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MOHAMED G. ABDELSALAM

Oklahoma State University Boone Pickens School of Geology

Noble Research center Stillwater, OK 74078

mohamed.abdel_salam@okstate.edu 405-744-6816

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Career Impact

I am a geoscientist interested in research and education in structural geology, geophysical applications, and geospatial information sciences. My research focuses on the tectonic evolution of extensional regimes, orogenic belts and morpho-tectonics. My research has been supported by the Petroleum Industry, National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) with a total of ~4.5 million dollars (~50% share). Results of my research are presented in 77 publications (58 peer-reviewed), 84 invited presentations, and 166 abstracts with a total citation index of 1674 and an h-index of 24 (Scopus, January, 2017). I taught over 70 classes in the geosciences and geospatial information sciences with an average student’s evaluation of 4.4/5 at UT Dallas (August 2000 – July 2006), 3.0/4 at Missouri S&T (August 2006 – May 2012) and 4.5/5 at Oklahoma State University (August 2012 – December 2015). Besides, I have mentored 8 PhD and 11 MS students to successfully complete their graduate degrees. Currently, I am supervising and co-supervising 5 PhD and 2 MS students. I served as the Geosciences Graduate Advisor at UT Dallas between August 2005 and August 2006, the Geology and Geophysics Graduate Coordinator at Missouri S&T between September 2006 and May 2009, and I have been serving as the Geology Graduate Advisor at Oklahoma State University since July 2013. Additionally, I have been active in the US and African geoscientific communities. I served as proposal evaluator and manuscript reviewer for many national and international funding agencies and journals. I served as the President of the Geological Society of Africa between 2001 and 2004, and currently I am an associate editor of the Journal of African Earth Sciences, and editorial board member of the journal of International Geology Review. I was elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America in May 2008 and a fellow of the Geological Society of Africa in November 2008. I received the Missouri S&T Faculty Excellence Award in December 2008.

Education * B. Sc. (Honors) 1984, U Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Geology. * M. Sc. 1987, U Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan, Geology * Ph. D. 1993, UT Dallas, Richardson, TX, Structural Geology/Tectonics

M. Sc. Thesis Title: Geology, structure and tectonics of NE Nuba Mountains, Sudan, with special emphasis on El Bitiera area. Research Supervisor: Dr. A.S. Dawoud. Ph. D. Dissertation Title: Tectonic evolution of the late Precambrian Nakasib suture and Oko shear zone, Red Sea Hills, Sudan. Research Supervisor: Dr. R.J. Stern.

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Employment History * Chair Professor 09/12-Present Oklahoma State U * Professor 09/10-08/12 Missouri S&T * Associate Professor 09/06-08/10 Missouri S&T * Assistant Professor 09/00-08/06 UT Dallas * Research Associate/Scientist 09/93-08/00 UT Dallas

Professional Membership, Honor and Leadership

* Geological Society of Africa Member since 1996 President between 2001 and 2004 Fellow since 2008 * Geological Society of America Member since 1998 Fellow since 2008 * Journal of African Earth Sciences Member of editorial board since 2001 Associate editor since 2008 * Missouri S&T Faculty Excellence Award 2008 * Journal of International Geology Review Member of editorial board since 2013 * American Geophysical Union Member since 2016

External Funding 1. US-Egypt Cooperative Research: Imaging the Geometry of the Kharga Basin (New Valley

Oasis) and its Groundwater Capacity Principal Investigator: Atekwana (25%) Co-principal Investigators: Abdelsalam (25%), Byrnes (25%), Jaiswal (25%) Source of Support: National Science Foundation Award Amount: $ 250,000 Period of Performance: October 1, 2014 – September 30, 2017

2. Magnetic Studies of Overlapping Rift Systems: Insight from Afar, Ethiopia - Supplement Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (100%) Source of Support: Statoil Award Amount: $ 312,070 Period of Performance: March, 2012 – December, 2016

3. Comprehensive Analysis of Broadband Seismic Data in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia Principal Investigator: Gao (50%) Co-Principal Investigators: Liu (30%), Abdelsalam (20%) Source of Support: Statoil Award Amount: $ 451,684 Period of Performance: April 2012 – March 2015

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3. Integrated Studies of Early Stages of Continental Extension: From Incipient (Okavango) to Young (Malawi) Rifts

Principal Investigator: Gao (25%) Co-Principal Investigators: Abdelsalam (25%), Liu (25%), Hogan (25%) Source of Support: National Science Foundation Award Amount: $873,880 Period of Performance: May 2011 – April 2015 4. Four-dimensional Anatomy of Continental Rifts - Supplement

Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (50%) Co-Principal Investigators: Gao (25%), Liu (25%) Source of Support: Statoil Award Amount: $ 309,312 Period of Performance: February 2011 – December 2013

5. Magnetic Studies of Overlapping Rift Systems: Insight from Afar, Ethiopia - Supplement Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (100%) Source of Support: Statoil Award Amount: $ 255,108 Period of Performance: January, 2010 – December, 2012

6. Spatial and Temporal Variation of Crustal Deformation in Afar Revealed from InSAR Principal Investigator: Gao (60%) Co-Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (40%) Source of Support: PRF Award Amount: $100,000 Period of Performance: January, 2010 – December 2012

7. Modeling Drainage Incision on the Ethiopian Plateau Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (75%) Co-Principal Investigator: Sheng (25%) Source of Support: NSF Award Amount: $149,298 Period of Performance: September 2009 - August 2012 8. 3D Digital Replica of Ramses II Temple

Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (100%) Source of Support: NSF Award Amount: $33,573 Period of Performance: August, 2008 – July, 2010

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9. Four-dimensional Anatomy of Continental Rifts Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (50%) Co-Principal Investigators: Gao (25%), Liu (25%) Source of Support: Statoil Award Amount: $ 430,775 Period of Performance: April 2008 – March 2011

10. Reconstructing the Geological History of the Egyptian Nile

Principal Investigators: Abdelsalam (25%) Co-Principal Investigator: Gao (25%), Hogan (25%), Liu (25%) Source of Support: NSF Award Amount: $149,817 Period of Performance: April 2008 – March 2011

11. Magnetic Studies of Overlapping Rift Systems: Insight from Afar, Ethiopia Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (100%) Source of Support: Statoil Award Amount: $ 253,018 Period of Performance: March 2008 – February 2011

12. Cyber-mapping for Teaching Undergraduate Geoscience Courses Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (100%) Source of Support: NSF Award Amount: $139,507 Period of Performance: January 2007 – December 2008

13. Remote Sensing for Oil Exploration in Morocco Principal Investigator: Mohamed Abdelsalam (100%) Source of Support: Atlas Oil Exploration Company

Award Amount: $ 10,000 Period of Performance: August 2004-December 2004

14. Evolution of the Gorge of the Nile in Ethiopia from ASTER and SRTM Remote Sensing Data and Field Studies (with supplement) Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (100%) Source of Support: NSF Award Amount: $43,352 Period of Performance: September 2003 – August 2005

15. Structural Evolution of the Neoproterozoic Allaqi-Heiani Suture, Southern Egypt Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (100%) Source of Support: NSF Award Amount: $23,970 Period of Performance: September 2003 – August 2005

