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Dr. Rashid Al-Hajri

Head of the Department

Rashid Salim Hamed Al-Hajri

Associate Professor, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	1318
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1318
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1001
E-mail	rashidh@squ.edu.om
Credentials	PhD: Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, 2010 MSc: Chemical Engineering, University of Applied Sciences, Germany, 2004 BSc: Petroleum Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, 2001
Specialization	Chemical Reaction Engineering, Catalysis, Chemical EOR
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8o6XbQgAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rashid_Al-Hajri
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Prof. Rashid Al-Maamari

Rashid S. Al-Maamari

Professor, Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Extension No.	1361
Mobile Telephone No.
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1361
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1011
E-mail	rsh@squ.edu.om;
Credentials	MS, DIC (Imperial College,UK, Petroleum Engineering, 1995) PhD (New MexicoTech,USA, Petroleum Engineering, 2000)
Specialization	Petroleum Engineering
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=pt68tYEAAAAJ
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Prof. Farouk Mjalli

Farouk Sabri Mjalli

Professor, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department

Office Extension No.	2558
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2558
Fax No.	+968 2414 1318
Room No.	10
E-mail	farouqsm@squ.edu.om; farouqsm@yahoo.com
Credentials	BSc (University of Kuwait, Kuwait, 1985) PhD (University of Aston in Birmingham, UK, 2003)
Specialization	Green Engineering, Process Control
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PvQgYs4AAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate	http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Farouq_Mjalli
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Prof. Gholamreza Vakili

Gholamreza Vakili-Nezhaad

Professor, Department of Petroleum & Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	2578
Mobile Telephone No.	+968 96459028
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2587
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1009
E-mail	vakili @squ.edu.om
Credentials	PhD (Amir-Kabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1999) MSc (University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1993) BSc (Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1989)
Specialization	Applied Statistical Thermodynamics
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rto8bNMAAAAJ&hl=en
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Prof. Ala’a Al-Muhtaseb

Ala’a H. Al-Muhtaseb

Professor, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department

Office Ext. No.	+968 2414 1321
Fax No.	+968 2414 1318
Room No.	1007
E-mail	muhtaseb@squ.edu.om; almuhtasebala@gmail.com
Credentials	BSc (Jordan University, 1999) PhD (Queens University Belfast, UK, 2004)
Specialization	Waste water treatment, Biofuels
Google Scholar	http://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=yYJt7nwAAAAJ&view_op=list_works
Research Gate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alaa_Al-Muhtaseb2
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Prof. Mohammed Al-Abri

Mohammed Al-Abri

Professor, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	1364
Mobile Telephone No.	+968 9937 1020
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1364
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1015
E-mail	alabri@squ.edu.om; m.alabri@gmail.com
Credentials	BEng (University of Nottingham, UK, 2003) PhD with courses (University of Nottingham, UK, 2007)
Specialization	Water Treatment, Membrane Technology, Nanotechnology
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SF5MB4UAAAAJ&hl=da
Research Gate	http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed_Al-Abri
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Dr. Hamoud Al-Hadrami

Hamoud Khalfan Hamoud Al-Hadrami

Asociate Professor, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	2527
Mobile Telephone No.	-
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2527
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1013
E-mail	hadrami@squ.edu.om
Credentials	PhD: Petroleum Engineering, New Mexico Tech University, USA, 2000 MSc: Petroleum Engineering, New Mexico Tech University, USA, 1997 Post-Graduate Diploma “M. Eng”, Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK, 1993 BSc: Petroleum Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, 1991
Specialization	Reservoir Engineering, Formation Damage, Drilling Technology, Formation Evaluation.
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_lENTYAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate	http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hamoud_Al-Hadrami
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Dr. Jamil Naser

Jamil Tawfiq Naser

Associate Professor, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	+968 2414 1347
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1006
E-mail	naserj@squ.edu.om
Credentials	PhD (University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA) MSc (University of Jordan, Jordan)
Specialization	Environmentally friendly solvents, Wastewater treatment.
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Dr. Khashayar Nasrifar

Khashayar Nasrifar

Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum & Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	2560
Mobile Telephone No.	+968 97211875
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2560
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	6
E-mail	nasrifar@squ.edu.om
Credentials	PhD (Shiraz University, 2001) MSc (Shiraz University, 1995) BSc (Shiraz University, 1989)
Specialization	Thermodynamics of Phase Equilibria
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Dr. Ashish Gujrathi

Ashish Madhukar Gujrathi

Associate Professor, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department

Office Ext. No.	1320
Mobile Telephone No.
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1320
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1014
E-mail	ashishg@squ.edu.om
Credentials	B.Tech. (Amaravati University, 1999) M.E. (BITS Pilani, India, 2002) PhD (BITS Pilani, India, 2010)
Specialization	Optimization of Process Plants, Evolutionary Computation, Bio-Chemical Engineering, Modeling and Simulation
Google Scholar	http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PLEenbAAAAAJ&hl=en
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Dr. Ghulam Murshid

Ghulam Murshid

Associate Professor, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department

Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2546
Fax No.	+968 2414 1318
Room No.	1003
E-mail	g.murshid@squ.edu.om; hmurshid@gmail.com
Credentials	BSc Chemical Engineering (Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan, 2004) MSc Environmental Process Engineering (University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2007) PhD (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, 2012)
Specialization	CO₂ separation via reactive absorption, IL, MOF
Google Scholar	http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GOjK7M8AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
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Dr. Tarek Arabi Ganat

