Basin: An Investigation from River Profiles and Numerical Modeling of the Central Siwalik, Nepal. Session: The stratigraphic record of foreland basin systems, the International Sedimentary Geosciences Congress (ISGC), Flagstaff, Arizona, April 26-29. Talk.
35. Brosky, M.*, Gani, N. D. 2021. Investigating mineralogical and petrological characteristics of the flood basalt on the Ethiopian Plateau. Geological Society of America 2021 Virtual Southeastern 70th Section Meeting, April 1-2.
36. Shrestha, N., Gani N. D. 2021. Understanding the Tectonic Geomorphology of the Eastern Fold and Thrust Belt of the Bengal Basin. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.
37. Wade, M.*, Brosky, M.*, Gani, N. D., Gani, M. R. 2021. Geologic Mapping Methods of the McDaniels Quadrangle, Kentucky. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.
38. Brosky, M.*, Gani, N. D. 2021. Investigating Volcanic Eruption of The Ethiopian Plateau Flood Basalt in Relation to Past Climate Change. 51st Annual WKU Student Research Conference, April 9-10.
39. Wright, E.*, and Gani, N. D. 2020. Interpreting data from recent volcanic activity to understand the volcanic hazard and societal risk in Hawaii. Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Conference, Louisville, Kentucky, November 6-7, 2020. (Talk). First Place Winner.
40. Gani, N. D., Crowe, E.*, Scott, K.*, Gani, M. R. and Whittle, M.* 2020. Investigating Geologic Controls of Western Pennyroyal Karst Region, Kentucky. UNESCO Karst 2020: Conservation of Fragile Karst Resources: A Workshop on Sustainability and Community, Bowling Green, Kentucky, August 18-20. Poster-Flash Talk session.
41. Grigsby, J. Gani, N. D. 2020. Quantifying Tekeze River Canyon Incision on the Ethiopian Plateau from Low-Temperature Thermochronology. 50th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (virtual presentation)
42. Wright, E.* and Gani, N.D. 2020. Investigating recent activities in Hawai’i to understand volcanic hazard and societal risk. 50th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (virtual presentation)
43. Grigsby, J. Gani, N. D., Bowden, S. vanSoest, M., Gani, M. R., and Kibre, T. 2019. Young Cooling History of the Tekeze River Canyon, Ethiopian Plateau deduced from New Apatite (U-Th)/He Ages. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 51, No. 5. doi: 10.1130/abs/2019AM-330782. (poster)
44. Mattson, A., Gani, M.R., and Gani. N. D. 2019. Implications of Meso-Scale Mesozoic Salt Deformation on Neogene Diapir Development in Viosca Knoll and Northeast Mississippi Canyon Protractions, Gulf of Mexico. 2019 GCSSEPM Perkins-Rosen Research Conference, Houston, Texas.
45. Whittle, M*. and Gani, N. D. 2019. River Bed Analysis in the Mammoth Cave Area, Kentucky. 49th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
46. Mattson, A., Gani, M.R., and Gani. N. D. 2019. Louann Salt Evolution in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico from Middle Jurassic to Present. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90350 © 2019 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, May 2019. (poster)
47. Mattson, A., Gani, M.R., and Gani, N.D., 2019. Evolution of the Louann Salt in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico. WKU student research conference, Bowling Green, KY, March 23, 2019. (poster)
48. Bowden, S. Gani, N. D., vanSoest, M., Gani, M. R., and O’Sullivan, P. 2018. Unroofing history of the western Ethiopian Plateau: Insights from apatite (U-Th)/He and fission-track thermochronology. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. vol. 50, no. 6. doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-319982. (talk)
49. Gani, N. D. Bowden, S. and vanSoest, M. 2018. Timing of the Blue Nile Canyon incision: An understanding from low-temperature thermochronology from northern and southern sections of the river. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. vol. 50, no. 6 doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-320825. (poster)
50. Mattson, A., Gani, M.R., and Gani, N.D., 2018. Seismic Interpretation of the North-Central Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Salt Tectonic Modeling. Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting, November 1-3, Bowling Green, Kentucky.