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16. Evolution of the Afar Depression from Orbital Radar Imagery Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (100%) Source of Support: NASA Award Amount: RADARSAT data only (~$30,000). Period of Performance: August 2000 – July 2004

17. Structural Evolution and Gold Mineralization of the Allaqi Suture, Southern Egypt Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (100) Source of Support: NSF Award Amount: $ 30,000 Period of Performance: August 1999 – July 2001

18. Neotectonic Evolution of the Kalabsha and Related Faults, Southern Egypt Principal Investigators: Nielsen (50%), Abdelsalam (50%) Source of Support: NSF

Award Amount: $ 24,338 Period of Performance: August 1999 – July 2001

19. Expansion of Remote Sensing Facility in the Geosciences Department at UTD Principal Investigator: Stern (60%) Co-Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (40%) Source of Support: NASA

Award Amount: $ 158,315 Period of Performance: December 1997 - November 1998

20. Exploration for Gold-Bearing Massive Sulfides in Arid Regions using Landsat TM and SIR-C/X-SAR Data

Source of Support: NASA Principal Investigator: Stern (60%) Co-Principal Investigator: Abdelsalam (40%)

Award Amount: $ 394,099 Period of Performance: July 1997 - June 2000

Publications and Other Scholarly Contributions (*) denotes undergraduate/graduate student. (**) denotes corresponding author.

Peer-reviewed Publications

1. *Xue, L., Gani, N.D., and **Abdelsalam, M.G. Geomorphologic proxies for bedrock rivers: A case study from the Rwenzori Mountains, East African Rift system. 2017. Geomorphology. Doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.009.

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2. *Goussi Ngalamo, J.F., Bisso, D., **Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., Katumwehe, A.B., Ekodeck, G.E. 2016. Geophysical imaging of metacratonization in the northern edge of the Congo craton in Cameroon. Journal of African Earth Sciences. doi: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.12.010

3. *Luelseged, E., Lao-Davila, D.A., **Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., and Gao, S.S. 2016. Evolution of the Broadly Rifted Zone in southern Ethiopia through gravitational collapse and extension of dynamic topography. Tectonophysics. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.12.009.

4. *Parks, S., Byrnes, J., **Abdelsalam, M.G., Lao-Davila, D.A., Atekwana, E.A., and Atya, M.A. 2016. Assessing groundwater accessibility in the Kharga Basin, Egypt: A remote sensing approach. Journal of African Earth Sciences. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2016.11.002

5. *Yeshanew, F.G., Pease, V., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Whitehouse, M.J. 2016. Zircon U-Pb ages, δ18O and whole-rock Nd isotopic compositions of the Dire Dawa Precambrian basement, eastern Ethiopia: implication for the assembly of Gondwana. Journal of the Geological Society, London. doi: 10.1144/jgs2016-017.

6. *Katumwehe, A.B., **Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., and Lao-Davila, D.A. 2016. Extent, kinematics and tectonic origin of the Precambrian Aswa Shear Zone in eastern Africa. Gondwana Research 34, 241-253.

7. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Katumwehe, A.B., Atekwana, E.A., Le Pera, A.K., and Achang, M. 2016. The Paleoproterozoic Singo granit in south-central Uganda revealed as a nested igneous ring complex using geophysical data. Journal of African Earth Sciences 116, 198-212.

8. Lao-Davila, D.A., Al-Salmi, H.S., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Atekwana, E.A. 2015. Hierarchical segmentation of the Malawi Rift: The influence of inherited lithospheric heterogeneity and kinematics in the evolution of continental rifts. Tectonics 34, 2399-2417.

9. *Katumwehe, A.B., **Abdelsalam, M.G., and Atekwana, E.A. 2015. The role of pre-existing Precambrian structures in rift evolution: The Albertine and Rhino Grabens, Uganda. Tectonophysics. 646, 117-129.

10. *Leseane, K., Atekwana, E.A., Mickus, K.L., Abdelsalam, M.G., Shemang, E.M., and Atekwana, E.A. 2015. Thermal perturbations beneath the incipient Okavango Rift Zone, northern Botswana. Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth. DOI: 10.1002/2014JB011029.

11. *Reed, C.A., Almadani, S., Gao, S.S., Elshiekh, A., Cherie, S., Abdelsalam, M.G., Thurmond, A.K., and Liu, K.H. 2014. Receiver function constraints on crustal seismic velocities and partial melting beneath the Red Sea rift and adjacent regions, Afar Depression. Journal of Geophysical Research. 10.1002/2013JB010719.

12. Fritz, H., Abdelsalam, M.G., Ali, K.A., Bingen, K.A., Collins, A.S., Fowler, A.R., Ghebreab, W., Hauzenberger, C.A., Johnson, P.R., Kusky, T.M., Macey, P., Muhongo, S., Stern, R.J., and Viola, G., 2013. Orogeny style in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 86, 65-106.

13. Liegeois, J-P, Abdelsalam, M.G., Ennih, N., and Ouabadi, A. 2013. Metacraton: Nature, genesis and behavior. Gondwana Research. 23, 220-237.

14. Stern, R.J., Ali, K.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Wilde, S.A., and Zhou, Q. 2012. U-Pb zircon geochronology of the eastern part of the Southern Ethiopia Shield. Precambrian Research. 206-207, 159-167.

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15. *Ismail, E.H., and **Abdelsalam, M.G. 2012. Morpho-tectonic analysis of the Tekeze River and the Blue Nile drainage systems on the Northwestern Plateau, Ethiopia. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 69, 34-47.

16. *Bridges, D.L., Mickus, K., Gao, S.S., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Alemu, A. 2012. Magnetic stripes of a transitioning continental rift in Afar. Geology. 40, 203-206.

17. Bufford, K.M., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Shemang, E., Atekwana, E.A., Mickus, K., Moidaki, M., Modisi, M.P., and Molwakefhe, L. 2012. Geometry and faults tectonic activity of the Okavango Rift Zone, Botswana: Evidence from Magnetotelluric and Electrical Resistivity Tomography Imaging. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 65, 61-71.

18. Roden J., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E., El-Qady, G., and Tarabees, E.A. 2011. Structural Influence on the Evolution of the Pre-Eonile Drainage System of Southern Egypt: Insights from Magnetotelluric and Gravity Data. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 61, 358-368.

19. *Elsheikh, A., **Abdelsalam, M.G., and Mickus, K. 2011. Geology and Geophysics of the Western Nubian Paleolake and the Northern Darfur Megalake (WNPL-NDML): Implication for groundwater resources in Darfur, Northwestern Sudan. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 61, 82-93.

20. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Gao, S.S., and Liegeois, J.P. 2011. Upper mantle structure of the Saharan Metacraton. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 60, 328-336.

21. Gao, S.S., Liu, K.H., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2010. Seismic anisotropy beneath the Afar Depression and adjacent areas: Implication for Mantle Flow. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi: 10.1029/2009JB007141.

22. **Abdelsalam, M.G. 2010. 3D Post-Accretionary Tectonic Strain in the Arabian-Nubian; Example from the Superimposition of the Oko Shear Zone on the Nakasib Suture, Red Sea Hills, Sudan. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 56, 167-178.

