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

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

Ali Altowilib

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

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

Giacomo Losi

PhD Student - Buchem Group

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

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

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

Lingai Guo

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Tojo Chirakal

Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

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

Ertugrul Yildirim

Ph.D. Student - Yan Group

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

Zhen Zhang

Ph.D Student - Hoteit Group

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

Abdullah Al Omier

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

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

Abdulwahab Alqahtani

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: ​Chemical EOR, Al

Sayed Hassan Alsaihati

Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

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

Indra Arifianto

Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Geothermal exploration

Kai Hachmann

Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

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

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

Otavio Jose Dezem Bertozzi Junior

Ph.D. Student - Ahmed Group

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

Amer Alanazi

​Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

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

Muhammad Usman

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

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

Feras Rowaihy

​Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

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

Manuel Eduardo Ariza Fuentes

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

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

Xin Liu

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

Research Interests: Reservoir characterization at pore scale, Image processing

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

Gaurav Siddharth Gairola

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

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

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

Guang Ooi

​Ph.D. student - Ahmed group

Research Interests: ​Drilling optimization

Daniela Ortiz

Ph.D. Student - Patzek Group

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

Tihana Pensa

​Ph.D. Student - Afifi Group

Research Interests: ​biostratigraphy, structural geology, Tectonics

Indah Putri

​Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

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

Jelena Skenderija

​Ph.D. student - Ahmed Group

Research Interests: wellbore geomechanics, Geology, engineering geology

Akbar Nugroho Wicaksono

Ph.D. Student - Vahrenkamp Group

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

Evgeny Ugolkov

Ph.D Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir engineering

Maria Alejandra Ardila Sanchez

Ph.D. Student - Buchem Group

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

Ali Alhubail

Ph.D. - Hoteit Group

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

Miguel Corrales

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

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

Abdirizak Ali Omar

Ph.D. Student - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: CO2 storage, CO2 EOR

Miliausha Petrova

Ph.D. Student - Afifi Group

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