Faculty

Bicheng Yan, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Research Interests: reservoir simulation, data analytics, Unconventional Reservoirs, geologic carbon storage

Tadeusz W. Patzek, Ph.D.

​Center ​Director, Professor Chemical & Petroleum Engineering - Energy Geosystems Research group

Hussein Hoteit, Ph.D.

​Associate Professor, Advanced Reservoir Modeling and Simulation Research group

Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery, experimental design, compositional modeling, fractured reservoirs

Abdulkader Afifi, Ph.D.

​Professor of Arabian Plate Geology group

Research Interests: ​Regional geology of the Middle East, particularly the geological evolution of the Red Sea, Neotectonics and seismicity

Shehab Ahmed, Ph.D.

Professor of Mechatronics and Energy Systems Research Group

Research Interests: Power Conversion and Distribution, Subsurface Mechatronics, Renewable Energy Systems

Volker Vahrenkamp, Ph.D.

​​Professor of Carbonate Reservoirs Studies

Research Interests: Modern & ancient carbonates, diagenesis, chemo stratigraphy, Geothermal energy

Thomas Finkbeiner, Ph.D.

Research Professor of Rock Geomechanics Research

Research Interests: ​Geomechanics, Drilling, Well completion, Reservoir modeling

Frans Van Buchem, Ph.D.

Professor of Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Research Interests: climate change, sea level fluctuations, Arabian Plate

Lab Research Staff

Safya Zaoui

Lab Safety and Operations Specialist

Mahmoud Mowafi

Flow Assurance Technician

Research Interests: Experimental petrophysics, SCAL, Core flooding experiments

Nikolay Gorshkov

Laboratory Manager

Research Interests: Industrial chemistry, Energy sector innovations, New product development, Organic synthesis

Elhadj Marwane Diallo

​Lab Technician

Research Interests: ​Surface Characterization, Thin Film Deposition, Solid State Physics, Semiconductor, Rocks Characterization

Domingo Lattanzi Sanchez

​Petrophysics Technician

Research Interests: ​Petrophysics, RCA, SCAL, microCT, core-flooding, core analysis

Sirisha Kamireddy

Research Specialist - Patzek Group

Research Scientists

Antoine Delaunay

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Arabian Plate Geology, geomorphology, Pediments, Planation Surfaces, Weathering, Volcanism, Sedimentology, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Red Sea Geology

David Fernando Ariza Gonzalez

Research Specialist - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: thermal plasma, instrumentation

Yuriy Kaprielov

Geoscience Data Specialist - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Data engineering, ML in Geoscience

Ivan Chukanov

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Setups engineering, Hydraulic fracturing, materials and process modeling

Claire Birnie

Research Scientist - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: Geophysics, Deep learning, Signal Processing

Jeffrey Carpenter

Geological Laboratory Technician

Research Interests: Lapidary, Thin Sections, Metasomatism

Fahd Mohamed

Research Specialist - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Mechanical design, Oil and Gas Drilling tools design

Mohammed-iliès Ayachi

​Research Specialist - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Software architect, MLOps, computer vision, GStreamer, photogrammetry

Tarek Mostafa

​Research Specialist - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Power Electronics, Electronic Circuits, Wireless Power Transmission, Power Systems

Moutazbellah Khater

Research Scientist - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Power Electronics, Magnetic measurements, Automotive Electronics, electronics manufacturing

Mouadh Addassi, Ph.D.

Research Scientist - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: CO2 sequestration, carbon mineralization

Siarhei Khirevich

​​Research Scientist - Patzek Group

Qi Liu

Research Scientist - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: Well completion, wellbore stability, fluid transport through porous media

Maxim Yutkin

​​​Research Scientist - Patzek Group

Postdoctoral Fellows

Guillaume Baby

Research Scientist - Afifi Group

Research Interests: stratigraphy, Tectonics, Paleogeography

Jooyoung Im

Post-doctoral Fellow - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: Geobiochemical interactions, Material development, Permanent nuclear waste storage

Thomas Teillet

​Postdoctoral Fellow - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Sedimentology, Carbonate, Stratigraphy, diagenesis, rock physics, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Reservoir modeling