23. *Gani, N.D.S., Abdelsalam, M.G., and **Gera, S. 2009. Stratigraphic and structural evolution of the Blue Nile Basin, Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau, Geological Journal. 44, 30-56.

24. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Tsige, L., Yihunie, T., and Hussien, B. 2008. Terrane rotation during the East African Orogeny: Evidence from the Bulbul shear zone, southern Ethiopia. Gondwana Research, 14, 497-508.

25. *Kinabo, B., Hogan, J.P., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Modisi, M. 2008. Fault growth and propagation during incipient continental rifting from a combined aeromagnetic and SRTM DEM investigation of the Okavango Rift Zone, Botswana. Tectonics. 27, TC3013, doi:10.1029/2007TC002154

26. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Youssef, A.M., **Arafat, S.M., and Alfarhan, M. 2008. Rise and demise of the New Lakes of Sahara. Geosphere 4, 375-386.

27. *Gani, N.D.S., Gani, M.R., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2007. Blue Nile incision on the Ethiopian Plateau: Pulsed plateau growth, Pliocene uplift, and hominin evolution. 2007. GSA Today, 17, 4-11.

28. Qiu, F., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Thakkar, P. 2006. Spectral analysis of ASTER data covering part of Neoproterozoic Allaqi-Heiani Suture, southern Egypt. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 44, 169-180.

29. *Gani, N.D.S. and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2006. Remote sensing analysis of the Gorge of the Nile, Ethiopia with emphasis on Dejen-Gohatsion region. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 44, 135-150.

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30. *Pena, S.A., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2006. Orbital remote sensing for geological mapping in southern Tunisia: Implication for oil and gas exploration. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 44, 203-219.

31. *Ren, D., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2006. Tracing along-strike structural continuity of the Neoproterozoic Allaqi-Heiani Suture, southern Egypt using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Fast Fourier Transfor (FFT) and Redundant Wavelet Transform (RWT) of ASTER Data. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 44, 181-195.

32. *Thurmond, A.K., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Thurmond, J.B. 2006. Optical-Radar-DEM remote sensing data integration for geological mapping in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 44, 119-134.

33. *Elnagdy, S.M., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2006. Hyper-spectral analysis of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data: An example from the Neoproterozoic Um Nar Banded Iron Formation (BIF), Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, 9, 53-78.

34. Tsige, L., and **Abdelsalam, M.G. 2005. Neoproterozoic – Early Paleozoic gravitational tectonic collapse in the southern part of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: The Bulbul Belt of southern Ethiopia. Precambrian Research. 138, 297-318.

35. *Beyene, A.M., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2005. Tectonics of the Afar Depression: A review and synthesis. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 41, 41-59.

36. *Thurmond, A.K., Stern, R.J., Abdelsalam, M.G., Nielsen, K.C., Abdeen, M.M., and Hinz, E. 2004. The Nubian Swell. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 39, 401-407.

37. Johnson, P.J., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Stern, R.J., 2003. The Bi’r Umq-Nakasib Suture Zone in the Arabian-Nubian Shield: A key to understanding crustal growth in the East African Orogen. Gondwana Research. 6, 523-530.

38. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Abdeen, M.M., Dwaidar, H.M., and Stern, R.J., 2003. Structural evolution of the Neoproterozoic Western Allaqi-Heiani Suture, Southern Egypt, Precambrian Research. 123, 87-104.

39. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Abdel-Rahman, E.M., El-Faki, E.M., El-Hur, B., and Ibrahim, F.M., and Stern, R.J. 2003. Neoproterozoic deformation in the northeastern part of the Saharan Metacraton. Precambrian Research. 123, 203-221.

40. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Liegeois J-P, and Stern, R.J., 2002. The Saharan Metacraton, Journal of African Earth Sciences. 34, 119-136.

41. Abdeen, M.M., Thurmond, A.K., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Stern, R.J. 2002. Use of Terra satellite ASTER band-ratio images for geological mapping in arid regions: The Neoproterozoic Allaqui suture, Egypt. The Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences. 5, 19-40.

42. Ramadan, T.M., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Stern, R.J. 2001. Mineral exploration with Landsat TM and SIR-C/X-SAR imagery in the Neoproterozoic Allaqi Suture, southern Egypt, Journal of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 67, 491-497.

43. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Stern, R.J., and Berhane, W.G., 2000. Mapping Gossans in Arid Regions with Landsat TM and SIR-C/X-SAR Imagery: The Beddaho Alteration Zone in Northern Eritrea, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 30, 903-916.

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44. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Robinson, C., EL-Baz, F., and Stern, R.J., 2000. Application of orbital imaging radar in geological studies in arid regions: The Saharan testimony, Journal of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 66, 717-726.

45. *Xu, X., Aiken, C.L.V., Bhattacharya, J.P., Corbeanu, R.M., Nielsen, K.C., McMechan, G.A., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2000. Creating virtual 3-D outcrop, The Leading Edge, 197-202.

46. *Balde, M., Fishman, J., Aiken, C.L.V., Fuente, M.F., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 1999. A GPS supported gravity survey in the Amazon of Ecuador. GPS Solutions, 2, 3-17.

47. Stern, R.J., and Abdelsalam, M.G., 1998. Formation of juvenile continental crust in the

Arabian-Nubian Shield: Evidence from granitic rocks of the Nakasib Suture, NE Sudan, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 87, 150-160.

48. **Abdelsalam, M.G., Stern, R.J., Copeland, P., Elfaki, E. M., Elhur, B., and Ibrahim, F.M., 1998. The Neoproterozoic Keraf Suture in NE Sudan: Sinistral transpression along the eastern margin of west Gondwana. Journal of Geology, 106, 133-147.

49. Aiken, C.L.V., Balde, M., Xu, X., Abdelsalam, M.G., Fuente, M.F., and Mena, M., 1997, Integrated studies of Mexico with gravity, magnetic, and GIS databases. The Leading Edge, 1779-1785.

50. Stern, R.J., and Abdelsalam, M.G., 1996. The Origin of the great bend of the Nile from SIR-C/X-SAR Imagery. Science, 274, 1696-1698.

51. **Abdelsalam, M.G., and Stern, R.J., 1996. Mapping Precambrian structures in the Sahara

Desert with SIR-C/X-SAR Radar: The Neoproterozoic Keraf Suture, NE Sudan. Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(E10), 23,063-23,076.

52. **Abdelsalam, M. G., and Stern, R. J., 1996. Sutures and shear zones in the Arabian-Nubian

Shield. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 23, 289-310. 53. **Abdelsalam, M. G., Stern, R. J., Schandelmeier, H., and Sultan, M., 1995. Deformational

history of the Keraf zone in NE Sudan revealed by Shuttle Imaging Radar. Journal of Geology, 103, 475-491.

54. **Abdelsalam, M. G., 1994. The Oko shear zone, Sudan: post-accretionary deformation in the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 151, 767-776.

