Assistant Professor
Research Interests: reservoir simulation, data analytics, Unconventional Reservoirs, geologic carbon storage
Center Director, Professor Chemical & Petroleum Engineering - Energy Geosystems Research group
Professor of Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
Research Interests: climate change, sea level fluctuations, Arabian Plate
Research Professor of Rock Geomechanics Research
Research Interests: Geomechanics, Drilling, Well completion, Reservoir modeling
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
Professor of Mechatronics and Energy Systems Research Group
Research Interests: Power Conversion and Distribution, Subsurface Mechatronics, Renewable Energy Systems
Associate Professor, Advanced Reservoir Modeling and Simulation Research group
Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery, experimental design, compositional modeling, fractured reservoirs
Professor of Carbonate Reservoirs Studies
Research Interests: Modern & ancient carbonates, diagenesis, chemo stratigraphy, Geothermal energy
Flow Assurance Technician
Research Interests: Experimental petrophysics, SCAL, Core flooding experiments
Geoscience Data Specialist - Buchem Group
Research Interests: Data engineering, Data science in Geoscience
Lab Technician
Research Interests: Surface Characterization, Thin Film Deposition, Solid State Physics, Semiconductor, Rocks Characterization
Petrophysics Technician
Research Interests: Petrophysics, RCA, SCAL, microCT, core-flooding, core analysis
Geological Laboratory Technician
Research Interests: Lapidary, Thin Sections, Metasomatism
Research Specialist - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: thermal plasma, instrumentation
Research Specialist - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: Mechanical design, Oil and Gas Drilling tools design
Research Scientist - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: Power Electronics, Magnetic measurements, Automotive Electronics, electronics manufacturing
Research Scientist - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Geophysics, Deep learning, Signal Processing
Research Scientist - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: CO2 sequestration, carbon mineralization
Research Scientist - Afifi group
Research Interests: Structural styles, strike-slip tectonics, analogue modelling
Research Scientist - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Carbonate sedimentology, diagenesis, Paleoclimate
Research Scientist - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Carbonate characterization, Digital rock analysis, machine learning, CO2 sequestration
Research Scientist - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Well completion, wellbore stability, fluid transport through porous media
Research Specialist - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: Power Electronics, Electronic Circuits, Wireless Power Transmission, Power Systems
Research Specialist - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: Software architect, MLOps, computer vision, GStreamer, photogrammetry
Post-doctoral fellow - Yan Group
Research Interests: Clay particles, Molecular Dynamics, multiscale modelling and simulation
Post-doctoral Fellow - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Rock fracture mechanics, Fluid flow and transport
Post-Doctoral Fellow - Afifi Group
Research Interests: Volcanology, Melt-rocks interactions, Igneous Petrology
Post-doctoral Fellow - Yan Group
Research Interests: machine learning, reservoir simulation, Hydraulic fracturing
Post-doctoral Fellow - Afifi Group
Research Interests: stratigraphy, Tectonics, Paleogeography
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
Post-doctoral Fellow - Finkbeiner Group
Research Interests: Thermodynamics, finite element methods, fracture phase field, material modeling, Arabian plate deformation
Postdoctoral Fellow - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Sedimentology, Carbonate, Stratigraphy, diagenesis, rock physics, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Reservoir modeling
Post-doctoral fellow - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Soft matter, clogging, granular flow, magnetically-reactive fluids
Post-doctoral Fellow - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: seismic interpretation, unconventional energy, rock physics, non-seismic method
Post-doctoral Fellow - Afifi Group
Research Interests: Arabian Plate Geology, geomorphology, Pediments, Planation Surfaces, Weathering, Volcanism, Sedimentology, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Red Sea Geology
Post-doctoral Fellow - Afifi Group
Research Interests: Paleogeography, CO2 storage, rift margin, source-to-sink, clastics
Post-doctoral Fellow - Patzek Group
Research Interests: Lost circulation control, Polymer rheology, Low-salinity waterflooding
Postdoctoral Fellow - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: Motor control drives, PMSM, Condition Monitoring, Predictive maintenance, Fault diagnosis
PhD Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Modern and fossil foraminifera, paleoecology, micropaleontology
Ph.D. Student - Yan Group
Research Interests: multiphase fluid flow, physics-informed deep learning, reservoir simulation
Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group
Research Interests: Sequence Stratigraphy, Carbonates, Core an well-log analysis
Ph.D. Student - Afifi Group
Research Interests: Dikes, Volcanism, Geochemistry
Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group
Research Interests: Sequence Stratigraphy, Microfacies Analysis, diagenesis
Ph.D. Student - Yan Group
Research Interests: Reservoir modeling, Deep learning, Physics-informed ML, optimization
Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Enhanced gas recovery, gas condensate dropout, molecular diffusion modeling, EOS, Experimental microfluidics
Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: PVT Analysis,, Equation of State, Phase Behavior, PVT Modeling
Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: micritization, carbonate diagenesis, sediment-microbe interactions, microbial metabolisms, stable isotopes
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
Ph.D. Student - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: Control Systems Engineering, Power Electronics, Renewable Energies
Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Formation Damage, Stimulation, Organic and Inorganic Oilfield Scale, Chemical Enhanced Oil recovery
Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Chemical EOR, CO2 EOR, Micromodels, Core flooding experiments, Reservoir & Simulation modeling
Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Organic Geochemistry, Basin Modelling, X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)
Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Deep learning, Artificial Intelligence, Reservoir engineering, Petroleum & Energy Economics, Sustainability
Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Paleoclimate, Carbonate sedimentology, Mass extinctions, Astrogeology
Ph.D. student - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Carbon captured storage and utilization, CO2 EOR, Complex fluids, Drilling and production engineering,
Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Reservoir characterization at pore scale, Image processing
Ph.D. Student - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Characterization of the sedimentation process of kaolinite suspensions, Durability of red stratum sandstone in different slaking fluids
Ph.D. student - Santamarina group
Research Interests: geotechnical engineering, energy resources
Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Carbonate Reservoirs, Sequence Stratigraphy, well logging and seismic
Ph.D. Student - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: Automation Drilling, Real Time Drilling Optimization, Torque and Drag Models
Ph.D. Student - Santamarina group
Research Interests: Numerical simulation of coastal currents, Sediment transport processes in the coastal ocean, Wave analysis, Deep sea mining
Ph.D. Student - Patzek group
Research Interests: Sustainability, Energy, Development
Ph.D. Student - Patzek Group
Research Interests: Mud logging, Well Logging, Gas Chromatography, Thermodynamics, reservoir simulation, Multi-phase Flow
Ph.D. Student - Afifi Group
Research Interests: biostratigraphy, structural geology, Tectonics
Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Carbonate Reservoir, Geological Modeling, Sequence Stratigraphy, 3D Printing in Geology
Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp group
Research Interests: high-resolution reservoir characterization, reservoir heterogeneity, Carbonate geology
Ph.D. student - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: wellbore geomechanics, Geology, engineering geology
Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: reservoir heterogeneity, Sequence Stratigraphy, Carbonate geology
Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group
Research Interests: Carbonate Rocks, Sequence Stratigraphy, Conventional and Unconventional Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Reservoir Characterization, CCS, Deep learning, Generative modeling
MS Student - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: Control Systems Engineering, modeling, Simulation
Ms/Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, production forecasting, EOR
MS Student - Finkbeiner Group
Research Interests: CO2 sequestration, Reservoir modeling, enhanced oil recovery
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Supercritical CO2,, Material Properties under Process Conditions
MS/Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Reservoir modeling, enhanced oil recovery, Energy Transition
MS Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Geothermal, Energy Transition, Natural Resources
MS Student - Buchem Group
Research Interests: Carbonate sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy, Reservoir Characterization
MS/Ph.D. Student - Finkbeiner Group
Research Interests: Petroleum geology, petrography
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Multiphase flow, production monitoring, well performance, machine learning
MS Student - Ahmed group
Research Interests: Smart grids, Renewable energy generation, Power efficiency, Power Systems
MS Student - Afifi Group
Research Interests: Ultramafic rocks, Petrology, CO2 storage
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Reservoir numerical simulation, numerical simulation of unconventional oil, multi flow in porous media
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Reservoir modeling, optimization, maximum recovery, uncertainty
MS/PhD student - Yan group
Research Interests: CO2 sequestration, reservoir simulation, multiphase fluid flow, gas hydrate, geothermal development
MS/Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Well Logging Interpretations, Reservoir modeling, Carbonate Reservoirs, Sequence Stratigraphy
MS/Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: engineering geology, geotechnics, Carbonate Reservoirs, Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir modeling
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: reservoir simulation, EOR, modelling, Multiphase flow, Dynamic Characterization, Well Testing
M.S/Ph.D. Student - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Particle crushing, Compaction bands, Hydraulic conductivity