Yiteng Li

Post-doctoral fellow - Hoteit Group

Niccolò Menegoni

Post-doctoral Fellow - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: .Rock Mechanics, structural geology, CO2 storage

Amir Kalifi

Post-doctoral fellow - Buchem Group

Najeh Ben Chaabane

Post-doctoral Fellow - Buchem Group

Davide Berno

Post-Doctoral Fellow - Afifi Group

Research Interests: Volcanology, Melt-rocks interactions, Igneous Petrology

Zeeshan Tariq

Post-doctoral Fellow - Yan Group

Research Interests: machine learning, reservoir simulation, Hydraulic fracturing

Bing Yang

Post-doctoral Fellow - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: Fractured rock mass, Physical model test, Acoustic emission, Hydrofracturing, Reverse engineering

Jihede Haj Messaoud

Post-doctoral fellow - Buchem Group

Manojkumar Gudala

Post-Doctoral Fellow - Yan Group

Muhammad Ali

Post-doctoral Fellow - Hoteit group

Research Interests: Gas Geo-storage (H2 and CO2), Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery, Petro-physics, Multi-phase Flow Through Porous Media

Chima Justin Ezekiel

Post-doctoral Fellow

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Yuri Panara

Post-doctoral fellow - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: structural geology

Musa Aliyu

Post-doctoral Fellow - Finkbeiner Group

Ksenia Kaprielova

​Post-doctoral Fellow - Patzek Group

Research Interests: ​Lost circulation control, Polymer rheology, Low-salinity waterflooding

Jing Ye

Post-doctoral Fellow - Afifi Group

Research Interests: Paleogeography, CO2 storage, rift margin, source-to-sink, clastics

Andika Perbawa

Post-doctoral Fellow - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: seismic interpretation, unconventional energy, rock physics, non-seismic method​

Ph.D. Students

Ali Alibrahim

Ph.D. Student - Afifi Group

Research Interests: Foraminiferal micropaleontology, Paleonceanography, Paleoclimatology

Hamoud Alqahtani

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS, Chemical Enhanced Oil recovery, EOR

Manuel Eduardo Ariza Fuentes

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Paleoclimate, Carbonate sedimentology, Mass extinctions, Astrogeology

Mustafa Alkhowaildi

PhD student - Yan Group

Research Interests: Environment, Carbon Storage, Sustainability, modeling

Dea Vallerie Oemaiya

Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Carbonate characterization, CCUS, Rock imaging, Isotope analysis

Wesam Abu Laila

Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Oyster Mounts, Organic-rich deposits

Ziyou Liu

Ph.D. Student - Yan Group

Research Interests: H-M coupling, fracture, underground gas storage

Reenal Faysal

Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: structural geology, earthquake geology, 3D seismic interpretation

Daniela Ortiz

Ph.D. Student - Patzek Group

Research Interests: ​Mud logging, Well Logging, Gas Chromatography, Thermodynamics, reservoir simulation, Multi-phase Flow

Miliausha Petrova

Ph.D. Student - Afifi Group

Research Interests: ​​Reservoir engineering1, petroleum engineering, reservoir modelling

Enoc Basilio

​Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Multiphase flow in porous media (complex fluids), experimental design, improved oil recovery, carbon capture and sequestration, Geothermal energy

Evgeny Ugolkov

Ph.D Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir engineering

Ali Altowilib

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: PVT Analysis,, Equation of State, Phase Behavior, PVT Modeling

Abdullah Al Omier

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Enhanced gas recovery, gas condensate dropout, molecular diffusion modeling, EOS, Experimental microfluidics

Feras Rowaihy

​Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Deep learning, Artificial Intelligence, Reservoir engineering, Petroleum & Energy Economics, Sustainability

Akbar Nugroho Wicaksono

Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: reservoir heterogeneity, Sequence Stratigraphy, ​Carbonate geology

Lingai Guo

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Tojo Chirakal

Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: ​Carbonate geology, facies & microfacies analysis, Sequence Stratigraphy, diagenesis

Zhilei Han

Ph.D. student - Yan Group

Research Interests: H2 storage, THMCB modeling, Geomechanics1

Nicolas Boehm

Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Sequence Stratigraphy, Carbonates, Core an well-log analysis

