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Abdul Razak Al-Sayigh
Title:	Associate Professor
Office No:	2081 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6850
E-mail	alsayigh@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Paleontology(Micro and Macro, Biostratigrapher)
Education:	Ph.D. (University of Wales, 1999, UK)

Amani Humaid Al-Abri
Title:	Lecturer, On Study
Office No:	(2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6843
E-mail	amaniabri@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:
Education:

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Andreas Scharf
Title:	Associate Professor
Office No:	2051 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6835
E-mail	scharfa@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Structural Geology, Tectonics, Geodynamics
Education:	Ph.D. (Freie University Berlin, 2013, Germany)

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Bernhard Pracejus
Title:	Associate Professor
Office No:	2054 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6838
E-mail	pracejus@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Mineralogy, Geochemistry
Education:	Ph.D. (University of Adelaide, 1990, Australia)
	D.Sc. (habilitation, Freie Universität Berlin, 2000, Germany)

Frank Mattern
Title:	Professor
Office No:	2059 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6840
E-mail	frank@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Sedimentology, Structural Geology,
Education:	Ph.D. (Freie Universität Berlin, 1988, Germany)
	D.Sc. (habilitation, Freie Universität Berlin, 1999, Germany)

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Iftikhar Ahmed
Title:	Associate Professor
Office No:	2055 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6839
E-mail	iftikhar@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Sedimentology, Structural Geology,
Education:	Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, 1989, UK)

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Khalil Juma Al-Hooti
Title:	Assistant Professor
Office No:	(2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6837
E-mail	hooti@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Seismic, Microseismic
Education:

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Mohammed Abdussamad El-Ghali
Title:	Associate Professor
Office No:	2074 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6852
E-mail	melghali@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy
Education:	Ph.D. (Uppsala University, 2005, Sweden)

Mohammed Farfour
Title:	Assistant Professor
Office No:	2069 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6848
E-mail	mfarfour@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Reservoir Geophysics-Seismic data interpretation
Education:	Ph.D. (Chonnam National University, 2013, South Korea)

Mohamed Moustafa
Title:	Assistant Professor
Office No:	2048 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6849
E-mail	m.moustafa@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Carbonate Sedimentology, Diagenesis, and chemostratigraphy
Education:	Ph.D. (Texas A&M University, 2015, USA)

Musaab Shakir Al Sarmi
Title:	Lecturer
Office No:	2067 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6846
E-mail	musaabs@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Carbonate Sedimentology
Education:	Ms.C. ()

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Osman Abdullah
Title:	Professor
Office No:	2065 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6845
E-mail	osman@squ.edu.om??
Field of Interest:	Hydrogeology
Education:	Ph.D. (Technical University Berlin, 2000, Germany)

Rifaat M Abdalla
Title:	Associate Professor
Office No:	2075 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6847
E-mail	rabdalla@squ.edu.om?
Field of Interest:	Geomatics
Education:	Ph.D. (York University, 2006, Canada)

Salah Al-Khirbash
Title:	Associate Professor
Office No:	2070 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6832
E-mail	khirbash@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Economic Geology/Geochemistry
Education:	Ph.D. (Nebraska-Lincoln University, 1987, USA)

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Sobhi Nasir
Title:	Professor
Office No:	2060 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6841 \ +968 2414 2307
E-mail	sobhi@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Mineralogy, Petrology
Education:	Ph.D. ( Würzburg University, 1985, Germany)

Sundararajan Narasimman
Title:	Professor
Office No:	2064 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6844
E-mail	visvid12@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Applied & Exploration Geophysics
Education:	Ph.D. (Osmania University, 1983, India)

Talal Al-Hosni
Title:	Associate Professor, Head of Department
Office No:	2046 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6833
E-mail	hosni@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Environmental Geology
Education:	Ph.D. (University of Melbourne, 2007, Australia)

Abdullah Al-Fahdi
Title:	Technician
Office No:	0080 (Ground Floor, Extension Building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6816
E-mail	fahdi@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	GIS and Remote Sensing
Education:	MS.c (2011, SQU, Oman)

Bader Al-Shaqsi
Title	Technician
Office No	0047 (Ground Floor, Main Building)
Telephone	+968 2414 2232
E-mail	alshaqsi82@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest	TDEM, Resistivity, GPR Differential GPS
Education	BS.c (2005, SQU, Oman)

Bader Al-Waili
Title	Technician
Office No	0086 (Ground Floor, Extension Building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6814
E-mail	baderw@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest	Thin Section
Education	BS.c (2009, SQU, Oman)

Hamdan Al-Zidi
Title:	Technician
Office No:	0017 (Ground Floor, Main Building)
Telephone	+968 2414 2209
E-mail	zidi@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest:	Thin Section
Education:	BS.c (1999, SQU, Oman)

Hilal Said Al-Zeidi
Title	Superintendent
Office No	2052 (2nd Floor, Extension Building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6836
E-mail	hilalz@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest	Environmental Geology
Education	MS.c (SQU, 2009, Oman)

Mohammed Al-Nadabi
Title	Technician
Office No	0044 (Ground Floor, Main Building)
Telephone	+968 2414 1497
E-mail	mohammeds@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest	Laboratory Management, Thin Section
Education	BS.c (2013, SQU, Oman)

