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Ahmed Abdelmaksoud
Dr. ahmed osman Post Doctoral Fellow Earth Science

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

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Biography

Abdelmaksoud joined Khalifa University as a postdoctoral fellow in March 2024 and has published several highly ranked articles. He serves as an Editorial Board Member for the Petroleum Geoscience journal (a GSL Journal).

He also acts a reviewer for several reputable journals, including Marine and Petroleum Geology (currently, Marine Geoscience and Energy Resources), Scientific Reports, Tectonophysics, Ore Geology Reviews, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Energy Geoscience, Geoenergy Science and Engineering, Marine Geophysical Research, Natural Resources Research, Petroleum Research, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Heliyon, Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geoenergy and Georesources.


Education
  • PhD, Khalifa University, Jan. 2024


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

Peer-reviewed Publications:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Jabir, M.A., Ali, M.Y., Abdelmaksoud, A., Morad, S. and Decarlis, A., 2023. Silurian-Holocene tectonostratigraphy of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 153, 106279.
  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. Elmahdy, M., Radwan, A.A., Nabawy, B.S., Abdelmaksoud, A. and Nastavkin, A.V., 2023. Integrated geophysical, petrophysical and petrographical characterization of the carbonate and clastic reservoirs of the Waihapa Field, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 151, 106173.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Abdullah, E.A., Abdelmaksoud, A. and Hassan, M.A., 2022. Application of 3D Static Modelling in Reservoir Characterization: A Case Study from the Qishn Formation in Sharyoof Oil Field, Masila Basin, Yemen. Acta Geologica Sinica‐English Edition, 96(1), 348-368.
  13. Leila, M., El-Sheikh, I., Abdelmaksoud, A. and Radwan, A.A., 2022. Seismic sequence stratigraphy and depositional evolution of the Cretaceous-Paleogene sedimentary successions in the offshore Taranaki Basin, New Zealand: implications for hydrocarbon exploration. Marine Geophysical Research, 43(2), 23.
  14. Elhossainy, M.M., Abdelmaksoud, A., Ali, M., Alrefaee, H.A., 2021. Integrated sedimentological and petrophysical characterization of the lower Cenomanian clastic Bahariya reservoir in Abu Gharadig Basin, Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 184, 104380.
  15. Radwan, A.A., Nabawy, B.S., Abdelmaksoud, A. and Lashin, A., 2021. Integrated sedimentological and petrophysical characterization for clastic reservoirs: A case study from New Zealand. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 88, 103797.
  16. 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.
  17. Ali, M., Abdelhady, A., Abdelmaksoud, A., Darwish, M. and Essa, M., 2020. 3D static modeling and petrographic aspects of the Albian/Cenomanian reservoir, Komombo Basin, Upper Egypt. Natural Resources Research, 29(2), 1259–1281.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Abdelmaksoud, A., Amin, A., El-Habaak, G. and Ewida, H., 2019. Facies and petrophysical modeling of the Upper Bahariya Member in Abu Gharadig oil and gas field, North Western Desert, Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 149, 503-516.