Curriculum Vita

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Prof. Dr. Nassir Sa'ad Nassir Al-Arifi
Nationality Saudi

 
 
First: Degrees: -
Bachelor's Degree:
* College of Science: King Saud University
* Date of Awarding 24/01/1406 H corresponding to:08/10/1985
Doctoral degree
* College of Science and Engineering: University of Manchester Awarding Date: 07/15/1417 H corresponding to: 26/11/1996
Title of Ph.D. Dissertation

Micro-seismicity and Lineament study of The Eastern Side of The Gulf of Aqaba, NW Saudi Arabia (1986-1994).

 
Second: the academic ranks: -
Professor, 1430h – Now
Associate Professor 1426 - 1430 h
Assistant Professor 1417 - 1426 h
Third: Experiences and administrative positions / academic institutions: -
Director of Visiting Professor Program
Vice-Rectorate for Graduate Studies and Research Office
King Saud University 01/08/1433 H (21/06/2012) - Now
Dean of the Faculty of Science and Humanities province Al-Quway'iyah 15/10/1431 H (24/09/2010) – 14/10/1433 H (23/09/2012)
Dean of the College community province Al Quway'iyah 07/13/1429 H (16/07/2008) - 15/10/1431 H (09/24/2010)
Supervisor of the College of Applied Medical Sciences, province Al Quway'iyah (1429 – 1433)
Chairman of Founding Committee of the Faculty of community of Al-Quway'iyah 03/14/1429 (03/22/2008) -07/13/1429 H (16/07/2008)
Vice Dean of Community College of Hureimulaa 06/11/1428 (06/26/2007) - 14/03/1429 H (22/03/2008)
Head of Geology Department - Faculty of Science – King Saud University 09/04/1423 H (11/23/2002) - 04/09/1427 H (27/09/2006)
Fourth: - Membership of Scientific Societies
Member of Saudi Society for Earth Sciences
Member of Geological Society of London
Member of American Geophysical Union
Member of the Egyptian Geophysical Society
Member of the Egyptian Geological Society
Fifth.: Scientific Committees: -
Member of the departmental promotions committee
Member of the departmental scientific instruments departmental committee
Member of the University and community committee
Member of the Commission for Academic Accreditation
Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the scholarship and training at Shaqra University.
VI: councils
Board Member of Saudi Society of Earth Sciences.
Member of the Department of Geology Council, Faculty of Sciences - King Saud University
Chairman Department of Geology Council, Faculty of Sciences - King Saud University
Member of the Faculty of Sciences Council - King Saud University
Member of Hurimula community college Council – King Saud University
Secretary of Hurimula community college Council – King Saud University
Chairman of Al-Quway'iyah community college Council - King Saud University
Member of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts Council - Shaqra University
Member of the University council of King Saud University
Member of the Scientific Council of Shaqra University
Member of the University council of Shaqra University
Seventh: The University and Community Service
Member of National Center for Assessment in Higher
Education group of the Riyadh Community college, king Saud University
chairman of National Center for Assessment in Higher
Education group of Ibn masod high school, Afif, Saudi Arabia
Chairman of National Center for Assessment in Higher
Education group of Al-Quway'iyah high school, Al-Quway'iyah, Saudi Arabia
Supervisor of the Shaqra University gallery exhibition of the first International Higher Education in Riyadh.
Supervisor on the website of Al-Quway'iyah community college (recipient of a Prize rector of King Saud University in a competition incentive programs to activate the portal to the university in 1429 to 1430 e).
Supervisor on the website of Al-Quway'iyah Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences.
Supervisor on the website of Al-Quway'iyah Faculty of Science and Humanities.
VIII: 1 Supervisor, of the following Master's thesis:
1-Evalulation of groundwater resources in Al- Amar area ( Al- Qywayayah) using geophysical methods and remote sensing.
2-Crustal Structure of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia Deduced From Gravity Data
3- Micro-seismicity of Al-Ghawar oil field, east of Saudi Arabia
4-The use electrical imaging in detecting hydrochmical changes of seepage water from Wadi Hanifah Stream-South of Riyadh.
5-Utilizing ground penetrating radar and electrical methods to detect the sub-surface cavities in Riyadh Area, Saudi Arabia.
VIII: 2 Co-Supervisor, of the following Master's thesis:
1-Seismic Hazard Assessment of Southwestern Arabian Peninsula And southern Red Sea Region.
2-Subsarface geophysical characteristics of lakes area, Wadi Hanifah southern Riyadh City.
 