Giacomo Losi

PhD Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Quaternary Geology, Remote Sensing, Sedimentology, stratigraphy, Archeology

Sayed Hassan Alsaihati

Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy, Sea-level Fluctuation, reservoir heterogeneity, Jurassic, Tuwaiq Mountain Sequence

Mengwei Liu

​Ph.D. Student - Santamarina group

Research Interests: ​Numerical simulation of coastal currents, Sediment transport processes in the coastal ocean, Wave analysis, Deep sea mining

Ali Alhubail

Ph.D. - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: ​Production Engineering, Production Optimization, Well completion, High Power Laser, EM Waves-Rock Interaction, Unconventional Stimulation Techniques

Maria Alejandra Ardila Sanchez

Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Unconventional Reservoirs, Organic-rich mudrocks, ​Carbonate Rocks

Billal Aslam

Ph.D. Student - Yan Group

Research Interests: reservoir simulation, CCUS, Data-driven modeling

Francesca Giovenzana

PhD Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Modern and fossil foraminifera, paleoecology, micropaleontology

Otavio Jose Dezem Bertozzi Junior

Ph.D. Student - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Control Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, Renewable Energies

Miguel Corrales

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir Characterization, CCS, Deep learning, Generative modeling

Abdulwahab Alqahtani

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: ​Chemical EOR, Al

Zhao Xia

​Ph.D. Student - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: ​Characterization of the sedimentation process of kaolinite suspensions, Durability of red stratum sandstone in different slaking fluids

Muhammad Usman

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: ​Organic Geochemistry, Basin Modelling, X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)

Xin Liu

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Reservoir characterization at pore scale, Image processing

Abdirizak Ali Omar

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: CO2 storage, CO2 EOR

Tihana Pensa

​Ph.D. Student - Afifi Group

Research Interests: ​biostratigraphy, structural geology, Tectonics

Kai Hachmann

Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: micritization, carbonate diagenesis, sediment-microbe interactions, microbial metabolisms, stable isotopes

Jelena Skenderija

​Ph.D. student - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: wellbore geomechanics, Geology, engineering geology

Indra Arifianto

Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Geothermal exploration

Indah Putri

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: ​Carbonate Reservoir, Geological Modeling, Sequence Stratigraphy, 3D Printing in Geology

Gaurav Siddharth Gairola

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Carbonate Reservoirs, Sequence Stratigraphy, well logging and seismic

Ertugrul Yildirim

Ph.D. Student - Yan Group

Research Interests: Reservoir modeling, Deep learning, Physics-informed ML, optimization

Amer Alanazi

​Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: ​Chemical EOR, CO2 EOR, Micromodels, Core flooding experiments, Reservoir & Simulation modeling

Guang Ooi

​Ph.D. student - Ahmed group

Research Interests: ​Drilling optimization

Masters Students

Mariia Solodiankina

MS Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: modeling, enhanced oil recovery, Reservoir engineering

Lama Alshammari

MS Student- Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Energy storage, battery system modeling

Huseyn Yusifov

MS Student - Yan Group

Research Interests: fluid flow in subsurface porous media, machine learning, Physics-informed neural network

Carlos Rodriguez

​M.S/Ph.D. Student - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: ​Particle crushing, Compaction bands, Hydraulic conductivity

Salvador Rojas Lequerica

Ms/Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Asphaltites, Basin Modelling, Sequence Stratigraphy

Ali Alhejab

MS Student - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: photovoltaic, faults detection, renewable power

Maria Alejandra Ortiz

MS Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Geothermal, Energy Transition, Natural Resources

Mohammed Aldossary

MS Student - Buchem Group

Research Interests: Carbonate sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Characterization

Simon Zougheib

Ms/Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, production forecasting, EOR

Mauricio Lozano Castro

MS/Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir modeling, enhanced oil recovery, Energy Transition

Martin Hoecherl

MS Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Supercritical CO2,, Material Properties under Process Conditions

Deemah Al Fuhaid

MS Student - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Control Systems Engineering, modeling, Simulation

