Summary

1) Volker C. Vahrenkamp (Professor) - Carbonate Reservoir Studies group (CaResS Geology)

“The complex carbonate formations of the Red Sea and the Arabian Platform bring unique opportunities to study fundamentals of carbonate geology, paleoclimate signals as well as future energy supplies and applications.”​ 

2) Martin Mai (Professor) - Computational Earthquake Seismology group (CES)

“Earthquakes cannot be predicted. Earthquakes cannot be prevented. Hence, we must prepare for them!”

• Earthquake phenomena across broad space & time scales
• Dynamics of earthquake rupture
• Ground-shaking and tsunami simulations in the Gulf of Aqaba
• Imaging the Earth structure using seismic waves
• Geothermal energy in syn-rift sedimentary basins along the Red Sea coast

3) Maryam Alghannam (Ibn Rushd Assistant Professor) - Interface Physics and Poromechanics Lab

"Understanding how fluids interact with faults and fractures is critical for mitigating seismic hazards and guiding the safe and sustainable development of subsurface energy technologies."

• Fluid-fault interactions and friction 
• Fracture mechanics and growth
• Flow and transport in fractures
• Poromechanics
• Induced seismicity
• Geothermal systems

4) Sigurjón Jónsson (Professor) - Crustal Deformation and InSAR group

"We use state-of-the-art satellite geodetic techniques to study ground deformation due to a wide variety of geophysical processes, from earthquakes to subsurface pressure changes — if it moves the ground, we are interested!”