Tarek Arabi Ganat

Associate Professor, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	1319
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1319
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1012
E-mail	t.ganat@squ.edu.om
Credentials	PhD (Petroleum Engineering, IIUM-Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 2016. MSc (Engineering Management, Tripoli University-Tripoli, Libya) 2005 MSc (Petroleum Engineering, ISE University- Spain/Madrid) 2003 BSc (Petroleum Engineering, Tripoli University- Faculty of Petroleum Engineering Tripoli, Libya) 1992
Specialization	Petroleum Engineering
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Dr. Emre Artun

Emre Artun

Associate Professor, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	1357
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1357
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1011
E-mail	e.artun@squ.edu.om
Credentials	Ph.D., Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA, 2008 M.S., Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA, 2005 B.Sc., Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2003
Specialization	Reservoir management, data analytics, machine learning
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com.tr/citations?hl=tr&user=RvrUVE4AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Scopus	https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=14061907000
Research Gate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emre-Artun
Linked in	https://www.linkedin.com/in/emreartun/
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Dr. Belal Abu Tarboush

Belal Abu Tarboush

Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext No.	1317
Mobile Telephone No.
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1317
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	10
E-mail	belal@squ.edu.om
Credentials	PhD: Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada, 2014 MSc: Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada, 2008 BSc: Chemical Engineering, An-Najah National University, Palestine, 2004
Specialization	Energy and Environment, Chemical Engineering
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Dr. Alireza Kazemi

Alireza Hasan Kazemi

Associate Professor, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	2559
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2559
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	5
E-mail	a.kazemi@squ.edu.om
Credentials	Post-Doctoral (Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK) 2012 PhD (Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK) 2010 MSc (Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, IFP, Paris, France) 2006 BSc (Petroleum Reservoir Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Ahwaz, Iran) 2004
Specialization	Reservoir Simulation and Geoscience AI, Underground Carbon and Hydrogen Storage (CCUS, UHS)
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Dr. Muhammad Abdul Qyyum

Muhammad Abdul Qyyum

Assistant Professor, Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department

Office Extension No.	2517
Mobile Telephone No.
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2517
Fax No.	+968 2414 1318
Room No.	1005
E-mail	m.qyyum@squ.edu.om
Credentials	Ph.D. (School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, South Korea)
Specialization	Process Systems Engineering; LNG; Hydrogen liquefaction; Bioenergy; Integrated Energy Systems
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PvQgYs4AAAAJ&hl=en
Scopus	https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57195568613
Research Gate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Muhammad-Abdul-Qyyum
Linked in	https://www.linkedin.com/in/maqyyum
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Dr. Faras Al Balushi

Faras Al Balushi

Assistant Professor, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	1344
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1344
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1003
E-mail	f.albalushi5@squ.edu.om
Credentials	PhD (Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2023) MSc (Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2020) BSc (Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2020)
Specialization	Petroleum Engineering, Geomechanic
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4bC5vEIAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Gate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Faras-Al-Balushi-2
Linked in	https://www.linkedin.com/in/faras-al-balushi
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Dr. Ali Taqi

Ali Taqi

Assistant Professor, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	2582
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2582
Fax No.	+968 2414 1354
Room No.	1005
E-mail	a.taqi@squ.edu.om
Credentials	Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK, 2022 BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK, 2016
Specialization	Scientific Computing & Machine-Learning for STEM research
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=Lae6dnkAAAAJ
Research Gate	https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ali-Taqi-11?ev=hdr_xprf
Linked in	https://www.linkedin.com/in/alitaqi-phd/
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Dr. Suaad Al-Zakwani

Suaad Salim Hilal Al-Zakwani,

Lecturer , Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Office Ext. No.	1384
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1384
Room No.	3
E-mail	szakwani@squ.edu.om
Homepage	-
Credentials	BSc: Chemical and Process Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, 2014
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Technical & Administrative Staff

Mazin Al-Mahrezi

Department Superintendent

Mazin Muslem Salim Al-Mahrezi

Technician Superintendent, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Extension No.	2521
Mobile Telephone No.	+968 97809089
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2521
Fax No.	+968 2414 2521
Room No.	1032
E-mail	almahrezi@squ.edu.om
Credentials	BSc (College of Applied Science, Sohar, 2014)
Specialization	Chemical Engineering

Adil Al-Rubkhi

Adil Awadh Salim Al-Rubkhi

Technician, Department petroleum and chemical Engineering

Office No.	2530
Mobile Telephone No.	+968 99274442
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2530
Fax No.	+968 2414 1316
Room No.	1038
E-mail	alrubkhi@squ.edu.om;
Credentials	Bsc (Sultan Qaboos University 2007 ) Msc (Sultan Qaboos University 2014)
Specialization	Chemical EOR

Nasser Al-Mandhari

Nasser Al-Mandhari

Senior Engineer (B), Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Extension No.	2528
Mobile Telephone No.	+968 99345841
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 2528
Fax No.	+968 2414 2521
Room No.	1037
E-mail	mandhary@squ.edu.om, mandharyn@hotmail.com
Credentials	BSc Petroleum & Mining Engineering Mining Engineering (Sultan Qaboos University 1995)
Specialization	Mining Engineering

Moza AlBarwani

Coordinator

Moza AlBarwani

Coordination, Follow-up & Archive Specialist, Department Petroleum and Chemical Engineering

Extension No.	1354
Office Telephone No.	+968 2414 1354
Fax No.	+968 2414 2521
Room No.	1002
E-mail	mozasa@squ.edu.om
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