Victor Eduardo Fonseca Medina

​MS/Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: engineering geology, geotechnics, Carbonate Reservoirs, Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir modeling

Jordania Zerpa

​MS Student - Afifi Group

Research Interests: Fluids, Minerals, Rock Mechanics1, Carbonates, Geophysics, Tectonic setting

Ruben Figueroa Hernandez

​MS Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: reservoir simulation, EOR, modelling, Multiphase flow, Dynamic Characterization, Well Testing

Samuel Fontalvo Guzman

​MS Student - Patzek Group

Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, enhanced oil recovery, Data Science

Regina Iakusheva

​MS Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Philip Mitchell

MS/Ph.D. Student - Patzek Group

Research Interests: Exergy, GIS, marine ecology, paleoecology, geobiology

Mutaz Alsubhi

​MS Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery

Jose Davalos

​MS/Ph.D. Student - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: ​Enhanced Oil Recovery processes, Multiphase flow in porous media (complex fluids), Unconventional Hydrocarbons, Gas and oil production, CO2 flooding and gas injection

Hussain Aldaif

MS Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: ​CO2 injection, EOR, tight reservoirs, fractured reservoirs

Haytham Alhamed

MS Student - Ahmed Group

Maha AlSabban

MS Student - Ahmed group

Research Interests: Smart grids, Renewable energy generation, Power efficiency, Power Systems

Sebastian Patiño

​MS/Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Well Logging Interpretations, Reservoir modeling, Carbonate Reservoirs, Sequence Stratigraphy

Administrative Staff

Adzlina Abdullah

Administrative Assistant

Marwa Ghammam

Procurement Specialist

Salah Alsaffar

Business Manager - ANPERC

Juliet Aber

​Technical Writer I Administrative Assistant

Gabrielle Abelskamp

Center Executive Secretary

Asma Husain

Administrative Assistant

Mariana Zapparoli

Administrative and Communications Specialist

Former ANPERC Members

Zia Ullah

​Postdoctoral Fellow - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: ​Motor control drives, PMSM, Condition Monitoring, Predictive maintenance, Fault diagnosis

Maimoona Jehangir

Administrative Assistant

Viswasanthi Chandra

​Research Scientist - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Carbonate characterization, Digital rock analysis, machine learning, CO2 sequestration

Ahmed Hafez Abdelaziz

Post-doctoral fellow - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: Soft matter, clogging, granular flow, magnetically-reactive fluids

Andrea Munoz Ibanez

Post-doctoral Fellow - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: Rock fracture mechanics, Fluid flow and transport

Aasem Alghamdi

Senior Business Specialist

Santiago Peña Clavijo

Post-doctoral Fellow - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: Thermodynamics, finite element methods, fracture phase field, material modeling, Arabian plate deformation

Soukat Kumar Das

Post-doctoral Fellow - Finkbeiner Group

Jakub Fedorik

Research Scientist - Afifi group

Research Interests: ​Structural styles, strike-slip tectonics, analogue modelling

Alexander Petrovic

Research Scientist - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Carbonate sedimentology, diagenesis, Paleoclimate

Alexandros Tasianas, PhD

​Postdoctoral Fellow - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: CO2 storage, CCUS, subsurface fluid flow, seismic interpretation, 3D geological modeling, field work

J. Carlos Santamarina, Ph.D.

​​​​Associate Center Director & Professor, Energy GeoEngineering Research group

Joshua Smith

​Post-doctoral Fellow - Santamarina group

Arlette De Santiago

​Research Specialist - Afifi Group

Research Interests: ​ArcGIS, spatial analysis, modeling, digital maps

Aeisha Salem

​Center Business Manager

Wonjun Cha

Post-doctoral Fellow - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: ​Repetitive Loading, mechanical load, Non-destructive testing (NDT)

Marisol Salva Ramirez

Post-doctoral Fellow - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: Soils properties, sediments properties, soil database

Lalit Kumar

​Postdoctoral Fellow - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: ​Smart Grid, Micro Grid (Electrical Power System)

Wissem Kirati

​​Research Engineer - Patzek Group

Nabila Bounceur

​Research Scientist - Patzek Group

Research Interests: Statistical modeling, Bayesian statistics, Probabilistic sensitivity analysis

Zeyad Al-Talla

​Lab Manager - ANPERC

Research Interests: ​Extraction and Separation science, Mass spectrometry, Structure elucidation, Environmental analysis, Method validation

Marika Panagiotou

​Lab Technician

Research Interests: ​marine geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, carbon reservoirs, climate change, environmental management

Xuan Zhang

​Laboratory Technician

Research Interests: ​Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), CO2 Thickening, Foam flooding

Pankaj Khanna, Ph.D.

