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Ahmed Abdelmaksoud
Dr. ahmed osman Post Doctoral Fellow Earth Science

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ahmed.osman@ku.ac.ae +971 2 312 3279

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Biography

Ahmed Abdelmaksoud is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Earth Sciences at Khalifa University of Science and Technology.

Abdelmaksoud began his academic career at Assiut University, where he served as a Teaching Assistant in Geology and Geophysics from 2014 to 2019. During his doctoral studies at Khalifa University, he also served as a Teaching Assistant before joining the university as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in March 2024.

His research integrates seismic interpretation, potential-field methods, basin modeling, petrophysical analysis, 3D geological modeling, and marine geophysical datasets to investigate sedimentary basin evolution, petroleum systems, reservoir architecture, tectonic controls, and seabed fluid-flow processes.

His recent work includes studies on the Oman-UAE Mountains, Fujairah Basin in Gulf of Oman, Arabian Sea seafloor gas venting, Abu Dhabi tectonostratigraphy, New Zealand sedimentary basins, and petroleum system modeling in structurally complex settings, including passive margins and fold-and-thrust belts.

He recently led an investigation that documented the first reported evidence of pockmarks and active seafloor gas seepage along the Arabian continental margin in the Gulf of Oman. This work highlights the potential role of Gulf of Oman seepage systems in contributing carbon flux to the Arabian Sea and atmosphere.

Abdelmaksoud has published extensively in highly ranked journals. He also serves the scientific community as a reviewer for several reputable journals, including Tectonics, Scientific Reports, Marine Geoscience and Energy Resources, Tectonophysics, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Energy Geoscience, Geoenergy Science and Engineering, Marine Geophysical Research, Natural Resources Research, and Petroleum Science.

In addition, he serves as an Editorial Board Member for Petroleum Geoscience (GSL) and Discover Geoscience (Springer), contributing to advancing high-quality research in geoscience, energy resources, and subsurface studies.


Education
  • PhD, Khalifa University, Jan. 2024

Teaching
  • Structural Geology (PGEG321)

Affiliated Centers, Groups & Labs

Research
Research Interests
  • Basin Analysis
  • Structural Geology and Tectonics
  • Marine Geology and Geophysics
  • Reservoir Characterization
  • Basin Modeling
  • Submarine Geomorphology
  • Seafloor Pockmarks and Gas Seeps


Additional Info

Selected Peer-reviewed Publications:

  1. Aldhanhani, O., Ali, M.Y., Al Suwaidi, A., Abdelmaksoud, A., Lequerica, S.R., Ali, M. and Koyi, H., 2026. Coupled tectonic, sea-level, bottom-current, and fluid-flow controls on seabed morphology in the Fujairah Basin, Gulf of Oman. Journal of Sea Research, 214, 102744.
  2. Ali, M.Y., Ismaiel, M., Abdelmaksoud, A., Pilia, S., Watts, A.B. and Searle, M.P., 2025. Geophysical Investigations of the Fujairah Basin, East Coast of United Arab Emirates: Insights Into Tectonic Evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(4), e2024JB030345.
  3. Abdelmaksoud, A., Al-Suwaidi, A.H., Ali, M., Shah, A., Almehairbi, S.S., Al Ali, L.M. and Ali, M.Y., 2025. Evidence of pockmarks and seafloor gas venting in the northwestern Arabian Sea. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 41.
  4. Abdelmaksoud, A. and Ali, M.Y., 2024. Petroleum System Analysis of Fujairah Basin, Eastern Offshore of the United Arab Emirates. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 170, 107157.
  5. Sen, S., Radwan, A.A., Leila, M., Abdelmaksoud, A. and Ali, M., 2024. Geomechanical assessment of the Cenozoic stratigraphy of the Tui area, Taranaki Basin, offshore New Zealand–implications for geological storage in the Paleocene and Eocene sandstones. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 136, p.104194.
  6. Abdelmaksoud, A., Ali, M.Y., Geng, M. and Saibi, H., 2023. Basement morphology of the fold-and-thrust belt and foreland basin of the United Arab Emirates: Evidence for thick-skinned tectonics in the northern Oman-UAE Mountains. Tectonophysics, 856, 229838.
  7. Abdelmaksoud, A., Ali, M.Y., Al Suwaidi, A., Koyi, H., 2023. Petroleum system of the fold-and-thrust belt of the United Arab Emirates: new insights based on 1D and 2D basin modeling. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 158(Part B), 106567.
  8. Ismail, A., Radwan, A.A., Leila, M., Abdelmaksoud, A., and Ali, M., 2023. Unsupervised machine learning and multi-seismic attributes for fault and fracture network interpretation in the Kerry Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 9, 122 (2023).
  9. Abdelmaksoud, A., Ali, M.Y. and Searle, M.P., 2022. Tectono‐Stratigraphic Evolution of the Foreland Fold‐and‐Thrust Belt of the United Arab Emirates. Tectonics, 41(9), e2022TC007470.
  10. Abdelmaksoud, A. and Radwan, A.A., 2022. Integrating 3D seismic interpretation, well log analysis and static modelling for characterizing the Late Miocene reservoir, Ngatoro area, New Zealand. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 8(2), 63.
  11. Ali, M., Abdelmaksoud, A., Essa, M. Abdelhady, A. and Darwish, M., 2020. 3D structural, facies and petrophysical modeling of C Member of Six Hills Formation, Komombo Basin, Upper Egypt. Natural Resources Research, 29(4), 2575-2597.
  12. Khan, M. and Abdelmaksoud, A., 2020. Unfolding Impacts of Freaky Tectonics on Sedimentary Sequences along Passive Margins: Pioneer Findings from Western Indian Continental Margin (Offshore Indus Basin). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 119, 104499.
  13. Abdelmaksoud, A., Ewida, H., El-Habaak, G. and Amin, A., 2019. 3D structural modeling of the Upper Bahariya Member in Abu Gharadig oil and gas field, North Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 150(C), 685-700.