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: CO2 injection, EOR, tight reservoirs, fractured reservoirs
MS/Ph.D. Student - Patzek Group
Research Interests: Exergy, GIS, marine ecology, paleoecology, geobiology
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Drilling and Production, Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery, Unconventional Reservoirs
MS Student - Afifi Group
Research Interests: Petrophysics, Geomechanics1, Pore Pressure Analysis, Geothermal, Geotechnical
MS Student - Afifi Group
Research Interests: Fluids, Minerals, Rock Mechanics1, Carbonates, Geophysics, Tectonic setting
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
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, enhanced oil recovery
MS Student - Patzek Group
Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, enhanced oil recovery, Data Science
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Production Engineering, Production Optimization, Well completion, High Power Laser, EM Waves-Rock Interaction, Unconventional Stimulation Techniques
Ph.D. Student - Afifi Group
Research Interests: Reservoir engineering1, petroleum engineering, reservoir modelling
MS Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: rock mechanics, Reservoir engineering, offshore technology
MS Student - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Reservoir stimulation, Retarded Acid system, Hydraulic fracturing, waterless fracturing, Proppant technologies, Diversion technologies, reservoir simulation
Postdoctoral Fellow - Vahrenkamp group
Research Interests: Carbonate Depositional Systems, geomorphology, Coral Reefs
Research Scientist - Vahrenkamp Group
Research Interests: Carbonate Reservoirs, Unconventional Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, Reservoir Modelling and Heterogeneity
Research Scientist - Patzek Group
Research Interests: Statistical modeling, Bayesian statistics, Probabilistic sensitivity analysis
Post-doctoral Fellow - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Soils properties, sediments properties, soil database
Lab Manager - ANPERC
Research Interests: Extraction and Separation science, Mass spectrometry, Structure elucidation, Environmental analysis, Method validation
Lab Technician
Research Interests: marine geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, carbon reservoirs, climate change, environmental management
Laboratory Technician
Research Interests: Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR), CO2 Thickening, Foam flooding
Post-doctoral Fellow - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Repetitive Loading, mechanical load, Non-destructive testing (NDT)
Postdoctoral Fellow - Ahmed Group
Research Interests: Smart Grid, Micro Grid (Electrical Power System)
Postdoctoral Fellow - Patzek Group
Research Interests: Induction logging, Dielectric spectroscopy, Geophysics
Research Specialist - Afifi Group
Research Interests: ArcGIS, spatial analysis, modeling, digital maps
Associate Center Director & Professor, Energy GeoEngineering Research group
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
Postdoctoral fellow - Patzek Group
Research Interests: reservoir simulation, Reservoir engineering, tight and shale gas, CCS
Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Non-newtonian fluid, lost-circulation, mud loss, herschel-bulkley fluid, cauchy equation of motion
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: polymer-based enhanced oil recovery, microfluidics,, advanced imaging techniques, polymer synthesis
MS Student -ERPE Program- Afifi Group
Research Interests: Environmental Geology, Geothermal energy
MS Student -ERPE Program- Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Reservoir engineering, reservoir simulation, enhanced oil recovery, CO2 Capture
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group
Research Interests: reservoir simulation, history matching, formation evaluation, Petrophysics, Well Logging, Unconventional Hydrocarbons, Field Development Plan
Ph.D. Student - ErSE Program - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Sedimentary basins, Petroleum geology, Gravimetry, Microtremor techniques
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
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek group
Research Interests: Energy, Sustainability
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Santamarina Group
Research Interests: Soil corrosivity, geotechnical engineering, sediment characterization, soil databases
MS Student - ERPE
Research Interests: Carbonate geology, Chemical Enhanced Oil recovery, Viscosity reduction of Petroleum and Petroleum Products using additives
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
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
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Patzek Group
Research Interests: Heavy oil, enhanced oil recovery, Miscible Flooding, Carbonate Reservoirs, reservoir heterogeneity
Ph.D. Student - Patzek Group
Research Interests: enhanced oil recovery, Low salinity water flooding, numerical reservoir modelling
Ph.D. Student- ERPE Program- Patzek Group
Research Interests: Geomechanical Characterisation of Shale, Carbonate Reservoirs, enhanced oil recovery
MS/Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group
Research Interests: Numerical modeling and simulation, flow mechanism, EOR
Ph.D. Student - Patzek Group
Research Interests: enhanced oil recovery, Experimental microfluidics, reservoir modelling
Ph.D. Student - ERPE Program - Hoteit group
Research Interests: EOR, Multiphase flow, Porous media, Corrosion, Pipe, Heavy oil
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