Scientific Research concerning sedimentary basins of
Yemen and their hydrocarbon potential
Geological Survey, mineral prospecting, reconnaissance of metallic and
non-metallic deposits
Investigation of vertebrates, fruits, and seeds
Current Position & Professional History
2004 – Present, General Manager of Studies and Research, Petroleum
Exploration and Production Authority, San’a
2000-2004, Petroleum Exploration and Production Authority, San’a
2000 – Present, Chairman of the Yemen Stratigraphic Commission, Ministry of
Oil and Minerals, San’a
1984-2000, Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Board, Aden and San’a
1975 – 1980 Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration Department, Aden
1984 Ph.D. Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany
1975 M.S. Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany
1974 B.S. Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany
Memberships
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Yemen Geological Society (YGS)
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American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
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Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE)
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Geological Society of America (GSA)
2003 – 2004 Fulbright Scholarship
2000 Academic Degree of Doctor Rerum Naturalium Habilitatus (Dr. rer. nat.
habil.), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of Ernst-Mortiz-Arndt
University, Greifswald, Federal Republic of Germany
Edited:
- Lithostratigraphy of the Tertiary Sediments of the Republic of Yemen as special publication of the Zeitschrift of Geologische Wissenschaften, heft 10 (1999)
Co-Edited:
- International Lexicon of Stratigraphy, Republic of Yemen (1998)
Several papers on the Turingia Basin in Germany and on sedimentary basins, subdivision of lithostratigraphic units of the sedimentary cover, first discoveries of fruits, seeds, and basement geology of Yemen