55. Schandelmeier, H., Wipfler, E., Kuster, D., Sultan, M., Becker, R., Stern, R. J., and Abdelsalam, M. G. 1994. Atmur-Delgo suture – A Neoproterozoic oceanic basin extending into the interior of northeast Africa. Geology, 22, 563-566.

56. Abdelsalam, M. G., and Stern, R. J., 1993. Structure of the late Proterozoic Nakasib suture, Sudan. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 150, 1065-1074.

57. **Abdelsalam, M. G., and Stern, R. J., 1993. Tectonic evolution of the Nakasib suture, Red Sea Hills, Sudan: evidence for a late Precambrian Wilson Cycle. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 150, 393-404.

58. **Abdelsalam, M. G., and Dawoud, A. S. 1991. The Kabus ophiolitic melange, Sudan, and its

bearing on the western boundary of the Nubian Shield. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 148, 83-92.

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Other Publications 59. Leseane, K., Atekwana, E.A., Mickus, K., Abdelsalam, M.G., Bridges, D., and Atekwana, E.

2013. Curie point depth estimation of the Okavango Rift Zone and the surrounding Precambrian cratons and orogenic belts in Botswana from aeromagnetic data. Society of Exploration Geologists workshop on Exploration of Continental Rifts: From Regional to Prospect Level, Houston, TX, 5p.

60. Mickus, K., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Thurmond, A.K. 2013. Contrasting gravity signatures from tectonic stretching rifting and magma-assisted rifting: The Dobe and Tendaho grabens of the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Society of Exploration Geologists workshop on Exploration of Continental Rifts: From Regional to Prospect Level, Houston, TX, 4p.

61. Katumwehe, A.B., Atekwana, E.A., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2013. Rift strain localization, transfer, segmentation and termination: Aeromagnetic imaging of the role of pre-existing structure in the evolution of the Albertine and Rhino grabens in Uganda and Congo. Society of Exploration Geologists workshop on Exploration of Continental Rifts: From Regional to Prospect Level, Houston, TX, 4p.

62. Boese, M., Sheng, H., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2009. Evaluating the use of 3D visualization technology in geology. Proceedings of the 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems. San Francisco, CA. 1-9.

63. Aiken, C., Alfarhan, M., White, L., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2009. Three-dimensional globally-accessed monuments experiment (3D-GAME): The UT Dallas - Missouri S&T effort. Proceedings of the Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia Dedicated to Digital Heritage. Limassol, Cyprus. 1-7.

64. Atekwana, E.A., Kinabo, B.D., Abdelsalam, M.G., Hogan, J.P., Delvaux, D.D., and Zulu, J.D. 2007. Kinematic interplay between the western and southeastern branches of the East African Rift System: Insights from the Kalaye lineament. Proceedings of the International Conference on the East African Rift System: Geoscientific, Economic and Environmental Challenges, 1-5.

65. Ayele, A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Yirgu, G. 2007. Preface - The East African Rift System: Dynamics, Evolution, and Environment. Journal of Earth African Sciences, 48, ix-xiv.

66. Frei, M., Abdelslam, M.G., and Baghdadi, N. 2006. Preface - Remote sensing applications to geological problems in Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 44, vii-x.

67. Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., Keller, G.R., and Klemperer, S.L., 2004. The life cycle of continental rifting as a focus for U.S.-African scientific collaboration. EOS. 85: 47.

68. Kusky, T.M., Abdelsalam, M.G., Tucker, R.D., and Stern, R.J., 2003. Preface - Evolution of the East African and related orogens, and the assembly of Gondwana. Precambrian Research. 123, 81-85.

69. Johnson, P.R., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Stern, R.J., 2002. The Bi’r Umq-Nakasib shear zone: Geology and structure of a Neoproterozoic suture in the northern East African Orogen, Saudi Arabia and Sudan. Saudi Geological Survey Technical Report SGS-TR-2002-1, 33p.

70. Abdelsalam, M.G., 2001. Remote sensing for Africa. Africa Geonews. Journal of African Earth Sciences, IV-V.

71. Berhe, S. M., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 1994. IGCP 348 – The Mozambique Orogenic Belt in east Africa – Field Conference. Episodes, 17, 130-131.

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72. Abdelsalam, M. G., 1993. Structural evolution of the Oko shear zone, Sudan. In: Thorweihe, U., and Schandelmeier, H. (eds), Geoscientific Research in NE Africa, 121-125.

73. Abdelsalam, M. G., and Stern, R. J., 1993. Timing of events along the Nakasib suture and the

Oko shear zone, Sudan. In: Thorweihe, U., Schandelmeier, H. (eds), Geoscientific Research in NE Africa, 99-103.

74. Schandelmeier, H., Wipfler, E., Kuster, D., Abdel Rahman, E. M., Stern, R. J., Abdelsalam, M. G., and Sultan, M. 1993. Evidence for a new suture in northern Sudan. In: Thorweihe, U., Schandelmeier, H. (eds), Geoscientific Research in NE Africa, 83-85.

75. Stern, R. J., Sultan, M., Abdelsalam, M. G., and Dalziel, I. W. D. 1992. Comment and Reply on “Pacific margins of Laurentia and East Antarctica-Australia as a conjugate rift pair: evidence and implications for Eocambrian supercontinent”. Geology, 20, 190-191.

76. Abdelsalam, M. G., and Stern, R. J., 1991. Structural and tectonic evolution of the late

Proterozoic Nakasib suture, Red Sea Hills, Sudan. In: Rocci, G., and Deschamps, M. (eds), Recent Data in African Earth Sciences, 131-134.

77. Church, W. R., Abdelsalam, M. G., Stern, R. J., and Berhe, S. M. 1991. Comments and Reply on “Ophiolites in northeast and east Africa: implication for Proterozoic crustal growth”. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 148, 600-606.

Invited Presentations Presentations in the past five years only. Total number of presentations is 84 1. Tectonics and Human Evolution: The East African Rift System Testimony

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, February 2015 2. Tectonics of an Incipient Sea Floor Spreading Center from Geophysical Imaging: The Afar

Depression Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2014

3. Tectonics of an Incipient Sea Floor Spreading Center from Geophysical Imaging: The Afar Depression Mekele University, Mekele, Ethiopia, June 2014

4. Egypt: The Gift of Geology Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, October 2013

5. Egypt: The Gift of Geology Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 2013

6. Principles and Applications of Radar Remote Sensing Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, August 2013

7. The Nile: A Tale of Two Rivers Mekele University, Ethiopia, July 2013

8. The Nile: A Tale of Two Rivers Southern Illinois University, October 2012

9. The Forgotten ICONS – The Mekele Basin, Ethiopia Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2012 10. The Forgotten ICONS – The Mekele Basin, Ethiopia Statoil, Bergen, Norway, January 2012

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11. Anatomy of a Continental Rift: Insight from Afar for Oil and Gas Exploration Statoil, Bergen, Norway, January 2012

12. The Forgotten ICONS – The Mekele Basin, Ethiopia Mekele University, Mekele, Ethiopia, January 2012

Abstracts

Abstracts in the past five years only. Total number of abstracts is 166. 1. Kolawole, F., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Lao Davila, D.A., Ivey, T., Chindandali, P.,

Salima, J., and Kalindekafe. 2016. Karonga earthquake associated with reactivation of structures within the Mugesse Shear Zone, Malawi: Evidence from aeromagnetic data. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, T51C-2933.

