Center Director & Professor, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering - Energy Geosystems Research group
Associate Center Director & Professor, Energy GeoEngineering Research group
Associate Professor, Advanced Reservoir Modeling and Simulation Research group
Research Interest: Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery, experimental design, compositional modeling, fractured reservoirs
Professor of Arabian Plate Geology group
Research Interest: Regional geology of the Middle East, particularly the geological evolution of the Red Sea, Neotectonics and seismicity
Professor of Carbonate Reservoirs Studies
Research Interest: Modern & ancient carbonates, diagenesis, chemo stratigraphy, Geothermal energy
Professor of Mechatronics and Energy Systems Research Group
Research Interest: Power Conversion and Distribution, Subsurface Mechatronics, Renewable Energy Systems
Research Professor of Rock Geomechanics Research
Research Interest: Geomechanics, Drilling, Well completion, Reservoir modeling, Full field simulation
Professor of Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
Research Interest: climate change, sea level fluctuations, Arabian Plate
Assistant Professor
Research Interest: reservoir simulation, data analytics, Unconventional Reservoirs, geologic carbon storage
Lab Manager - ANPERC
Research Interest: Extraction and Separation science, Mass spectrometry, Structure elucidation, Environmental analysis, Method validation
Lab Technician - ANPERC
Research Interest: Surface Characterization, Thin Film Deposition, Solid State Physics, Nanotechnology, Semiconductor, Materials Science, Metrology, Thermal Deposition, Rocks Characterization
Petrophysics Technician
Research Interest: Petrophysics, RCA, SCAL, microCT, Geology, core-flooding, core analysis, teaching and mentoring
Lab Technician
Research Interest: marine geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, carbon reservoirs, climate change, environmental management
Laboratory Technician
Research Interest: Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), CO2 Thickening, Foam flooding
Research Specialist - Ahmed Group
Research Interest: Software architect, MLOps, DevOps, machine learning, computer vision, IOT, Unity, Unreal, VR, tensorflow, keras, pytorch, opencv, GStreamer, nvidia jetson, photogrammetry, python, C#, digital twin
Research Scientist - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Carbonate Reservoirs, Unconventional Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Reservoir Modelling and Heterogeneity
Research Scientist - ANPERC
Research Interest: Carbonate characterization, Digital rock analysis, machine learning, CO2 sequestration, enhanced oil recovery
Research Scientist - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Geophysics, Deep learning, Signal Processing
Research Scientist - Patzek Group
Research Interest: Statistical modeling, Bayesian statistics, Probabilistic sensitivity analysis
Research Scientist - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Well completion, wellbore stability, fluid transport through porous media
Research Specialist - Ahmed Group
Research Interest: Power Electronics, Electronic Circuits, Wireless Power Transmission, Power Systems
Research Specialist - Afifi Group
Research Interest: ArcGIS, spatial analysis, modeling, digital maps
Postdoctoral Fellow - Vahrenkamp group
Research Interest: Carbonate Depositional Systems, geomorphology, Coral Reefs
Postdoctoral Fellow - Afifi group
Research Interest: Structural styles, strike-slip tectonics, analogue modelling
Postdoctoral Fellow - Ahmed Group
Research Interest: Smart Grid, Micro Grid (Electrical Power System)
Postdoctoral Fellow - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Sedimentology, Carbonate, Stratigraphy, diagenesis, rock physics, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Reservoir modeling
Postdoctoral Fellow - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Carbonate sedimentology, diagenesis, Paleoclimate
Postdoctoral Fellow - Afifi Group
Research Interest: Paleogeography, CO2 storage, rift margin, source-to-sink, clastics
Postdoctoral Fellow - Ahmed Group
Research Interest: Motor control drives, PMSM, Condition Monitoring, Predictive maintenance, Fault diagnosis
Postdoctoral Fellow - Patzek Group
Research Interest: Lost circulation control, Polymer rheology, Low-salinity waterflooding
Postdoctoral Fellow - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Reactive transport modeling, CO2 sequestration, Mineral characterization, Materials, Deep learning
Postdoctoral Fellow - Afifi Group
Research Interest: Arabian Plate Geology, geomorphology, Pediments, Planation Surfaces, Weathering, Volcanism, Sedimentology, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Red Sea Geology
Postdoctoral Fellow - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: CO2 storage, CCUS, subsurface fluid flow, seismic interpretation, 3D geological modeling, field work
Postdoctoral Fellow - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Soils properties, sediments properties, soil database
Postdoctoral Fellow - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Methane hydrates, Enhanced coal bed methane production, CO2 capture and sequestration
