PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Born: 23 May 1977; in Taif, Saudi Arabia

Nationality: Saudi Citizen

Married, one child

 

EDUCATION:

 

PhD (2011) in Geophysics (3.32/4), Department of Geological Sciences & Engineering, Missouri University of Science &

Technology (MST), Rolla, USA.

 

M.S. (2003) in Marine Physics (4.5/5), Department of Marine Physics, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University (KAAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

 

B.S. (1999) in Marine Physics (3.58/5), Department of Marine Physics, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University (KAAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

EMPLOYMENT:

(2022- Present): Professor, Geology & Geophysics Department, Faculty of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

(2018 - 2022): Associate Professor, Geology & Geophysics Department, Faculty of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

(2018 - 2019): Project Manager, ISO/IEC (17025:2017), Faculty of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

(2013 - 2018): Assistant Professor, Geology & Geophysics Department, Faculty of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

(2016 - 2017): Director of Innovation Center, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

(2014 - 2016): Vice Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

(2005 - 2006): Recruitment Specialist, Human Resources Department, Siemens Ltd., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

(2003 - 2005): Site Service Supervisor, Human Resources Department, Binzagr Lever Ltd., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Solid-earth geophysics.
• Investigate the structure and dynamics of the Earth's crust and mantle.
• Study the distribution of seismic activities.
• Explore the interior of the Earth.
• Crustal thickness and Poisson's ratio.
• Digital signal processing.
• Crustal deformation.

PEER-REVIEWD PUBLICATIONS:

 -- 2014 --

Almadani, S., Ibrahim, K., Abdelrahman, K., Al-Bassam, A., and Al-Shmrani, A. (2014). Magnetic and seismic refraction survey for site investigation of an urban expansion in Abha District, Southwest Saudi Arabia. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1342-x3.

Reed, C., Almadani, S., Gao, S., Elsheikh, A., Cherie, S., Abdelsalam, M., Thurmond, A., and Liu K. (2014). Reciever function constraints on crustal seismic velocities and partial melting beneath the Red Sea rift and adjacent regions, Afar Depression. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119, 2138-2152, DOI:10.1002/2013JB010719.

Almadani, S., Abdelrahman, K., Ibrahim, K., Al-Bassam, A., and Al-Shmrani, A. (2014). Site response assessment of an Urban extension ste using microtremor measurements, Ahud Rufeidah, Abha District, Southwest Saudi Arabia. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1380-4.

Almadani, S., Al-Amir, A., Fnais, M., Hassanein, K., Ibrahim, K., and Abd El-Motaal, S. (2014). Evaluation of geotechnical parameters for urban site in southern Kamis Mushait city, southwest Saudi Arabia using seismic refraction method. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1615-4.

-- 2015 --

Hisham A. Gahlan a., Shoji Arai, and Sattam A. Almadani. Petrogenesis of carbonated meta-ultramafic lenses from the Neoproterozoic Heiani ophiolite, South Eastern Desert, Egypt: A natural analogue to CO2 sequestration (2015). Journal of African Earth Sciences 102-115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2014.11.002.

Sattam Almadani; Abdullah Al-Amri; Mohammed Fnais; Kamal Abdel-Rahman Hassanein, Elkhedr Ibrahim; and Enayat Awad. Seismic Hazard Assessment for Yanbu Metropolitan area, Western Saudi Arabia (2015). Arabian Journal of Geosciences, DOI 10.1007/s12517-015-1930-4.

-- 2016 --

Ali K. Abdel-Fattah, S. M. Mogren, and Almadani, S. Seismicity constraints on stress regimes along Sinia Subplate Boundaries (2016). Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica. 60, 268-279, DOI: 10.1007/s11200-014-0968-1.

Abdelbaset El-Sorogy, Sattam Almadani, and Mohammad Al-Dabbagh. Microfacies and diagenesis of the reefal limestone, Callovian Tuwaiq Mountain Limestone Formation, Central Saudi Arabia (2016). Journal of African Earth Sciences, v. 115, pp. 63-70.

Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy, Mohamed Tawfik, Sattam A. Almadani, and Abdullah Attiah. Assessment of toxic metals in coastal sediments of the Rosetta area, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt (2016). Environ Earth Science, 75:398. DOI 10.1007/s12665-015-4985-3.

-- 2017 --

Sattam Almadani; Hussain Alfaifi; Mohammed Shehata; Elkhedr Ibrahim; Kamal Abdel-Rahman Hassanein; Abdullah Al-Amri; Mohamed Fnais; and Osama Kassem. Hydrochemical characteristics and evaluation of the granite aquifer in the Alwadeen area, Southwest Saudi Arabia (2017). Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 10:139, DOI 10.1007/s12517-017-2873-8.

Sattam Almadani. Source parameters of the 27th of June 2015 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake (2017). Journal of Seismology, DOI 10.1007/s10950-017-9651-7.

A.K. Abdelfattah, A. Al-Amri, A.K. Abd el-aal, Faisal K. Zaidi, M. Fnais, S. Almadani, and N. Al-Arifi. The 23 January 2014 Jizan earthquake and its tectonic implications in southwestern Saudi Arabia (2017). Tectonophysics, (712-713) 494-502.