2. Goussi Ngalamo, J.F., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Bisso, D., and Chindandali. 2016. Lithospheric structure beneath the Central Africa Shear Zone and its surrounding in Cameroon deduced from satellite gravity data. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, GP43A-1224.

3. Emishaw, L., Lao Davila, D.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Atekwana, E.A. 2016. Evolution of the Broadly Rifted Zone in southern Ethiopia through gravitational collapse of dynamic topography. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, T51C-2922.

4. Xue, L., and Abdelsalam, M.G. Morpho-tectonic evidence of multi-stage uplift history of the Southeastern Ethiopian Plateau. 2016. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, EP11B-1005.

5. Aghayan, A., Jaiswal, P., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Shukla, K., and Attia, M. 2016. Seismic characterization of aquifer structure in Kharga Basin, Egypt. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, S11A-2428.

6. Sobh, M., Ebbing, J., Goetze, H-J., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2016. The lithospheric structure of the Saharan Metacraton from joint analysis of satellite gravity gradient and seismological data. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, T43B-3040.

7. Pritt, A.R., Prater, W.T., Lao-Davila, D.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Atekwana, E.A. 2016. Rift border fault segmentation through along-strike deflection: Evidence from southern Malawi Rift. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 424.

8. Robertson, K., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Lao-Davila, D.A. 2015. Investigating the influence of pre-existing basement structures on the propagation of the Malawi Rift using SRTM, RADARSAT, and aeromagnetic data. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, DIB-07.

9. Njinju, E.A., Atekwana, E.A., Mickus, K.L., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., and Lao-Davila, D.A. Mid-lithospheric discontinuity beneath the Malawi Rift, deduced from gravity studies and its relationship to the rifting process. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, DI11B-2583.

10. Dawson, S., Lao-Davila, D., Atekwana, E.A., Clappe, B., Johnson, T., Hull, C.D., Nyalugwe, V., Abdelsalam, M.G., Chindandali, P.R.N., and Salima, J. 2015. Strain accommodation and its relationship to pre-existing structures along the Karonga fault, Malawi. . American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, T51G-3002.

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11. Clappe, B., Courtney, D.H., Dawson, S., Johnson, T., Lao-Davila, D.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Chindandali, P.R.N., Nyalugwe, V., Atekwana, E.A., and Salima, J. 2015. Imaging of the rupture zone of the Magnitude 6.2 Karonga earthquake using electrical resistivity. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, ED33D-0973.

12. Fetkovich, E.J., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., and Katumwehe, A.B. 2015. Mapping extensional structures in the Makgadikgadi Pans, Botswana with remote sensing and aeromagnetic data: Implication for the continuation of the East African Rift System in southern Africa. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, T51G-3009.

13. Johnson, T., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., Chindandail, P.R.N., Clappe, B., Lao-Davila, D.A., Dawson, S., Hull, C.D., Nyalugwe, V., and Salima, J. 2015. Mapping Precambrian fabric with magnetic data in the Karonga basin area and its control on the development of the Malawi rift. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, ED33D-0975.

14. Hull, D.H., Johnson, T., Chindandali, P.R.N., Clappe, B., Dawson, S., Lao-Davila, D.A., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Ivey, T., Nyalugwe, V., and Salima, J. 2015. Gravity transects across the Karonga fault in the northern Malawi Rift. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, ED33D-0974.

15. Atekwana, E.A., Matende, K., Abdelsalam, M.G., Mickus, K.L., Gao, S.S., Sikazwe, O., Liu, K.H., and Evans, R.L. 2015. Crustal structure beneath the Luangwa Rift, Zambia: Constraints from potential field data. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, T51G-3007.

16. Njinju, E., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atekwana, E.A., and Lao-Davila, D. 2015. Possible Crustal and sub-continental lithospheric mantle decoupling beneath the Malawi rift. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 617.

17. Goussi Ngalamo, J.F., Abdelsalam, M.G., Bisso, D., Atekwana, E.A., and Ekodeck, G.E. 2015. Geophysical evidence for metacratonization of the northern edge of the Congo craton in Cameroon. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 617.

18. Atekwana, E.A., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Niles, M.C. 2015. The geochemistry of hot springs of the Luangwa rift valley, Zambia show no evidence of mantle processes. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 617.

19. Alemu, T., Abdelsalam, M.G., Atnafu, B., and Enkurie, D. 2015. Sedimentologic and structural features of an exhumed intercontinental sag basin; the Mekelle sedimentary basin in Ethiopia. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 33.

20. Xue, L., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2015. Review of geomorphologic proxies for uplift on fluvial systems: A case study from the Rwenzori Mountains, the East African Rift System. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 155.

21. Katumwehe, A.B., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Mickus, K.L. 2015. Thermal structure and crustal thickness beneath the Albertine rift, Uganda from potential fields data. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 7.

22. Sickbert, T., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Yihum, M. 2015. Evolution of Gutenberg-Richter A- and B-values for Oklahoma earthquakes. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 49.

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23. Matende, K.N., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Lao-Davila, D., and Mickus, K.L. 2015. Magnetic under-plating below the Karoo-aged Luangwa rift valley? Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 8.

24. Leseane, K., Atekwana, E.A., Mickus, K.L., Abdelsalam, M.G., Shemang, E., and Atekwana, E. 2015. The interplay between pre-existing structure and mantle fluids in strain localization during continental rift initiation: The Okavango Rift Zone testimony. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 3.

25. Al-Salmi, H.S., Lao-Davila, D.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Atekwana, E.A. 2015. Border fault segmentation along the Malawi Rift. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 4.

26. Emishaw, L., Lao-Davila, D.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Atekwana, E.A. 2015. Gravity and morpho-tectonic analysis of the broadly rifted zone in southern Ethiopia. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 8.

27. Demissie, Z., Byrnes, J., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2015. High resolution deformation estimation using distributed scatter interferometry approach within Dobe Graben, the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 9.

28. Robinson, K.E., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Lao-Davila, D.A. 2015. Influence of pre-existing structures on strain localization and evolution at the southern termination of the Malawi Rift. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 8.

29. Smith, S., Byrnes, J., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2015. Bedrock fracture analysis in the Western Desert of Egypt using remote sensing data: Implication for groundwater resources of the Kharga Basin. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 52.

30. Alemu, T.B., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2015. When did uplift in the western margin of the Afar Depression begin? Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 8.

31. Liang, X., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2015. Morpho-tectonic analysis of the drainage systems on the Southwestern Ethiopian Plateau: Evidence for different uplift histories on the flanks of the Afar Depression and Main Ethiopian Rift. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Stillwater, OK, 4.

32. Katumwehe, A.B., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Lao Davila, D. 2014. Integrated analysis of airborne geophysical data to understand the extent, kinematics and tectonic evolution of the Precambrian Aswa Shear Zone in Eastern Africa. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, T23B-4659.