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Soil corrosivity, geotechnical engineering, sediment characterization, soil databases
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Ahmed Group
Research Interest: Automation Drilling, Real Time Drilling Optimization, Torque and Drag Models
MS/Ph.D. Student - EE Program - Ahmed Group
Research Interest: Control Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, Renewable Energies, Power Systems Engineering
Ph.D. student - ERPE Program - Ahmed Group
Research Interest: wellbore geomechanics, Geology, engineering geology
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Carbonate Reservoir, Geological Modeling, Sequence Stratigraphy, 3D Printing in Geology
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program-Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Geothermal exploration
PhD student - ERPE program - Afifi Group
Research Interest: biostratigraphy, structural geology, Tectonics
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group
Research Interest: Mud logging, Well Logging, Gas Chromatography, Thermodynamics, reservoir simulation, Multi-phase Flow
Ph.D. Student-ERPE Program-Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: seismic interpretation, unconventional energy, rock physics, non-seismic method
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Multiphase flow in porous media (complex fluids), experimental design, improved oil recovery, carbon capture and sequestration, Geothermal energy
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: polymer-based enhanced oil recovery, microfluidics,, advanced imaging techniques, polymer synthesis
Ph.D. Student-ERPE Program-Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Characterization of the sedimentation process of kaolinite suspensions, Durability of red stratum sandstone in different slaking fluids, Experimental studies and theoretical modelling of cement-stabilized granular materials, Multi scale study on physical and mechanical properties of kaolin in salt environments
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Santamarina group
Research Interest: Numerical simulation of coastal currents, Sediment transport processes in the coastal ocean, Wave analysis, Deep sea mining
Ph.D. student - ERPE Program - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Drilling engineering, Rock Mechanics1, Geomechanics1, Drilling Fluids, Cementing, Estimulation techniques
PhD Student -ERPE Program-Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Paleoclimate, Carbonate sedimentology, Mass extinctions, Astrogeology
Ph.D. Student-ERPE Program-Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Organic Geochemistry, Source Rock Characterization, Basin Modelling, X-ray Diffraction (XRD), X-ray Fluorescence (XRF), Pyrolysis, Gas Chromatography (GC), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS), Fluid Inclusion, Biomarkers
MS/Ph.D. Student -ERPE Program- Patzek Group
Research Interest: Exergy, GIS, marine ecology, paleoecology, geobiology
Ph.D. Student - ErSE Program - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Sedimentary basins, Petroleum geology, Gravimetry, Microtremor techniques
Ph.D. Student -ERPE Program- Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Chemical EOR, CO2 EOR, Micromodels, Core flooding experiments, Reservoir & Simulation modeling
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Vahrenkamp group
Research Interest: high-resolution reservoir characterization, reservoir heterogeneity, Carbonate geology
Ph.D. Student-ERPE Program-Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Reservoir characterization at pore scale, Image processing
PhD Student - ERPE - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Formation Damage, Stimulation, Organic and Inorganic Oilfield Scale, Chemical Enhanced Oil recovery
PhD Student -ERPE Program- Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Deep learning, Artificial Intelligence, Reservoir engineering, Petroleum & Energy Economics, Sustainability
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek group
Research Interest: Energy, Sustainability
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Repetitive Loading, mechanical load, Non-destructive testing (NDT)
PhD Student - ERPE - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Carbonate Reservoirs, Sequence Stratigraphy, well logging and seismic
Ph.D. Student- ERPE Program- Patzek Group
Research Interest: Geomechanical Characterisation of Shale, Carbonate Reservoirs, enhanced oil recovery
MS/Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Numerical modeling and simulation, flow mechanism, EOR
Ph.D. Student - ErSE Program - Patzek group
Research Interest: Sustainability, Energy, Development
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group
Research Interest: enhanced oil recovery, Experimental microfluidics, reservoir modelling
MS/Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: petroleum system, Reservoir Characterization, reservoir heterogeneity, geological modelling, Sequence Stratigraphy, Carbonate geology
Ph.D. Student - ErSE Program - Patzek Group