IX: Internal Examiner of the Master's thesis for the following:
1-Seismic Hazard Assessment in Makkah Almukarrama Region
2-Geophyscal Characteristics of The Subsurface Structures In The Northeastern of Al-Madinah Al- Munawarah (Harrat Al-Agool), Central Arabian Shield.
3-Subsarface geology and well correlation of upper Jurassic and lower Cretaceous carbonate rock units in central Saudi Arabia.
4-Hydrochemical Evaluation of Salbouk And Buwaib Well Field In Riyadh Region.
5-Ground water flow modeling of Umm Erradhuma aquifer in Alhunai area, eastern of Saudi Arabia.
6-Uranium pollution in the Al-Hayt area, south of the city of Hail.
7-Hydrochemical evaluation of Al-Wasia well field in Riyadh area.
 
Tenth: existing projects and ended projects:
1 - Principal Investigator, "Exploring subsurface caves region through Rumah- Chaouia road, the Central Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" for the Ministry of Transport, Saudi Arabia in 2003. (Finished)
2 – Co-Investigator "of the system of integrated management and sustainable development of the sources of surface water and groundwater of Wadi Bisha" which is supported by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology from 2002 to 2005. (Finished).
3 - Principal Investigator, "Design an integrated geographic information system to meet the seismic risk in the western region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" and supported by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology from 2004 to 2007. (Finished)
4 - Researcher "Integrated management of groundwater in the valley Nsah" and supported by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology from 2007 to 2010. (Existing)
5-Co-Investigator of “Re-evaluation of geothermal collectives in the Southwestern of Saudi Arabia as a new renewable source for possible energy production and other low thermal utilizations ".NPST 10- ENE1043-02
6-Co-Investigator of "Groundwater contamination assessment at Al-Quwiy'yia area, central Saudi Arabia ". NPST 09-ENV839-02 In addition to many small projects funded by King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology and geophysical projects that have been ended subcontract work for the Ministry of Water and Electricity.
7- Co-Investigator of “Seismic Microzonation and site specific ground motion modeling in the western part of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia".NPST 09- ENV840-02
 
Eleventh: Referees
Referees of the Research Journal of the Faculty of Science, King Saud University. Referees of the projects King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology "Annual Grant Management."
 