33. Atekwana, E.A., LePera, A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Katumwehe, A., and Achang, M. 2014. The Precambrian Singo Igneous Complex (SIC), Uganda revealed as a mineralized nested ring complex using high resolution airborne radiometric and magnetic data. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, NS42A-01.

34. Demissie, Z., Abdelsalam, M.G., Byrnes, J., and Bridges D. 2014. Strain partitioning and localization within the Dobe Graben using Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (D-InSAR) and Shuttle Radar Terrain Model. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, T43A-4695.

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35. Atekwana, K., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2014. Three-dimensional (3D) model of the Erta Ale volcano in the Afar Depression of Ethiopia from remote sensing data integration. Geological Society of America (GSA) South-central Section Meeting, Fayetteville, AK, 12.

36. Leseane, K., Atekwana, E.A., Mickus, K., Abdelsalam, M.G. and Atekwana, E. 2013. Curie point depth estimates beneath the incipient Okavango Rift Zone, northwestern Botswana. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1793948

37. Abdelsalam, M.G., Berhanu, T., and Lebenie, D. 2013. Normal faults-related deformation bands in the Paleozoic-Mesozoic Sandstones of the Mekele Sedimentary Basin in northern Ethiopia. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 116.

38. Abdelsalam, M.G. and Tewksbury, B. 2013. Egypt: The gift of geology. Abdelsalam, M.G., Berhanu, T., and Lebenie, D. 2013. Normal faults-related deformation bands in the Paleozoic-Mesozoic Sandstones of the Mekele Sedimentary Basin in northern Ethiopia. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 160.

39. Achang, M., Atekwana, E.A., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Katumwehe, A.B. 2013. The Singo granite, mineral occurrances and ring complexes, Uganda. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 536.

40. Katumwehe, A.B., Atekwana, E.A., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2013. The role of pre-existing structures in the evolution of the Albertine and Rhino grabens in Uganda and Congo. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 822.

41. Liegeois, J-P., Abdelsalam, M.G., Ennih, N., and Ouabadi, A. 2013. Metacraton nature, genesis and behavior with emphasis on the Saharan Metacraton. 24th Colloquium of African Geology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21.

42. Liegeois, J-P., Asrat, A., Abdelsalam, M.G., Mogessie, A., Stern, R.J., and Kroner, A. 2013. Nature and significance of the Pan-African Orogeny. 24th Colloquium of African Geology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 45.

43. Megerssa, L., Abdelsalam, M.G., Hailu, A., and Lebenie, D. 2013. Structural evolution of the Neoproterozoic Tekeze Fold and Thrust belt, Northern Ethiopia. 24th Colloquium of African Geology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 47.

44. Fritz, H., Abdelsalam, M.G., Ali, K.A., Bingen, B., Collins, A.S., Fowler, A.R., Ghebreab, W., Hauzenberger, C.A., Johnson, P., Kusky, T., Macey, P., Muhongo, S., Stern, R.J., Viola, G. 2013. Thematic maps of East Africa and adjacent areas. 24th Colloquium of African Geology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 56.

45. Abdelsalam, M.G., Mickus, K.L., Lebenie, D., and Atnafu, B. 2013. Evolution of the Mekele Sedimentary Basin, Ethiopia as an Intra-CONtinental Sag (ICONS). 24th Colloquium of African Geology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 78.

46. Weide, B., Mickus, K.L., Abdelsalam, M.G., and Alemu, A. 2013. Gravity and geological evidence for a magmatic segment in the Tendaho Graben, Afar, Ethiopia, 24th Colloquium of African Geology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 130.

47. Ismail, E.H., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2013. Evolution of the Blue Nile and Tekeze River on the Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau from morpho-tectonic parameters. 24th Colloquium of African Geology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 384.

48. Faber, E., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2012. Morpho-tectonic evolution of the Lake Plateau region in Sub-Sahara Africa: A remote sensing approach. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 94.

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49. Abdelsalam, M.G., Mickus, K., Lebenie, D., and Atnafu, B. 2012. The Mekele sedimentary basin, Ethiopia; The forgotten ICONS. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 558.

50. Buckley, K., Faber, E., Yirgu, G., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2012. Rift outer hanging wall extensional styles: An example from the Afar Depression, Ethiopia. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 558.

51. Silverstein, J. Mengesha, L., Yilma, G., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2012. Enigmatic regional structural grain of the Precambrian crystalline rocks of Dire Dawa area, Ethiopia. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 558.

52. Alvarez, N.A., Hogan, J.P., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2012. The role of pre-existing structures in the initiation and propagation of rifts: Insights from the Okavango rift zone, Botswana. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 558.

53. Aldoukhi, H., and Abdelsalam, M.G. 2012. Structural analysis and synthesis of the Precambrian Salalah crystalline basement, Oman. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, 559.

Student and Post-doctoral Fellows Advisement

Post-doctoral Fellows 1. David Bridges - Started Spring 2011 – Moved Summer 2013

Current PhD Students

1. Zelalem Demissie (Oklahoma State) – Started Fall 2012 2. Tim Sickbert (Oklahoma State) – Started Fall 2013 3. Tadesse Berhanu (Oklahoma State) – Started Spring 2014 4. Liang Xue (Oklahoma State) – Started Fall 2014 5. Luelseged Emishaw (Oklahoma State) - Started Spring 2016 – Co-supervised with Dr.

Atekwana

Past PhD Students 1. Beyene, Alebachew (UT Dallas) – Graduated Summer 2004

Dissertation title: Evolution of Afar, Ethiopia from orbital optical and radar images. 2. Ren, Dianwei (UT Dallas) – Graduated Fall 2005

Title of Dissertation: ASTER digital image processing for geological applications: Examples from the Neoproterozoic Allaqi-Heiani Suture, Egypt.

3. Gani, Nahid (UT Dallas) - Graduated Spring 2006 Title of Dissertation: Geological evolution and incision history of the Gorge of the Nile on the Ethiopian plateau from remote sensing and geographic information system analysis, and field studies.

4. Thurmond, Allison (UT Dallas) – Graduated Spring 2007 Title of Dissertation: The role of strike-slip faulting in the evolution of the Afar Depression from remote sensing data fusion, field studies and radar interferometry.

5. Bridges, David (Missouri S&T) – Graduated Spring 2011 – Co-supervised with Dr. Gao

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Title of Dissertation: A geological and geophysical study of the Tendaho graben in the Afar Depression, Ethiopia: Insights into transitioning continental rifting.