51. Bowden, S. Gani, N. D., vanSoest, M., Gani, M. R., and O’Sullivan, P. 2018. Incision timing and its relationship to tectonic uplift and climate change: using thermochronology to unravel Ethiopia's past. 2018 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (talk)
52. Mattson, A., Gani, M.R., and Gani. N. D. 2018. Structural evolution of the north-central Gulf of Mexico: Implications from Salt tectonic modeling. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-321976. (poster)
53. Grigsby, J. Gani, N. D., Bowden, S. 2018. Tekeze River Incision Constrained from Apatite (U-Th)/He Dating. 2018 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Bowling Green, Kentucky. (talk)
54. Mattson, A., Gani, M.R., and Gani. N. D. 2018. Structural Evolution of the North-Central Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Salt Tectonic Modeling. 2018 AAPG Student Expo, Houston Texas. (poster)
55. Lopez, J., Gani, M.R., and Gani. N. D. 2018. Geology and hydrocarbon potential of Belize. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 50, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-321689. (poster)
56. Bowden, S. Gani, N. D., Alemu, T., Abebe, B. and Tadesse, K. 2018. Evidence for East African Orogenic Transpression and Cenozoic Tension in Neoproterozoic Basement Rocks, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau. AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20-23, 2018. (poster)
57. Bowden, S. and Gani, N. D. 2018. Evidence for East African Orogenic Transpression and Extension in Neoproterozoic Basement Rocks, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau. 48th Annual Western Kentucky University Student Research Conference, March 24th, 2018. (talk) Natural Sciences Session Winner.
58. Gani, N. D. and Bowden, S. 2017. Timing of exhumation of the Mesozoic Blue Nile Rift, Ethiopia: A new study from apatite fission track thermochronology. AGU fall meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 11-15. (poster)
59. Scott, K.* and Gani, N. D. 2017. Neotectonics records in the Green River Basin: A new morpho-tectonic analysis of transient channels draining across the Rough Creek Graben, western Kentucky. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6
doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301576. (poster)
60. Gani, N. D. and Crowe, E.* 2017. Mesoscale Extensional and Contractional Structures in the Rough Creek Graben, Midcontinent Rift, Central United States: An Integrated DEM Analysis, 3-D Structural Modeling and Field-Based Approach. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article. #90291 ©2017 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Houston, Texas, April 2-5, 2017. (poster)
61. Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2017. Investigating en echelon fault systems on the surface of Mars to understand past strike-slip tectonics. 47th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
62. Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2016a. Understanding tectonic processes from the distribution pattern and interaction of strike-slip faults and en echelon: A new study from the Solis Planum and Lunae Planum regions of the Valles Marineris plateaus in Mars. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 12-16 December. (poster)
63. Bhattarai, I., and Gani, N. D. 2016. Tectonic Signals Deduced from Quantitative Analysis of Geomorphic Parameters in Bedrock Rivers and Structural Mapping: A case study from the Surai Khola Siwalik Section, Nepalese Himalaya. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 12-16 December. (poster)
64. Flynn, H. D.* and Gani, N. D. 2016.Fault zone architecture and implication of 2-D observations along the Blue Nile Canyon, Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift System. GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, No. 7 doi: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-285838 (talk)
65. Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2016b. Investigating en echelon fault systems on the surface of Mars to understand past strike-slip tectonics. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Ashville, North Carolina, April 7-8. (poster)
66. Bhattarai, I., and Gani, N. D. 2015a. Quantitative geomorphic analysis and digital processing of Aster Imagery in the Siwalik Foreland Basin, Nepalese Himalaya: An investigation of landscape response to neotectonics. 46th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (talk)
67. Brown, K. N.* and Gani, N. D. 2015.Tectonic Activities on Mars: An Analysis of faults in the Valles Marineris graben system. 46th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
68. Gani, N.D. and Neupane, P. 2015. Surface response dynamic topography within the Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift System. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 155. (poster)
69. Bhattarai, I. and Gani, N. D. 2015b. Revealing the link between tectonics, topography and Exhumation of the Siwalik Foreland Basin, Nepal, Himalaya: An integration of quantitative geomorphic analysis and detrital thermochronology. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 158. (poster)