Talal Alharbi & Hussain Alfaifi & Sattam A. Almadani & Abdelbaset El-Sorogy. Spatial distribution and metal contamination in the coastal sediments of Al-Khafji area, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Environ Monit Assess (2017) 189:634.

-- 2018 --

Abdelbaset El-Sorogy, Khaled Al-Kahtany, Sattam Almadani, Mohamed Tawfik. Depositional architecture and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic Hanifa Formation, central Saudi Arabia (2018). Journal of African Earth Sceinces (139) 367-378.

Sattam Almadani, Elkhedr Ibrahim, Mahfooz Hafez, Hussain Alfaifi, Talal Alharbi, Kamal Abdelrahman, & Essam Abdel-Motaal. Geotechnical investigation of the El-Elb dam site, northwest Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, using 2D resistivity and ground-penetrating radar techniques (2018). Arabian Journal of Geosciences (11:33).

Hamdy E. Noura, Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy, Mohamed Abdel-Wahab, Sattam Almadani, Hussain Alfaifi, and Mohamed Youssef. Assessment of sediment quality using different pollution indicators and statistical analyses, Hurghada area, Red Sea coast, Egypt (2018). Marine Pollution Bulletin 133 (808-813).

Ali Y. Kahala, Abdelbaset S. El-Sorogy, Hussain J. Alfaifi, Sattam Almadani, and Habes A. Ghrefat. Spatial distribution and ecological risk assessment of the coastal surface sediments from the Red Sea, northwest Saudi Arabia (2018). Marine Pollution Bulletin 137 (198-208).

-- 2019 --

Ali K. Abdelfattah, Sattam Almadani, Mohamad Fnais, Hussain J. Alfaifi, Nassir Al-Arifi, Abdullah Al-amri, Basem Al-Qadasi, and Salvatore de Lorenzo.  Rupture characteristics of a small-sized earthquake (MW 4.2), onshore the south Red Sea, Saudi Arabia (2019). Journal of African Earth Sciences 151 (315–323).

Ali Y. Kahal, Abdelbaset S. El‐Sorogy, Hussain J. Alfaifi, Sattam Almadani, and Osama M. Kassem. Biofacies and diagenetic alterations of the Pleistocene coral reefs, northwest Red Sea coast, Saudi Arabia (2019). Geological Journal (1–11).

Ali K. Abdelfattah, Salvatore de Lorenzo, S. Almadani, M. Fnais, H. Alfaifi, and N. Al-Arifi. Another look at the 2009 seismic activity, Harrat Lunayyir, Saudi Arabia (2019). Journal of Seismology. July 2019, Volume 23, Issue 4, pp (801–818).

Sattam Almadani, Elkhedr Ibrahim, Abdullah Al-Amri, Mohammed Fnais, and Kamal Abdelrahman (2019). Delineation of a fractured granite aquifer in the Alwadeen area, Southwest Saudi Arabia using a geoelectrical resistivity survey. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. August 2019, (12:449).

Abdelbaset S.El Sorogy, Talal Alharbi, Sattam Almadani, and MansourAl-Hashim.  Molluscan assemblage as pollution indicators in Al-Khobar coastal plain, Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia (2019).  Journal of African Earth Sciences. Volume 158, October 2019, 103564.

-- 2020 --

Almadani, Sattam. Crustal characteristics beneath the Tien Shan belt, Central Asia, using the seismic receiver function (Accepted). Journal of King Saud University – Science.

Almadani, Sattam, Kamal Abdelrahman, and Fahad bin Mansour Site response assessment and ground conditions at King Saud University Campus, Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia (Accepted). Arabian Journal of Geosciences.

Ali K. Abdelfattah; A. Al-Amri; M. Sami; Faisal K. Zaidi; S. Qaysi; M. Fnais; S. Almadani; N. Al-Arifi  (Accepted). An analysis of a moderate earthquake, eastern flank of the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Earth, Planets and Space.

سطام عبدالكريم المدني، عبدالباسط صبري السروجي. "التلوث البحري .. مايحتاج الجميع معرفته". دار نشر جامعة الملك سعود.

TEACHING COURSES:

• Physical Geology (GEO 101).
• Principles of Geophysics (GPH 201).
• Oceanography (GEO 435).
• Geophysical Exploration (GPH 301).
• Field Geophysics (GPH 393).
• Graduation Project (GPH 496 & GPH 497).

FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Install and service 18 broadband seismic stations along a 250 km profile in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia.
• Participate in field training by the Program for Array Seismic Studies of the Continental Lithosphere (PASSCAL) in Socorro, New Mexico, USA (2009).

 COMPUTER SKILLS:

• UNIX operating system.
• FORTRAN programming language.
• Generic Mapping Tools (GMT).
• Seismic Analysis Code (SAC).

 SCIENTIFIC AFFILATIONS:

• Member of Saudi Society for Geosciences (SSG).
• Member of Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG).
• Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU).
• Member of Seismological Society of America (SSA).