6. Carrie Bottenberg (Missouri S&T) – Graduate Summer 2012 Title of Dissertation: Plate kinematics of the Afro-Arabian Rift System with emphasis on

the Afar Depression, Ethiopia 7. Hanadi Al-Doukhi (Missouri S&T) – Graduated Spring 2014

Title of Dissertation: Precambrian evolution of the Salalah crystalline basement from structural analysis and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology

8. Andrew Katumwehe (Oklahoma State) – Graduates Spring 2016 – Co-supervised with Dr. Atekwana Dissertation title: The role of pre-existing Precambrian structures and thermal anomaly in rift initiation and development – The Albertine and Rhino grabens in Uganda

Current MS Students

1. Andrew Fletcher (Oklahoma State) – Started Fall 2015 – Co-supervised with Dr. Atekwana

2. Curt Carter (Oklahoma State) – Started Spring 2017. 3. Ashton Barragar (Oklahoma State) – Started Spring 2017.

Past MS Students

1. Williamson, David (UT Dallas) – Graduated Fall 2003

Thesis title; Polyphase deformation of the eastern central province, Oklahoma Ouachita Mountains; Evidence in support of an unconformity model for the tectonic evolution of the Ouachita Orogen

2. Pena, Sherrie (UT Dallas) – Graduated Spring 2005 Thesis title: Geological remote sensing in southern Tunisia for oil and gas exploration

3. El-Nagdy, Sherief (UT Dallas) – Graduated Fall 2005 Thesis Title: Hyper-spectral and multi-spectral analysis of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data: examples from the Neoproterozoic Um Nar Banded Iron Formation (BIF), Egypt.

4. Mote, Danny (UT Dallas) – Graduated Summer 2006 Thesis title: Neogene uplift history of the western Picuris Mountains, New Mexico

5. El-Sheikh, Ahmed (Missouri S&T) – Graduate Fall 2009 Thesis title: Geology and Geophysics of the Darfur Mega-lake, Sudan: Implication for groundwater resources

6. Lansbery, Leslie (Missouri S&T) – Graduated Spring 2011 Thesis title: Geological and geomorphological evolution of the Egyptian Nile between

Aswan and Kom Ombo: A remote sensing and field study approach 7. Ismail, Elamin (Missouri S&T) – Graduated Summer 2011

Thesis title: Morpho-tectonic analysis of the Tekeze and the Blue Nile drainage systems of the Northwestern Ethiopian Plateau, Ethiopia

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8. Nawwaf Almuntshry (Missouri S&T) – Graduated Fall 2012 Thesis title: Evaluating the effectiveness of multi-spectral remote sensing data for geological mapping in arid regions: A quantitative approach with examples from the Makkah Neoproterozoic terrain, Saudi Arabia

9. Tom Jerris (Missouri S&T) – Graduate Fall 2013 - Co-supervised with Dr. John Hogan Thesis title: Development of structural basins and domes on the Sin el-Kaddab Plateau:

Insights from In situ data and application of moderate resolution orbital imagery of the Seiyal fault.

10. Haifa Al-Salmi (Oklahoma State) – Graduated Fall 2014 Thesis title: Border faults linkage and segmentation along the Malawi Rift.

11. Luelseged Emishaw (Oklahoma State) – Graduated Fall 2015 – Co-supervised with Dr. Lao-Davila

Thesis title: Evolution of the Broadly Rifted Zone in southern Ethiopia through gravitational collapse of dynamic topography.

Graduate Students upon Whose Dissertation/Thesis Committees I have Served

1. Henderson, Tracey (MS, UT Dallas) – Graduated Fall 2002 2. Bleamaster, Leslie (PhD, SMU) – Graduated Spring 2003 3. Young, Duncan (PhD, SMU) – Graduated Spring 2003 4. Steele, Karen (MS, UT Dallas) – Graduated Spring 2003 5. Friedman, Virginia (MS, UT Dallas) – Graduated Fall 2004 6. Al-Shuaibi, Arafat (PhD, UT Dallas) – Graduating Spring2006 7. Hargrove, Trey (PhD, UT Dallas) – Graduated Spring 2006 8. Nebrigic, Dragana (PhD, UT Dallas) – Graduated Summer 2006 9. Shogar, A. Ibrahim (MS, UT Dallas) – Graduated Summer 2006 10. Karaminia, Mohsen (PhD, UT Dallas) – Graduated Fall 2006 11. Olariu, Iulia (PhD, UT Dallas) – Graduated Summer 2007 12. Kinabo, Baraka (PhD, Missouri S&T) – Graduate Fall 2007 13. Onstad, Katherine (MS, Missouri S&T) – Graduated Spring 2008 14. Amos Wamweya (MS, Missouri S&T) - Graduates Fall 2008 15. Janet Raymer (MS, Missouri S&T) _Graduated Fall 2010 16. Ali Atef (PhD, Missouri S&T) – Graduated Spring 2011 17. Sattam Almadani (PhD, Missouri S&T) – Graduated Summer 2011 18. Mohamed Zoba (PhD, Missouri S&T) – Graduated Summer 2011 19. Adnan Aqeel (PhD, Missouri S&T) – Graduated Spring 2012 20. Mahmoud Elsharafi (PhD, Missouri S&T) – Graduated Fall 2012

21. Hisham Rafayee (PhD, Missouri S&T) – Graduated Fall 2012 22. Elamin Ismail (PhD, Missouri S&T) – Graduate Fall 2013 23. Alan Lepera (MS, Oklahoma State U) – Graduated Spring 2014 24. Khumo Leseane (MS, Oklahoma State U) – Graduated Spring 2014 25. Jason Hanzel (MS, Oklahoma State U) – Graduate Summer 2014 26. Kitso Matende (MS, Oklahoma State U) – Graduated Spring 2015 27. Uzonna Anyiam (MS, Oklahoma State U) – Graduated Summer 2015

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28. Jingyao Meng (MS, Oklahoma State U) – Graduated Fall 2015 29. Emmanuel Njinju (MS, Oklahoma State U) – Graduated Spring 2016 30. Shawna Parks (MS, Oklahoma State U) – Graduated Spring 2016 31. Sam Dawson (MS, Oklahoma State U) – Graduated Fall 2016

Teaching Experience

GEOL 1114 Physical Geology (Taught 2 times at Oklahoma State) GEO 51 Physical and Environmental Geology (Taught 5 times at Missouri S&T) GEOS 1303 Physical Geology (Taught 1 time at UT Dallas) Introduction to Earth materials, processes that have shaped the Earth through geologic time, geological hazards, mineral resources, and human’s impact on the environment. Discussion on water, groundwater circulation, and glaciation. Examination of Earth's interior and internal geologic processes such as volcanism, earthquakes, crustal deformation, and plate tectonics. GEO/GE 248 Fundamentals of GIS (Taught 4 times at Missouri S&T) Scientific and technical fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) including digital representation of geographical data, geographical projections, geo-referencing. Discussion on spatial and non-spatial data for addressing issues such as location, patterns, trends, conditions and implications. Training input-output, analysis, and modeling of spatial and non-spatial data in a GIS digital environment. GEOS 2407 Field Geology I (Taught 6 times at UT Dallas) Hand-on experience with the collection, analysis, and presentation of geological field data in preparation for enrollment in GEOS 4304 Field Geology II (Summer Field Camp). Discussion on topographic maps and topographic profiles, surveying, geological maps construction and interpretation, field notes, stratigraphic columns, outcrop patterns, geological cross sections, geological illustrations, and technical reports writing. GEOL 3073 Geomorphology (Taught 1 time at Oklahoma State) Outlining key concepts in geomorphology including how different geological processes have shaped and is shaping the surface of the Earth. Summary of different geomorphological research methods. Discussion on how exogenic processes such water, glacier and wind weathering produce different landscapes. Discussion on how endogenic processes such as volcanism and tectonism contributes to geomorphological changes. Discussion of how geomorphological changes affect the climate. GEO/GE 344 Remote Sensing Technology (Taught 6 times at Missouri S&T) GEOS 3334/5325 Remote Sensing (Taught 5 times at UT Dallas) Principles of remote sensing as applied to water, vegetation, urban landscape, geological studies. Remote sensing data collection and processing, electromagnetic radiation principles and energy-matter interaction. Description of remote sensing systems including visible and near infrared (VNIR) and short wave infrared (SWIR), Thermal infrared (TIR) and radio detection and ranging (RADAR) systems.

