Essam Abd El-Motaal Mohamed عصام عبد المتعال محمد محمد

EXPERIENCE:

• Visiting Professor taught a graduate course entitled “Neotectonics” in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department, Saint Louis University, St. Louis MO, USA, through the Fulbright scholarship, April-December, 2002.
• Professor of Structural Geology, Geotectonics, and Physical Geology, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Sabha University, Sabha, Libya (2004-2006).
• Shared a team as Structural geologist and expert to analyze the geological and neotectonic deformation in a project entitled " Natural hazards and environmental geology, El-Faiyum area, Egypt", sponsored by Saint Luis University, USA and the National Authority of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, Egypt (2002-2003).

AREAS OF INTEREST:

• Structural architecture and tectonic evolution of the Red Sea Rift (specially its coastal plain).
• Structures of the Syrian Arc System.
• Tectonics and morphotectonics of the Gulf of Suez.
• Neotectonics and seismotectonics of the Gulf of Suez, Gulf of Aqaba and the Nile Delta.
• Using Remote Sensing techniques in studying the structures.
• Assessment of the natural hazards and Land-use classification .
• Structural Geology and its relationship with the evaluation of ore deposits.
• Geological assessment of natural hazards.

RESEARCH GROUPS/PROJECTS:

• Research Group project No. (RG-040-1434), Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University.
• Research Group project No. (RG-1438-059), Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University.
• Research Group project No. (RG-1438-060), Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University.
• Research Project No. (14-SPA686-02), “Geological Setting, Mineral and Chemical Evaluation of Bauxite Ore Deposits of Az Zabirah Area, Central Northern of Saudi Arabia”, National Science, Technology and Innovation Plan.