70. Flynn, H. D.* and Gani, N. D. 2015. Understanding fault zone architecture and permeability structures in a rift setting: Normal faults from the Ethiopian Plateau, East African Rift System. GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7, p. 155. (poster)
71. Gani, N. D., Blackburn, N. C., Moore, B. P.*, and van Soest, M. C. 2015. Timing of Upland Erosion for Petroleum System and Geodynamic Implications: An Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronologic Approach. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90216 ©2015 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, May 31 - June 3, 2015. (talk)
72. Stanley, B.* and Gani, N. D. 2015. Tectonic controls on the Devonian Shale Gas Plays along the Pine Mountain Thrust Fault System. AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90216 ©2015 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, May 31 - June 3, 2015. (poster)
73. Bhattarai, I., and Gani, N. D. 2015. Thrust belt study in the Himalayan Foreland Basin- Nepal: An integrated approach of Remote Sensing and GIS. 45th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
74. Moore, B. P.*, and Gani, N. D. Flynn, H. D.*, 2015. Normal faults on the Ethiopian Plateau: An understanding of the geodynamics and fault zone permeability. 45th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
75. Meservy, C.*, and Gani, N. D. 2015. Investigation of Apatite and Zircon Minerals for Thermochronologic Dating: A case study from the Siwalik Sandstones, Central Nepal, Himalaya. 45th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (poster)
76. Gani, N.D., Blackburn, N. C. and van Soest, M. C. 2014. Understanding Landscape Exhumation from Apatite He Age Data Dispersion: An Example from the Ethiopian Plateau, East Africa, paper, EP21A-3524, AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. (poster)
77. Neupane, P. C., Gani, M. R., Huang, Y. and Gani, N. D. 2014. Multi-System and Compound-Specific Isotopic Study of Neogene Vegetation and Climate Changes in the Siwalik Strata, Nepal Himalaya. AGU Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. (poster)
78. Blackburn, N. C., Gani, N. D., van Soest, M.C., 2014. Apatite Helium thermochronology of the Blue Nile Canyon, Ethiopia. 2014 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Lexington, Kentucky. (poster)
79. Stanley, B.* and Gani, N. D. 2014. Tectonic controls on the Devonian Shale Gas Plays along the Pine Mountain Thrust Fault System, 2014 Kentucky Academy of Science annual meeting, Lexington, Kentucky. (talk)
80. Blackburn N. C., Gani, N. D., and van Soest, M.C., 2014. Cenozoic Incision of the Ethiopian Plateau from thermal modeling. GSA annual meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 46, No. 6, p. 442. (talk)
81. Gani, N. D. 2014. From Blue Nile to Blue Mind, water runs deep, 4th annual Blue Mind Summit, Cornwall, United Kingdom. (INVITED TALK).
82. Blackburn N. C. and Gani, N. D. 2014. Ethiopian Plateau Cenozoic Incision Phases: Thermal Modeling, 44th annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (talk)
83. Kellogg, N.* and Gani N. D. 2014. Tracking detrital rock record to understand unroofing of the Himalayas in Nepal, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington, Kentucky, April 3-5, 2014. (poster)
84. Crowe, E.* and Gani, N. D. 2014. Structural Modeling of Rough Creek Graben in Western Kentucky to better understand the tectonic evolution of North America’s Cratonic Interior: An Integration of GIS-Based DEM Analysis and Field Study, National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Lexington, Kentucky, April 3-5, 2014. (talk)
85. Gani N. D. and Neupane, P. C. 2013. Deconvolving the controls of landscape evolution of the Ethiopian Plateau in a continental rift setting. GSA annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 45, No. 7, p. 226. (talk)
86. Crowe, E.* and Gani, N. D. 2013. Structural deformation of the Rough Creek Graben within the stable craton of central North America. GSA annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 45, No. 7, p. 211. (talk)
87. Neupane, P. C., Gani, M. R., Gani, N. D. and Huang, Y. 2013. Late Neogene vegetation shift and hydrologic changes in the Nepal Himalaya from compound-specific isotope study. GSA annual meeting, Denver, Colorado, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 45, No. 7, p. 779. (poster)
88. Crowe, E.* and Gani, N. D. 2013. The Kinematics and Structural Evolution of the Rough Creek Graben in Western Kentucky, Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting., Morehead State University, Kentucky. (talk)
89. Sahoo, H., Gani, M. R., Gani, N. D., Hampson, G. J, Rittersbacher, A., Ranson, A.*, Howell, J. A., and Buckley, S. J., 2013. Avulsion-generated spatio-temporal arrangement of fluvial sandbodies, Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, Utah. AAPG Annual Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (poster)