Research Interest: enhanced oil recovery, Low salinity water flooding, numerical reservoir modelling
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group
Research Interest: reservoir simulation, history matching, formation evaluation, Petrophysics, Well Logging, Unconventional Hydrocarbons, Field Development Plan
Ph.D. student - ERPE Program - Santamarina group
Research Interest: geotechnical engineering, energy resources
Ph.D. Student - ErSE Program - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Effective Medium Theory, Electromagnetic (EM) Wave, Colloids and Surfaces, Complex Permittivity, GA/PSO/CMA-ES Algorithm
MS Student - ERPE
Research Interest: Carbonate geology, Chemical Enhanced Oil recovery, Viscosity reduction of Petroleum and Petroleum Products using additives
MS Student -ERPE Program- Afifi Group
Research Interest: Environmental Geology, Geothermal energy
MS Student - ERPE - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: CO2 injection, EOR, tight reservoirs, fractured reservoirs
MS/Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Well Logging Interpretations, Reservoir modeling, Carbonate Reservoirs, Sequence Stratigraphy
MS/Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: engineering geology, geotechnics, Carbonate Reservoirs, Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir modeling
MS Student -ERPE Program- Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, enhanced oil recovery, CO2 Capture
MS Student - Patzek Group
Research Interest: Reservoir engineering and modelling, enhanced oil recovery, well engineering
MS Student -ERPE Program- Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Carbonate Rocks, Sequence Stratigraphy, Conventional and Unconventional Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
MS Student - ERPE - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interest: Reservoir stimulation, Retarded Acid system, Hydraulic fracturing, waterless fracturing, Proppant technologies, Diversion technologies, reservoir simulation
MS Student - ERPE - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Reservoir engineering, Reservoir Modeling and Simulation, fractured reservoirs, Unconventional Hydrocarbon Recovery, Carbon-dioxide Geosequestration
M.S. Student - ERPE
Research Interest: 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
MS Student - ERPE - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: reservoir simulation, EOR, modelling, Multiphase flow, Dynamic Characterization, Well Testing
M.S/Ph.D. student -ERPE Program- Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Particle crushing, Compaction bands, Hydraulic conductivity
MS Student -ERPE Program- Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Drilling and Production, Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery, Unconventional Reservoirs
MS/PhD Student -ERPE Program-Santamarina Group
Research Interest: Enhanced Oil Recovery processes, Multiphase flow in porous media (complex fluids), Unconventional Hydrocarbons, Gas and oil production, CO2 flooding and gas injection
MS Student -ERPE Program- Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery
MS Student -ERPE Program- Patzek Group
Research Interest: Reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, enhanced oil recovery, Data Science
MS Student - ERPE - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Production Engineering, Production Optimization, Well completion, High Power Laser, EM Waves-Rock Interaction, Unconventional Stimulation Techniques
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery, Unconventional Reservoirs, fractured reservoirs, Pore Scale Modelling
MS Student -ERPE Program- Afifi Group
Research Interest: Petrophysics, Geomechanics1, Pore Pressure Analysis, Geothermal, Geotechnical
MS Student -ERPE Program- Afifi Group
Research Interest: Fluids, Minerals, Rock Mechanics1, Carbonates, Geophysics, Tectonic setting
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interest: rock mechanics, Reservoir engineering, offshore technology
Postdoctoral Fellow - Patzek Group
Research Interest: Induction logging, Dielectric spectroscopy, Geophysics
Research Scientist - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: 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
Postdoctoral fellow - Patzek Group
Research Interest: reservoir simulation, Reservoir engineering, tight and shale gas, CCS
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Santamarina Group
Research Interest: 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
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Hoteit group
Research Interest: EOR, Multiphase flow, Porous media, Corrosion, Pipe, Heavy oil
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group
Research Interest: Heavy oil, enhanced oil recovery, Miscible Flooding, Carbonate Reservoirs, reservoir heterogeneity
MS/Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group
Research Interest: Petrophysics, mechanics of oil and gas flow in porous media, numerical modeling and simulation of reservoirs, fractal and multifractal theory
MS Student - ERPE Program - Afifi Group
Research Interest: Reservoir engineering1, petroleum engineering, reservoir modelling