XII: The production of scientific publication
Scientific journals
1. Al-Arifi, N. S., 2005. Recent 3D local migration of seismic events and stress distribution in the northern Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, The Egyptian Geophysical Society. (Accepted for publication).
2. Al-Arifi, N. S., 2004, Seismic Hazard Assessment in Al-Ghwar Oil Field Area of Saudi Arabia, Egyptian Geological Survey.(Accepted for publication).
3. Al-Arifi, N. S., 2002. One-Dimensional velocity structure model for Midyan Area, NW Saudi Arabia, Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, Volume XXV, pp. 459-469.
4. Al-Arifi, N. S., and Al-Shaabi, S. F., 2002. Seismicity of the Jafurah Desert, West of the Arabian (Persian) Gulf, Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Volume 29 (2), pp. 55-74.
5. Al-Shaabi, S. F. and Al-Arifi, N. S., 2002. Local b-value changes in prior to large earthquakes, Midyan Area, NW Saudi Arabia, Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, Volume XXV, pp. 443-458.
6. Al-Arifi, N. S., 2002. Focal mechanism of the 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996 southern Red Sea sequences activity, Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Volume 29 (2), pp. 33-54.
7- Al-Arifi, N. S., 2005. Seismic Coefficients of earthquakes in the Red Sea Region. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, Vol. XXVIII, pp.461-474.
8- Al-Arifi, N. S., 2005. Spatial Distribution of Maximal Earthquake effects in the Red Sea Region, Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt, Vol. XXVIII, pp.413-421.
9-Al-Arifi, N. S., 2006. Duration magnitude (MD) estimation of the Kuwait National Seismic Network, Northeastern Arabian Peninsula. The Egyptian Geophysical Society (EGS) Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 159-166.
10- Al-Arifi, N. S., 2006. Local Magnitude (ML)estimation of the Kuwait National Seismic Network, Northeastern Arabian Peninsula. The Egyptian Geophysical Society (EGS) Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 151-158.
11- Al-Arifi, N. S., 2006. Seismic Hazard Analysis in the Afar Depression, Bulletin of Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 35-45.
12- Al-Arifi, N. S., 2009. Maximal earthquake spatial distribution effects in the Red Sea region, Geophysics letters, Zagazig University, Vol. 2, pp. 21-31.
13- Al-Arifi, N. S., 2009. Earthquakes seismic coefficients analysis in the red sea area, Geophysics letters, Zagazig University, Vol. 2, pp. 33-48.
14- Al-Arifi, N. S., 2009. Characterization of the gas-bearing anomalies of Kafr El-Sheikh Formation, Darfeel- Port Fouad Concession, off-shore Nile Delta-Egypt, using well logging and pressure data, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Egyptian Society of Applied Petrophysics (ESAP), Vol. 8, No. 1
15- Al-Ajmi, M.S., El-Araby, H.M., and Al-Arifi, N.S., 2007. Crustal Structure for the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia As Deduced from Gravity Data, The Egyptian Geophysical Society (EGS) Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 87-94.
16- M. Metwaly, G. El-Qady, J. Matsushima, S. Szalai, N. S. N. Al- Arifi, and A. Taha, 2008. Contribution of 3-D electrical resistivity tomography for landmines detection. Nonlin. Processes Geophys., Volume 15,pp. 977-986.
17- Al-Mutairi, K.F. and Al-Arifi, N.S., 2008. Using GPR and Resistivity methods to Detect subsurface karst cavities in Joubalah Formation, west of Riyadh city, King Saud Jornal , Science , volume 21, issue 1, pp.1-16.