90. Crowe, E.*, and Gani, N. D. 2013. Fault Dynamics of the Poorly-Understood Rough Creek Graben, Western Kentucky, in Relation to the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). 43rd annual student research conference, Western Kentucky University. (talk)
91. Gani, N. D., Van Soest, M. C., Gani M., R., Tadesse, K., Neupane, P. C., Falster, A. 2011. Neogene unroofing and incision of the Ethiopian Plateau constrained from apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 5-9 December. (poster)
92. Gani, M. R., Gani, N. D., Huang, Y., Rowley, D. B., Tadesse, K., and Neupane, P. C., 2011. Paleoelevation and paleotemperature of the Ethiopian Plateau from multi-system stable isotope analysis. Abstract T13F-2451, presented at 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California, 5-9 December. (poster)
93. Neupane, P. C., Gani, N. D., and Gani, M. R., 2011. Analysis of stream longitudinal profiles of the Blue Nile drainage network to understand mantle-driven uplift of the Ethiopian Plateau. GSA south-central section 45th annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, V. 43, No. 3, p.9. (poster)
94. Sahoo, H., Gani, N. D., Gani, M.R., Hampson, G. J, Howell, J., Buckley, S., and Ranson, A., 2011. Lidar-integrated outcrop characterization of Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, Utah: Towards improved fluvial reservoir modeling. AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90124 © 2011 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, April 10-13, 2011, Houston, Texas. (poster)
95. Ranson, A., Gani, M. R., Hampson, G. J, Gani, N. D., and Sahoo, H., 2011. Complex transition of shallow-marine Star Point Formation to coastal-plain Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, Utah. GSA south-central section 45th annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, V. 43, No. 3, p. 44. (poster)
96. Gani, N. D., Sossamon, L. C.* 2010. Uplift of the Ethiopian Plateau: A complex interaction between tectonics and incision. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 42, No. 5. p. 370. (talk)
97. Gani, M. R., Gani, N. D., 2010. Mantle-plume controlled stratigraphy and sediment dispersal of the East Coast of India during Mesozoic Rifting. GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 42, No. 5. P. 239. (talk)
98. Gani, N. D., and Gani, M. R., 2010. Deciphering evolution of extensional fault systems from transient behavior of bedrock channels: An example from the incision of the Ethiopian Plateau. AAPG Annual Convention, April 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana. (poster)
99. Sahoo, H., Gani, M. R., Hampson, G. J, Gani, N. D., Jewell, T. O., and Ranson, A. 2010. Bed-scale facies architecture of coastal-plain channel and overbank deposits in a tight-gas reservoir analog: Cretaceous Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, Utah. AAPG Annual Convention, April 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana. (poster)
100. Ranson, A., Gani, M. R., Hampson, G. J, Gani, N. D., and Sahoo, H., 2010. Complex Land–Ocean interplay in marginal-marine deposits: Transitions of shallow-marine Starpoint Formation to coastal-plain Blackhawk Formation, Wasatch Plateau, Utah. AAPG Search and Discover Article #90104©2010 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition-11-14 April 2010. (poster)
101. Gani, N. D., Gasparini, N. M., Dawers, N. H., Cosentino, B. 2009. Transient channel response to neotectonics: Observations from alluvial channels draining across the Baton Rouge fault zone, southeastern Louisiana. GSA, October 2009, Portland, Oregon, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs Vol. 41, No. 7. P. 300. (poster)
102. Gani, M. R., Gani, N. D. 2009. Nile sediment budget deficit: A source to sink approach. GSA, Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 41, No. 7. P. 393. (poster)
103. Gani, N. D., and Gani, M. R. 2009. Nile Sediment Budget and Partitioning from the Ethiopian Plateau Source to the Nile Deep-Sea Fan Sink Since Messinian Salinity Crisis 6 Ma Ago. AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90090©2009 AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition, Denver, Colorado, June 7-10, 2009. (poster)
104. Gani, N. D., Abdelsalam, M. G., Gera, S., and Gani, M. R. 2008. Advancement in understanding the Structural and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Blue Nile Basin, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau by Integrating Optical-Radar Remote Sensing Analysis with Field Studies. AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90078@2008 AAPG Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas. (poster)
105. Gani, M. R. and Gani, N. D., 2008. Brookian Clinoform Play within Deepwater Torok Formation, Northeast NPRA, Alaska. AAPG Search and Discovery Article #90078@2008 AAPG Annual Convention, San Antonio, Texas. (poster)
106. Gani, N. D., 2007. Incision Mapping of a Drainage Basin from Integrated GIS and Digital Elevation Models: Implications for Sediment Budget and Timing in Frontier Petroleum Basins. 2007 AAPG Annual Convention, Long Beach, California. (Top 10 poster presentation, AAPG annual meeting 2007, Long Beach, California, USA).