Said Al-Abri
Title	Technician
Office No	0079 (Ground Floor, Extension Building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6813
E-mail	Said.m@squ.edu.om
Field of Interest	Seismic, Magnetic, Gravity, VLF
Education	BS.c (2012, SQU, Oman)

Shahira G. Al-Balushi
Title:	Department Coordinator
Office No:	2050 (2nd Floor- Extension building)
Telephone	+968 2414 6834
Fax	+968 2414 6834
E-mail	shahirak@squ.edu.om
Education:	Diploma (Higher College of Technology, 1998, Oman)

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Hussein Ali Al Shibli
E-mail	s87089@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	Machine learning applications in reservoir characterization: A case study from North-Western Australia
Supervisor(s)	Dr. Mohamed Farfour, Prof. Sundararajan Narasimman

Hussein Ali Al Shibli
E-mail	s105821@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	NA
Supervisor(s)	NA

Razan Al-Naabi
E-mail	s128592@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Reservoir Quality of the Abu Mahara Group, Oman based on Subsurface and Surface data
Supervisor(s)	Dr. Mohamed El Ghali, Dr. Mohamed Moustafa, Dr. Khalid Al Ramadan, Dr. John Smewing

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Amna Mohammed Alfazari
E-mail	s90224@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	NA
Supervisor(s)	NA

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Latifa Al Maani
E-mail	s132182@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	Analysis of the effect of grain coating clays on reservoir quality in Miqrat, Oman
Supervisor(s)	Dr. Mohamed El Ghali, Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed

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Shahad Saleh AlMahrooqi
E-mail	s115652@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	Origin and control of grain-coating clays on reservoir quality of Barik Formation
Supervisor(s)	Dr. Mohamed El Ghali, Dr. Mohamed Moustafa

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Azza Ali Al Hasni
E-mail	s113505@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	Geomechanical risk assessment of fault reactivation
Supervisor(s)	Khalil Al Hooti, Andreas Scharf, Mohammed Alamri

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Suad Rashed AL-Handhali
E-mail	s94387@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	Data-driven model for sonic log prediction: An Example from tight gas sandstone, North of Oman.
Supervisor(s)	Prof. Sundararajan Narasimman, Dr. Mohamed Farfour

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Lababa Mohammed Al Hilali
E-mail	s135988@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	NA
Supervisor(s)	NA

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Alia Ismail Al Balushi
E-mail	s135985@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	NA
Supervisor(s)	NA

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Anwaar Zahir ALMahrouqi
E-mail	s135986@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	NA
Supervisor(s)	NA

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Marwa Al Riyami
E-mail	s125254@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	Diagenetic Alterations and Reservoir Quality of of Al Bashair Formation, in Mahatta Humaid, Huqf Region of Central Oman
Supervisor(s)	Dr.Mohamed El Ghali

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Abdullah Ali Said Al Fahdi
E-mail	s2541@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	The late Paleocene–early Eocene carbonate system in the Sultanate of Oman: An overview from the subsurface Umm ER Radhuma Formation and its equivalent outcropped Jafnayn Formation
Supervisor(s)	Dr. Mohamed El Ghali, Dr. Mohammed Moustafa, Dr. Abdulrazak Al-Sayigh, Dr. Abdulrahman Al Harthi, Dr. Aaisha Al Hajri

Hanan Yaqoob Al-Hinai
E-mail	s24410@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	Multi-Hazard Risk Assessment: A Case Study - Muscat Governorate
Supervisor(s)	Dr. Rifaat Abdalla, Dr. Talal Al-Hosni

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Jenan Ahmed Attar
E-mail	s91419@student.squ.edu.om
Thesis title	Depositional Environments, Provenance, Hydrocarbon Potential & Evolution of the Oman Foreland Basin
Supervisor(s)	Dr. Iftikhar Ahmed

Abdul Razak Al-Sayigh

Amani Humaid Al-Abri

Andreas Scharf

Bernhard Pracejus

Frank Mattern

Iftikhar Ahmed

Khalil Juma Al-Hooti

Mohammed Abdussamad El-Ghali

Mohammed Farfour

Mohamed Moustafa

Musaab Shakir Al Sarmi

Osman Abdullah

Rifaat M Abdalla

Salah Al-Khirbash

Sobhi Nasir

Sundararajan Narasimman

Talal Al-Hosni

Abdullah Al-Fahdi

Bader Al-Shaqsi

Bader Al-Waili

Hamdan Al-Zidi

Hilal Said Al-Zeidi

Mohammed Al-Nadabi

Said Al-Abri

Shahira G. Al-Balushi

Hussein Ali Al Shibli

Hussein Ali Al Shibli

Razan Al-Naabi

Amna Mohammed Alfazari

Latifa Al Maani

Shahad Saleh AlMahrooqi

Azza Ali Al Hasni

Suad Rashed AL-Handhali

Lababa Mohammed Al Hilali

Alia Ismail Al Balushi

Anwaar Zahir ALMahrouqi

Marwa Al Riyami

Abdullah Ali Said Al Fahdi

Hanan Yaqoob Al-Hinai

Jenan Ahmed Attar