18- Mohamed Metwaly, Gad El-Qady, Usama Massoud, Abeer El- Kenawy, Jun Matsushima and Nasser Al-Arifi 2009, Integrated geoelectrical survey for groundwater and shallow subsurface evaluation: case study at Siliyin spring, El-Fayoum, Egypt, International Journal of Earth Science, DOI 10.1007/s00531- 009-0458-9.
19- Nassir S. Al-Arifi and Saad Al-Humidan, 2011. Local magnitude calibration of Kuwait national seismic network, International Journal of the Physical Sciences, Vol. 6(17), pp. 4161–4168.
20- Nassir S. Al-Arifi, Saad Al-Humidan and Aref Lashin, 2012. Duration magnitude calibration of Kuwait national seismic network. Scientific Research and Essays, Vol. 7(4), pp. 453-459.
21- Nassir S. Al-Arifi, and Saad Al-Humidan, 2012. Local and regional earthquake magnitude calibration of Tabuk analog subnetwork, Northwest of Saudi Arabia, Journal of King Saud University - Science, vol. 24, issue 3, pages 257-263.
22- Aref Lashin, Nassir Al-Arifi, Nassir Abu Ashour, Evaluation of the ASL and Hawara formations using seismic- and log-derived properties, October Oil Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt , Arabian Journal of Geosciences, doi:10.1007/s12517-009-0065-x
23- Abdulrahman S.N. Alarifi, Nassir S.N. Alarifi, Saad Al-Humidan, 2012. Earthquakes magnitude predication using artificial neural network in northern Red Sea area, Journal of King Saud University - Science, Vol. 24, Issue 4, pages 301-313.
24- Nassir S. Al-Arifi and Saad Al-Humidan, 2011. Changes in local B-value prior to moderate local earthquakes: Gulf of Aqabah, northern red sea, International Journal of the Physical Sciences Vol. 6(36), pp. 8171 - 8182
25-Nassir S. Al-Arifi, Saad Al-Humidan and Aref Lashin, 2012. Spatial distribution of maximal earthquake effects in the Red Sea region. International Journal of Physical Sciences Vol. 7(16), pp. 2486 – 2492
26-Nassir S. Al-Arifi, Aref A. Lashin and Saad Al-Humidan, 2012. Migration of local earthquakes in the Gulf of Aqaba, North Red Sea. Earth Sci. Res. SJ. Vol. 16, No. 1 (June, 2012): 35 - 40
27-Aref Lashin and Nassir Al Arifi, 2012. The geothermal potential of Jizan area, Southwestern parts of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of the Physical Sciences Vol. 7(4), pp. 664 – 675
28- Mohamed Metwaly, Eslam Elawadi, Sayed S. R. Moustafal, F. Al Fouzan, S. Mogren and N. Al Arifi, 2012. Groundwater exploration using geoelectrical resistivity technique at Al- Quwy’yia area Central Saudi Arabia, International Journal of Physical Sciences Vol. 7(2), pp. 317 – 326
29-Nassir S. Al-Arifi, Saad M. Al-Humidan and Abdulaziz M. Al- Bassam, 2012. Time independent seismic hazard analysis of the afar depression. Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 7(14), pp. 1494-1500
30- H. M. Hussein, S. S. R. Moustafa,E. Elawadi, N. S. Al-Arif, and N. Hurukawa, 2011. Seismological Aspects of the Abou Dabbab Region, Eastern Desert, Egypt Seismological Research Letters Volume 82, Number 1, pp 81-88
31-Khalid S. Aldamegh, Hesham Hussein Moussa, S. Nasser Al-Arifi, Sayed S. R. Moustafa, Moustafa Hemeda Moustafa, 2012. Focal mechanism of Badr earthquake, Saudia Arabia of August 27, 2009. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Volume 5, Issue 4, pp 599-606
32- Nassir S. Al-Arifi, R. E. Fat-Helbary, Ahmad R. Khalil, and Aref A. Lashin, 2013. A new evaluation of seismic hazard for the northwestern part of Saudi Arabia, Nat Hazards Vol. 69:1435–1457.
33- Nassir Saad Al-Arifi, Mohammad R Al-Agha, Yasser Z. El-Nahha, 2013. Hydrogeology and Water Quality of Umm Alradhma Aquifer, Eastern Saudi Arabia, Journal of Environment and Earth Science, Vol.3, No.14, pp.222-240