107. Gani, N. D., Abdelsalam, M. G., Gani, M. R., 2006. River Incision and Pulsed Growth of Ethiopian Plateau from Integrated GIS and Digital Elevation Models. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California. (poster)
108. Sultana, D. N., Abdelsalam, M. G., 2005. Extensional Geologic History of the Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia, from Remote Sensing Data and Field Studies. 2005 AAPG Annual Convention, Calgary, Canada, Abstract volume, V. 14, p. A135. (poster)
109. Sultana, D. N., 2005. What is controlling the Gorge of the Nile in Ethiopia? An Integrated Approach from ASTER, RADARSAT, DEMs, and Field Studies. AAPG Annual Convention, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Abstract volume, V. 14, p. A135. (Outstanding paper award in student oral presentation, AAPG annual meeting 2005, Calgary, Canada).
110. Sultana, D. N., Abdelsalam, M. G. 2005. Geologic controls of the Gorge of the Nile in Ethiopia: an integrated approach from Aster, Radarsat, DEMs, and field studies. GSA south-central section-39th annual meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, V. 37, No. 3, p. 4. (talk)
111. Sultana, D. N., Abdelsalam, M. G., Gera, S. 2004. Evolution of the Gorge of the Nile, Ethiopia, from Integration of Optical and Radar Remote Sensing and Field Studies. 20th Colloquium of African Geology, Orleans, France, 2004. (talk)
112. Sultana, D. N., Abdelsalam, M. G. 2004. Multi-Spatial Resolution Digital Elevation Models for Studying the Evolution of Complex Drainage System: The Gorge of the Nile, Ethiopia. 2004 AAPG Annual Convention, Dallas, Texas, Abstract volume, V. 13, p. A134. (poster)
113. Lee, K., Gani, M. R., Zeng, X., McMechan, G. A., Griffin, W. R., Sultana, D. N., Bhattacharya, J. P., Aiken, C. L. V., and Xu, X., 2004. GPR Survey of a Delta front reservoir Analog, the Wall Creek Member, Frontier Formation, Wyoming. AAPG 2004 Annual Convention Abstracts Volume, p. A82.
114. Sultana, D. N., Abdelsalam, M. G., 2003. Evolution of the Blue Nile Gorge, Ethiopia, from Optical and Radar Remote Sensing and Digital Elevation Models Data Integration. 2003 AAPG Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, Utah, Official Program with Abstracts, V. 12, p. A164. (poster)
115. Sultana, D. N., Abdelsalam, M. G., 2003. Evolution of the Blue Nile Gorge, Ethiopia, from integration of Optical and Radar Remote Sensing Data and Digital Elevation Models, GSA Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, Official Program with Abstracts, V. 34, No. 24-6, p. 63. (poster)
116. Sultana, D. N., Alam, M. M. 2001. Facies analysis of the Neogene Surma Group succession in the subsurface of the Sylhet Trough, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh. 10th Geological Conference, Bangladesh Geological Society, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Official Program with Abstracts, p. 70. (talk)