​Postdoctoral Fellow - Vahrenkamp group

Research Interests: ​Carbonate Depositional Systems, geomorphology, Coral Reefs

Israa Abu-Mahfouz, Ph.D.

Research Scientist - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Carbonate Reservoirs, Unconventional Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Reservoir Modelling and Heterogeneity

Nayab Mukhtar

Lab Safety and Operations Specialist - ANPERC

Karen M. Barter

​​Executive Secretary​​​​​​​​ - ANPERC

Timofey Eltsov, Ph.D.

​Postdoctoral Fellow - Patzek Group

Research Interests: Induction logging, Dielectric spectroscopy, Geophysics

Junghee Park, Ph.D.

Research Scientist - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: Repetitive Mechanical Loads: experimental study/ Constitutive model, Revised Soil Classification System RSCS for engineering purpose, soil properties: physics-inspired, data-driven, experimental methods in research

Dr. Lukasz Klimkowski

Postdoctoral fellow - Patzek Group​

Research Interests: reservoir simulation, Reservoir engineering, tight and shale gas, CCS

ANPERC Alumni

Aytaj Khodayeva

MS/Ph.D. Student - Afifi group

Research Interests: CO2 capture and storage (CCS)

Fatimah Alramadan

MS Student - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: CO2 sequestration, Reservoir modeling, enhanced oil recovery

Maria Camila Lopez Suarez

MS Student - Afifi Group

Research Interests: Ultramafic rocks, Petrology, CO2 storage

Zhen Zhang

Ph.D Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir numerical simulation, numerical simulation of unconventional oil, multi flow in porous media

Jamal Alaamri

​Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: ​Formation Damage, Stimulation, Organic and Inorganic Oilfield Scale, Chemical Enhanced Oil recovery

Natalia Odnoletkova

​Ph.D. Student - Patzek group

Research Interests: Sustainability, Energy, Development

Ahmad Ihsan Ramdani

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp group

Research Interests: high-resolution reservoir characterization, reservoir heterogeneity, ​Carbonate geology

Marcelo Benitez

​Ph.D. student - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: Carbon captured storage and utilization, CO2 EOR, Complex fluids, Drilling and production engineering,

Evgeniya Volkova

Post-doctoral fellow - Yan Group

Research Interests: Clay particles, Molecular Dynamics, multiscale modelling and simulation

Cristian Camilo Guerrero Castro

​Ph.D. student - Santamarina group

Research Interests: geotechnical engineering, energy resources

Qasim Sahu

​MS Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: ​Reservoir stimulation, Retarded Acid system, Hydraulic fracturing, waterless fracturing, Proppant technologies, Diversion technologies, reservoir simulation

Tian Qiao

​MS Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: ​rock mechanics, Reservoir engineering, offshore technology

Frankstein Arphan

​MS Student - Afifi Group

Research Interests: ​Petrophysics, Geomechanics1, Pore Pressure Analysis, Geothermal, Geotechnical

Fatimah Al Sunbul

​MS Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: ​Drilling and Production, Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery, Unconventional Reservoirs

Jialing Dai

Ph.D. Student - Yan Group

Research Interests: dynamic rupture modeling,, induced seismicity, computational fracture mechanics, seismic cycle

Zhen Xu

MS/PhD student - Yan group

Research Interests: CO2 sequestration, reservoir simulation, multiphase fluid flow, gas hydrate, geothermal development

Yousef AlHammad

MS Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Multiphase flow, production monitoring, well performance, machine learning

Noor Alsaif

MS Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir modeling, optimization, maximum recovery, uncertainty