34- Nassir Saad Al-Arifi, Mohammad R Al-Agha, Yasser Z. El-Nahha, 2013. Environmental Impact of landfill on Groundwater, south east of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Journal of Natural Sciences Research, Vol.3, No.15, pp. 118-127
35-Mohamed T. Hussein, Aref Lashin, Abdulaziz Al Bassam, Nassir Al Arifi, Ibrahim Al Zahrani, 2013. Geothermal power potential at the western coastal part of Saudi Arabia, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol 26 pp. 668–684
36- Aref Lashin, and Nassir Al Arifi, 2014. Geothermal energy potential of southwestern of Saudi Arabia "exploration and possible power generation": A case study at Al Khouba area – Jizan, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol 30 pp. 771–789
37- Mohamed Metwaly, Eslam Elawadi, Sayed S. R. Moustafa, Nassir Al Arifi, Mohamed El Alfy and EKab Al Zaharani, 2014. Groundwater contamination assessment in Al-Quwy’yia area of central Saudi Arabia using transient electromagnetic and 2D electrical resistivity tomography, Environ Earth Sci, Vol. 71, pp827–835
38- Awni T. Batayneh, Eslam A. Elawadi, and Nasser S. Al-Arifi, 2010. Use of Geoelectrical Technique for Detecting Subsurface Fresh and Saline Water: A Case Study of the Eastern Gulf of Aqaba Coastal Aquifer, Jordan. Journal of Coastal Research: Volume 26, Issue 6: pp. 1079 – 1084.
39-Nassir S Al-Arifi, Aref A Lashin and Saad Al-Humidan, 2012. Migration of local earthquakes in the Gulf of Aqaba, North Red Sea, Earth Sciences Research Journal, Volume 16, No 1: 35 - 40
40- A Lashin, D Chandrasekharam, N Al Arifi, A Al Bassam, C Varun, 2014. Geothermal energy resources of wadi Al-Lith, Saudi Arabia. Journal of African Earth Sciences, Volume 97, September 2014, Pages 357–367.
41- I Koulakov, S El Khrepy, N Al-Arifi, I Sychev, P Kuznetsov, 2014. Evidence of magma activation beneath the Harrat Lunayyir basaltic field (Saudi Arabia) from attenuation tomography. Solid Earth, 5, 873-882.
42- D. Chandrasekharam, Aref Lashin & Nassir Al Arifi, 2014. The potential contribution of geothermal energy to electricity supply in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2014.950966
43- Sayed S.R. Moustafa, Nassir Alarifi, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Kamran Jafri, 2014. An integrated technique for delineating groundwater contaminated zones using geophysical and remote sensing techniques: a case study of Al-Quway’iyah, central Saudi Arabia, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2014, 51(8): 797-808.
44- Mohamed Metwaly, Eslam Elawadi, Sayed S. R. Moustafa and Nassir Al-Arifi, 2014. Combined Inversion of Electrical Resistivity and Transient Electromagnetic Soundings for Mapping Groundwater Contamination Plumes in Al Quwy'yia Area, Saudi Arabia. Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp. 45-52.
45- Aref Lashin and Nassir Al-Arifi, 2014. Geothermal energy potential of southwestern of Saudi Arabia "exploration and possible power generation": A case study at Al Khouba area – Jizan. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 30, February 2014, Pages 771–789
46- Yousef Habous Nazzal, Nassir Al-Arifi, Taisser Zumlot, Hossam Kishawy, 2014. Statistical characterization of the hydrochemical data’s of groundwater in the arid land of Wadi AdDawasir area, Saudi Arabia: A probabilistic assessment. Geologia Croatica, volume 67, issue 3, pp. 207-216
47- Taisser Zumlot, Yousef Nazzal, Izrar Ahmed, Nassir S N Al-Arifi, Habes Ghrefat, Faisal K Zaidi, Mahmud M El-Waheidi, Awni Batayneh, 2014. A pragmatic approach to study the groundwater quality suitability for domestic and agricultural usage, Saq aquifer, northwest of Saudi Arabia. Environ Monit Assess, Environ Monit Asses, volume. 18, issue 186, pp. 4655-4667
 
