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He received his M.S. degree in geology from King Fahd
University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia, in 1993
and his Ph.D. degree in earth sciences from Carleton
University, Ottawa, Canada, in 2006. Currently, he is a faculty
member and graduate coordinator in the Department of
Geosciences at King Fahd University of Petroleum and
Minerals. His research interests are in the areas of engineering
seismology, reservoir characterization and monitoring, groundmotions relations, and near-surface geophysics. His recent
research focuses on applications of microseismic monitoring
systems and enhancement, detection, and localization of
microseismic events, as well as understanding fracture growth
and the role of pre-existing fractures during multistage hydraulic fracture stimulation of shale gas reservoirs.

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