Natanael Bolson

​Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek group

Research Interests: Energy, Sustainability

Elmir Abilov

​MS Student - Patzek Group

Research Interests: ​Reservoir engineering and modelling, enhanced oil recovery, well engineering

Alexis Koulidis

​Ph.D. Student - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Automation Drilling, Real Time Drilling Optimization, Torque and Drag Models

Xupeng He

​MS/Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: ​Numerical modeling and simulation, flow mechanism, EOR

Ahmed Saad

​Ph.D. Student - Patzek Group​

Research Interests: enhanced oil recovery, Experimental microfluidics, reservoir modelling

Rami Albattat

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Non-newtonian fluid, lost-circulation, mud loss, herschel-bulkley fluid, cauchy equation of motion

Ahmed S. Hassan

​​Ph.D. Student - Patzek Group

Research Interests: enhanced oil recovery, Low salinity water flooding, numerical reservoir modelling

Juliana Rueda Rivas

MS Student -ERPE Program- Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, enhanced oil recovery, CO2 Capture

Murtadha Al Malallah

​MS Student -ERPE Program- Afifi Group

Research Interests: ​Environmental Geology, Geothermal energy

Antonia Sugar

​Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: polymer-based enhanced oil recovery, microfluidics,, advanced imaging techniques, polymer synthesis

Wardana Saputra

​​Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group

Research Interests: reservoir simulation, history matching, formation evaluation, ​Petrophysics, Well Logging, Unconventional Hydrocarbons, Field Development Plan

Clara Modenesi

​Ph.D. Student - ErSE Program - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: ​Sedimentary basins, Petroleum geology, Gravimetry, Microtremor techniques

Farizal Hakiki

Ph.D. Student - ErSE Program - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: Effective Medium Theory, Electromagnetic (EM) Wave, Colloids and Surfaces, Complex Permittivity, GA/PSO/CMA-ES Algorithm

Syed Haider

Ph.D. Student- ERPE Program- Patzek Group

Research Interests: ​Geomechanical Characterisation of Shale, Carbonate Reservoirs, enhanced oil recovery

Gloria M. Castro

​Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: ​Soil corrosivity, geotechnical engineering, sediment characterization, soil databases

Teyyuba Adigozalova

​M.S. Student - ERPE

Research Interests: Carbonate Reservoirs, Well logging & Seismic Data Interpretations, Petrophysical Modelling, Reservoir Characterization, 3D Static and Dynamic Reservoir Modelling, Conventional & Unconventional Reservoir Studies, Production Optimization, enhanced oil recovery

Michael Oyinloye

​MS Student - ERPE

Research Interests: ​Carbonate geology, Chemical Enhanced Oil recovery, Viscosity reduction of Petroleum and Petroleum Products using additives

Eduardo Gramajo Silva

Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Santamarina Group

Research Interests: ​Multiphase flow systems, Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) for “Unconventional Energy” or “CO2 Plume Geothermal (CPG)”, Fluid-sediment interaction, Enhanced methane hydrates extraction, with carbon dioxide injection, Geomechanics of reservoirs

Ryan Santoso

​Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Hoteit group

Research Interests: EOR, Multiphase flow, Porous media, Corrosion, Pipe, Heavy oil

Saleh F. Hassan

​​​​​​Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group

Research Interests: Heavy oil, enhanced oil recovery, Miscible Flooding, Carbonate Reservoirs, reservoir heterogeneity

Weiwei Zhu

​​​​MS/Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group

Research Interests: ​Petrophysics, mechanics of oil and gas flow in porous media, numerical modeling and simulation of reservoirs, fractal and multifractal theory

Visiting/Intern Student

Nicolas Cardenas Acevedo

Visiting Student - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: Energy storage, Nanotechnology, Drilling Fluids

Can Wei

Visiting Student - Finkbeiner Group

Research Interests: geotechnical engineering, Rock Mechanics1, Hydraulic fracturing

Corinne D’Anna

Visiting Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Marine Science, geobiology, taphonomy

Perrine Bois

Visiting Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Geology, Carbonate, geomorphology

Gustavo Soares Valentim

Visiting Student - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: Power Electronics, Power Systems, Design Algorithms, Electrical Machines, Control Theory, Energy Conversion