Conferences and seminars
1. Sinno, Y. A., Turkelli, N., Al-Arifi, N. S., and Bufe, C. G., 1988. Configuration of the Geophysical Observatory and Associated Seismic Network in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Proceeding of the Third Arab Symposium on Earthquake Seismology, March 1986, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2. Al-Arifi, N. S. and Sowerbutts, W. T. C., 1994. The Earthquake Swarm of August 1993, in the Gulf of Aqaba, Saudi Arabia, The JAG Newsletter, Issue 5, p66.
3. Al-Arifi, N. S., and Gharib, A., 1994. Configuration of the Gulf of Aqaba and NW of Saudi Arabia seismic network., Second annual meeting of the Saudi Society for earth sciences, 25-27 Oct., 1994, pp. 14.
4. Al-Arifi, N. S., Necioglu, A., and Gharib, A., 1994. Seismotectonic re-evaluation of the Red Sea and Arabian Shield, Second annual meeting of the Saudi Society for earth sciences, 25-27 Oct., 1994, pp. 15-16.
5. Fayez, A. A. and Al-Arifi, N. S., 2001. Focal Mechanism analyses of the 1993, 1995 Northern Red Sea sequences activity, Forth International Conference on recent advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, California, March 26-31, Paper No. 10.58, pp. 1-6.
6- AI-Arifi, Nassir S. and Hesham M. El Araby, 2007. Exploration of Underground Cavities in Riyadh Area Using Ground Penetrating Radar for the Purpose of Roads Construction. Third Saudi Science Conference" New Horizons in Science and Their Applications College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 10th-13th March/2007, p 120.
7- Al-Humidan, Saad M. and Nassir S. Al-Arifi, 2007. Geoelectrical Three Dimension Modeling of Wadi Al-Sahba Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Third Saudi Science Conference" New Horizons in Science and Their Applications College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 10th - 13th March/2007, p 122.
8- K. F. Al-Mutairi, N. S. Al-Arifi, 2008. Using GPR and Resistivity Methods to Detect Subsurface Karst Cavities, GEO 2008, 8th Middle East Geoscience Conference and Exhibition, 3-5 march, 2008, Manama, Bahrain
9- Al-Mutairi, Khalid Faraj and Arifi, Nasser Saad, 2007. The use of radar and electrical survey to detect cavities in the surface is composed Jubaila, west of Riyadh, under the karst, Saudi Conference of Sciences "New Horizons in Science and Applications" 10 to 13 March 2007. Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Page 130.
10- Lashin, Aref; Al Arifi, Nassir, 2010. Some Aspects of the Geothermal Potential of Egypt: Case Study: Gulf of Suez-Egypt, Proceedings of the World Geothermal Congress.
11- Nassir S. N. al-arifi and Sayed S. R.Moustafa,  Magnitude discrepancy for King Saud University seismic network (KSUSN), The 9th SEGJ International Symposium Imaging and Interpretation- Science and Technology for Sustainable Development -October 12-14, 2009
12- Mohamed Metwaly, Islam Elawadi, Sayed Moustafa, and Nassir Al Arifi, 2013. Tracing Groundwater Contaminated Plumes Using TDEM and 2D ERT Data Sets At Al-Quwy’yia Area, Central Saudi Arabia, 5th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid Environments.
13- Mohamed Metwaly, Eslam Elawadi, Sayed Shabaan, Nasser Al Arifi, 2013. Joint inversion of electric resistivity and transient electromagnetic for mapping the subsurface contamination plumes at Al Quwy’yia Area, Central Saudi Arabia, 10th meeting of the Saudi society for geosciences “Geosciences for Sustainable Development” 15-17 April, 2013 KFUPM Campus, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
 
Thirteenth: - Participation in the workshops for the development of community colleges
1-      Workshop on " Community Colleges in Saudi Arabia: The Status Quo and Developmental Aspirations" held on 16th and 17th January, 2010.
2-      Program in "Academic Leadership Planning and Management Programme Development and Delivery" which was organized by the Deanship of Skills Development and held at The University of Auckland (centre for continuing education) during the Period of 20-31/7/2009 for a total of 14 training days, Auckland, New Zealand.
3-      Program in "Student Assessment Skills" which was organized by the Deanship of Skills Development and held at king Saud University during the Period of 2-4/1/2010 for a total of 12 training hours.
4-      Program in "Active Learning" which was organized by the Deanship of Skills Development and held at king Saud University during the Period of 5-7/1/2010 for a total of 12 training hours.
5-      Program in "Meeting Management Skills" which was organized by the Deanship of Skills Development and held at king Saud University during the Period of 10-11/11/2009 for a total of 12 training hours.