Principal Investigator

Hussein Hoteit

Associate Professor​
Physical Science and Engineering Division
Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering (ERPE)

Research Interests: Numerical analysis, Fluid mechanics

Research Scientists

Zeeshan Tariq

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Petrophysics, Geomechanics, Deep learning, Reservoir simulation, Surrogate Modeling, Natural Hydrogen Production, Geological carbon Storage, Unconventional Reservoirs

Muhammad Ali, Ph.D.

Research Scientist - Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Gas Geo-storage (H2 and CO2), Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery, Multi-phase Flow Through Porous Media, Wettability and Interfacial Phenomena, Unconventionals (Gas hydrates, Coal, Shale), Nanomaterials, Drilling Fluid Rheology, Reservoir Characterization

Mouadh Addassi, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: CO2 sequestration, Mineral characterization, Carbon Mineralization, Reactive transport modeling

Postdoctoral Fellows

Manojkumar Gudala

Post-doctoral fellow

Research Interests: Mathematical and numerical modeling, Flow through porous and fracture media, Geothermal reservoir modeling (THM modeling), Machine Learning, Deep learning

Narendra Kumar Rawat

Post-doctoral fellow

Research Interests: Enhanced oil recovery, CO2 Geo-sequestration, Interfacial phenomenon (Surfactants, Polymers, Nanoparticles), Flow through Porous Media

Abdirizak Omar

Post-doctoral fellow

Research Interests: CO2 storage, Reactive transport modeling, CO2 EOR

PhD Students

Hussain Alqahtani

PhD Student

Research Interests: C02 storage reservoirs, Reservoir Characterization, Reservoir modeling, petrophysical data, Digital core analysis, Machine Learning, predictive modeling, subsurface storage assessment, Carbon capture and Storage, computational techniques

Maria Alejandra Ortiz

PhD Student

Research Interests: Energy Transition, CO2 sequestration, Critical Raw Materials

Shiqi Liu

PhD student

Research Interests: Miscible displacement experiment, Microfluidic displacement experiment, Fracture-cavity flow mechanism

Samuel Fontalvo Guzman

PhD Student

Research Interests: Reservoir Engineering, Reservoir simulation, Improved/Enhanced Oil Recovery, Waterflooding

Yousef Ameen

PhD Student

Research Interests: Reservoir Engineering, Enhanced oil recovery, CO2 sequestration

Yongchun Zhu

PhD Student

Research Interests: oil-gas field development, gas injection miscible displacement, microfluidic displacement experiment

Rayhan Nugroho

PhD student

Research Interests: Geomodelling, Carbon Sequestration, Structural Geology

Yina Liu

PhD Student

Research Interests: Reservoir simulation, multi-physics coupling simulation, Machine Learning

Fawaz Alboghail

PhD Student

Research Interests: ·       Petro-physics, Reservoir Characterization, CO2 sequestration

Marwan Almulhim

PhD Student

Norah Aljeban

PhD Student

Research Interests: Underground Hydrogen Storage, Natural Hydrogen trapping Mechanism

Mauricio Lozano

PhD Student in Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering

Research Interests: Reservoir modeling, Enhanced oil recovery, Energy Transition, CO2 storage

Simon Zougheib

PhD Student

Research Interests: Reservoir & Simulation modelling, Predicting & Enhancing Production, IOR/EOR

Martin Hocherl

MS Student

Research Interests: Dilational Interfacial Rheology under elevated pressure, supercritical CO2, material properties under process conditions, in-situ foam stability

Mutaz Alsubhi

PhD Student - ERPE Program- Hoteit Group

Research Interests: Reservoir Engineering, Enhanced oil recovery

Masters Students

Anwar Alghamdi

Master Student

Research Interests: Artificial Lift, Energy efficiency, Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP), Permanent Magnet Motors (PMM)

Abdulrahman Almulhim

Master Student

Research Interests: Water Flooding Optimization Strategy Uding AI and ML, Chemical EOR, EGR, Production Optimization Well completion High Power Laser EM Waves-Rock Interaction Unconventional Stimulation Techniques, Fiels Development Planning, Well Placement Optimization

Turki Alzarea

Master Student

Research Interests: Drilling Fluid Rheology, Reservoir modeling

Visiting Faculty

Eric Oelkers

Visiting Professor - Professor of Geochemistry

Research Interests: Carbon Storage, Experimental Geochemistry, Mineral Reactivity, Mineral-Fluid Interactions, Reactive Transport Modelling