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GEO 373 Field Geology (Taught 3 times at Missouri S&T) GEOS 4304 Field Geology II (Taught 3 times at UT Dallas) Hands-on experience with the collection and analysis of real-life geological data, Emphasis on plotting locations using Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units, identifying rock types, construction of accurate geological maps, and balanced geological cross-sections. Progression form simple geological structures to multiply deformed terrains. The Sangre de Cristo and Picuris Mountains are used for these exercises. GEOL 3014 Structural Geology (Taught 2 time at Oklahoma State) GEOS 3470/5470 Structural Geology (Taught 4 times at UT Dallas) Principles of structural geology as a corner-stone disciple in geosciences. Discussion on strain, strain, stress Mohr circle, and strain Mohr circle. Description of primary structures, cylindrical, conical, and complex folding, normal, strike-slip and reverse faults and their tectonic provinces. Hands-on experience on techniques in structural geology including cross-section constructions from strike lines, stereonets, fold classification, and calculation of displacement vectors. GEOL 4213 Plate Tectonics (Taught 1 time at Oklahoma State) Study of the Earth’s past and present tectonic environments within the framework of plate tectonics. Systematic examination of structural associations in relation to their spatial distributions around and within plate boundaries. Outlining the temporal evolution of the crust. Discussion on mechanisms for plate tectonics. Implication of plate tectonics in terms of resources and the environment. GEO 401 Special Topics – Afar Depression, Ethiopia (Taught 1 time at Missouri S&T) Review of scientific literature on the Afar rift-rift-rift triple junction (Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Main Ethiopian Rift) and evolution of continental rifts into sea floor spreading centers and the onset of passive continental margins. Emphasis on style of deformation, and surface, crustal and upper mantle structure of rift systems. GEO 401 Special Topics – Advanced Structural Geology (Taught 3 time at Missouri S&T) In-depth discussion and hands-on experience with modern concepts and techniques in structural geology using learning-based approach. Emphasis on mathematical expression of three-dimensional (3D) initial, tectonic, and finite strain, techniques on the construction of balanced geological cross-sections, and analysis of multiply-deformed terrain with mesoscopic structures and kinematic indicators. GEOL 5990 Spectral Signal Processing (Taught 2 times at Oklahoma State) GE 446 Advanced Remote Sensing and Image Processing (Taught 3 times at Missouri S&T) GEOS 5326 Remote Sensing Digital Image Processing (Taught 3 times at UT Dallas) Point, local, and regional digital image processing techniques applied to airborne and orbital remote sensing data. Discussion on extraction of initial statistical data from remote sensing data, image enhancement, extraction of thematic information through supervised and un-supervised classification, change detection, hyper-spectral digital image processing, and accuracy assessments.

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GEOS 5V08 Personal Computers in Geosciences (Taught 1 time at UT Dallas) Hand-on experience on personal computer-based (both Windows and Apple Macintosh) software that are important in geosciences and critical in analysis and presentation of geological data including desk-top publishing software such as Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop, Canvas, and Microsoft Office. Discussion on useful web-based resources such as electronic database, electronic journals, and literature search engines. GEOS 5328 Radar Remote Sensing (Taught 1 time at UT Dallas) Principles and applications of orbital radar remote sensing. Discussion on real and synthetic aperture radar systems. Principles of radargrammetry and single-path and repeat-path interferometry. Applications of radar remote sensing in terrestrial and planetary geosciences, land use and land cover mapping, urban analysis, surface change, and crustal deformation. GEOS 5329/GISC 7366 Applied Remote Sensing (Taught 4 times at UT Dallas) Applications of remote sensing to understanding, managing and protecting Earth resources and environment. Discussion on remote sensing applications to water, vegetation, urban landscape, and geological studies. Hand-on experience with analog and digital image processing techniques and their application in the characterization of land use – land cover. GEOS 6205 Geosciences Presentations (Taught 1 time at UT Dallas) Discussion and hand-on experience on preparing effective oral and written geoscience presentations as well as critiquing oral presentations. Emphasis on having students prepares and delivers oral presentations, poster presentation, prepare and critique manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication, and prepare and evaluate scientific proposals for major funding agencies. GEOS 7327 Remote Sensing Workshop (Taught 4 times at UT Dallas) Emphasis on student’s completing a scientifically-sound project where an existing remote sensing digital image processing technique is improved, a new technique is introduced or air-borne or orbital optical and radar remote sensing data are used creatively to solve a geoscientific problem.

Service

University Service * Member, OSU School of Geology Preliminary Exam Committee – Spring 2014 – present * Chair, OSU School of Geology Graduate Committee – Fall 2013-Present * Member, OSU School of Geology Head Search Committee – Fall 2012-Spring 2013 * Member, OSU School of Geology Personnel Committee – Fall 2012-Fall 2016 * Member, International Scientific Committee of the 24th Colloquium of African Geology – Fall

2011-Spring 2012. * Member, Missouri S&T Faculty Senate, 2011 – 2012 * Graduate Coordinator, Missouri S&T Geology and Geophysics Program, 2006 – 2009 * Member, Missouri S&T Faculty Senate, 2006 - 2009 * Member, UT Dallas Academic Senator, 2005 - 2006

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* Graduate Advisor, UT Dallas Department of Geosciences, 2005 – 2006 * Coordinator, UT Dallas Graduate Certificate in Remote Sensing, 2002 - 2006 * Co-Director, UT Dallas Remote Sensing Lab, 1998 – 2006

Professional Service * Member, Initial Accreditation Committee, Department of Petroleum Geosciences and Remote Sensing, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, October 2015. * Chairman, External Reviewer Panel, Department of Geology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, June 2011. * Co-convener, NSF-On the Cutting Edge, Using GIS and Remote Sensing to teach Geoscience in

the 21st Century, August 2010 * NSF Panelist, January 2008 * Vice President, International Commission for Earth Sciences in Africa, 2002 - 2005 * Article reviewer for international journals including Journal of Structural Geology, Precambrian Research, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Journal of African Earth Sciences, Journal of the Geological Society of London, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Geosphere, Lithosphere, Gondwana Research, International Geology Review, and Hydrological Processes. * Proposal evaluator for NSF, NASA, PRF, and UNESCO. * Taught short remote sensing courses in Africa (October 1999, Tanzania; September 2000, Guinea; December 2000, Ethiopia; January 2001, Egypt; August 2002, Botswana; December

2011, August 2013, Ethiopia) * M.S. External Examiner - University of Zambia, 2001. * Ph.D. External Examiner - Witwatersrand University, 1999