Moamen is a Post-Doc Fellow at Khalifa University of Science and Technology, specializing in basin analysis, salt tectonics, petroleum geology, and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). With eleven years of experience in geophysical and geological data interpretation, he contributes to numerous projects in the UAE, Egypt, the Red Sea, New Zealand, and Australia.
1. Geophysical Exploration of Saruq Al-Hadid, UAE: Uncovering Archaeological Features with GPR and Magnetic Surveys (2024-present)
2. Petroleum system analysis of the Komombo basin, southern Egypt: Insights from basin modeling and hydrocarbon geochemistry (2023-2024)
3. Identification of Subsurface Archaeology at Mutaredh, UAE, Using GPR (2023-2024)
4. Rifting dynamics and margin architecture in Northern Red Sea, Egypt (2019 – 2023).
5. Structural evolution of the Red Sea (2022-2023).
6. Tectonic evolution and seismic stratigraphy of Northern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand (2022).
7. Sedimentological and petrophysical characterization of the Bahariya reservoir in Abu Gharadig Basin, Western Desert, Egypt (2021).
8. Tectonic evolution, depositional environment and petroleum system of the Exmouth Plateau, Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia (2020).
9. Seismic inversion for reservoir characterizations of Simsima Formation, Shah Field, UAE (2020).
10. Tectonostratigraphy and petroleum system analysis of the Cretaceous Basins, Southern Egypt (2015-2019).
PUBLICATIONS
1. Ali, M., Ali, M.Y. and Abdelhady, A. 2024. Petroleum system analysis of the komombo basin, southern Egypt: Insights from basin modeling and hydrocarbon geochemistry. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 167, 106955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106955
2. Mitchell, N.C., Ligi, M., Preine, J., Liebrand, D., Ali, M. and Decarlis, A. 2024. Contourite-like deposits suggest stronger-than-present circulation in the Plio-Pleistocene Red Sea. Global and Planetary Change, 104527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2024.104527
3. Sen, S., Radwan, A.A., Leila, M., Abdelmaksoud, A., 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, 104194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104194
4. Ali, M., Decarlis, A., Geng, M., Bosworth, W., Ball, P.J., Ligi, M. and Ceriani, A., 2024. Imaging Pleistocene volcanic edifices along the Egyptian Red Sea margin: Insights from reflection seismics and 3D constrained inversion of gravity and magnetic data. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, p.108038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2024.108038
5. Ali, M., Koyi, H., Bosworth, W., Ligi, M., Ball, P.J. and Decarlis, A., 2023. Geometry and kinematics of the Middle to Late Miocene salt tectonics, central Egyptian Red Sea margin. Journal of Structural Geology, p.104955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2023.104955
6. Ali, M., Decarlis, A., Ligi, M., Ball, P., Bosworth, W., and Ceriani, A., 2023. Red Sea rifting in central Egypt: constraints from the offshore Quseir province: Journal of the Geological Society, p. jgs2022-105. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2022-105
7. 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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-023-00646-9
8. Ali, M., Ligi, M., Ceriani, A., Bouchaala, F., Bosworth, W., and Decarlis, A., 2022. Geophysical evidence for magmatism southwest of the Brothers Islands, Northern Red Sea (offshore Quseir, Egypt): Tectonics, v. 41, p. e2022TC007228. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022TC007228
9. Ali, M., Ali, M.Y., Abdelhady, A., Fairhead, J.D., 2022. Tectonic evolution and subsidence history of the Cretaceous basins in southern Egypt: the Komombo Basin. Basin Research, 34(5), 1731–1762. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12683
10. Elhossainy, M.M., Abdelmaksoud, A., Ali, M. and 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2021.104380
11. Ali, M. 2020. Three-Dimensional Structural Modelling and Source Rock Evaluation of the Quseir Formation in the Komombo Basin, Egypt. Acta Geologica Sinica鈥怑nglish Edition, 94, 1619–1634 https://doi.org/ 10.1111/1755-6724.14510
12. Ali, M., Abdelhady, A., Abdelmaksoud, A., Darwish, M. and Essa, M.A. 2020. 3D static modeling and petrographic aspects of the Albian/Cenomanian Reservoir, Komombo Basin, Upper Egypt. Natural Resources Research, 29, 1259–1281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-019-09521-5
13. Ali, M., Abdelmaksoud, A., Essa, M.A., 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, 2575–2597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11053-019-09583-5
14. Ali, M., Darwish, M., Essa, M.A. and Abdelhady, A. 2019. Comparison between source rock potential of the Dakhla Formation in Komombo Basin and Gebel Duwi, Upper Egypt. Arabian Journal of Geoscience, 12, 613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4833-y
15. Ali, M., Darwish, M., Essa, M.A. and Abdelhady, A. 2018. 2D seismic interpretation and characterization of the Hauterivian–Early Barremian source rock in Al Baraka oil field, Komombo Basin, Upper Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 139, 113–119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.12.010
