CV for Dr. Ahmed Saif Al-Mikhlafi, Faculty Member of Department of Earth Sciences, Sana’a University

Personal Information:

Name: Ahmed Saif Al-Mikhlafi

Nationality: Yemeni

Specialization: Environmental Geochemistry

Languages: Arabic, English

Address: Department of Earth Sciences,

Faculty of Petroleum and Natural Sciences,

University of Sana’a,

Republic of Yemen

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Al-Mikhlafi

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1248-9371

Scopus Author ID: 6504135721

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My interest is to reconstruct the Pleistocene climate variability using a geological, and geomorphological markers, as well as U-Th dating of fossil corals. Lithology characteristics and coastal evolution of Southern Red Sea coastline with implication on paleoclimatic records.

Education:

2003 Ph.D. in Sediment and Water Geochemistry, Center of advanced study in geology, Panjab University, India.

1997 Master Degree in Marine Geology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India

1991 Postgraduate Diploma in Marine Geotechniqes, University College of North Wales, UK.

1987 Bachelor Degree in Geology and Chemistry, Geology Department, Sana’a University, Yemen.

Experience:

2014-now Associate professor at department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Sana’a University, Yemen.

2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the UM Edwards Isotope Lab, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota, USA.

2010 – 2012 Associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Sana’a University, Yemen.

2003-2009 Assistant professor at Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Sana’a University.

1998- 2003 Research Scholar, Panjab University, India.

1994- 1997 MSc student, Cochin University, India.

1992-1994 Demonstrator at the Oceanography department, Sana’a University.

1990-1991 Postgraduate Diploma, University College of North Wales, UK.

1989-1990 Demonstrator at the Oceanography Department, Sana’a University.

Conferences and Workshops:

• May 2020 training in course specifications of the BSc Earth and Environmental Sciences curriculum program, Faculty of Petroleum and Natural Sciences, Sana’a University.
• April 2021 training in course specifications of the MSc Earth and Environmental Sciences curriculum program, Faculty of Petroleum and Natural Sciences, Sana’a University.
• June 23-26, 2013 Workshop on High-Resolution Proxies of Paleoclimate, Madison, Wisconsin

Research and scientific papers:

Al-Mikhlafi A.S., Hibbert F., Edwards, R.L., Cheng, H., 2021. Holocene relative sea-level changes and coastal evolution along the coastlines of Kamaran and As-Salif Peninsula, Yemen, southern Red Sea, Quaternary Science Review, 252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106719

Al-Mikhlafi A.S., Edwards RL, Cheng H., 2018. Sea-level history and tectonic uplift during the last interglacial period (LIG) inferred from the Bab al-Mandab coral reef terraces, Yemen, Journal of African Earth Science, 138, 133-148. 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.10.023

Al-Mikhlafi A.S., Hibbert F., Cheng, H., 2021. U-remobilization among altered fossil corals from Bab al-Mandab, southern Red Sea and its effect on ²³⁰Th/U dating, Arab. Jour. Geoscience, revised.

AL-Mikhlafi A.S., Al-Wosabi, M.A., Alaydarus, A.A., 2021. Lithology characteristics and diagenesis of late Pleistocene-Holocene coastal terraces of the Yemeni Red Sea: implication for paleoclimatic records, SQUJ for science, revised.

Al-Wabr, G.M., Al-Mikhlafi, A.S., Al-Hakmi, S.A; Dughish, M.A. 2016. Determination of medical waste composition in hospitals of Sana’a city, Yemen. J. App. Sci. Manag. 20, 343–347.

Al-Wabr, G.M., Al-Mikhlafi, A.S., Al-Hakimi, S.A., Dughish, M.A., 2016. Identification of bacteria and fungi in the solid waste generated in hospitals of Sana’a city, Yemen, Current Life Science, 2: 67-71.

Al-Wabr, G.M., Al-Mikhlafi, A.S., Al-Hakimi, S.A., Dughish, M.A., 2016. Risk Assessment of the Current Handling of Medical Waste in Hospitals of Sana’a City, Yemen. Int. J. Sci. Technol. 31, 1–9. doi:10.20319/Mijst.2017.31.0109

Al-Mikhlafi, A.S., Al-Dubai, M.F, Al-Asadi, H.M. Al-Kebsi, A.Y., 2016. Wastewater influent inferred from hydrochemical changes of groundwater in the semi-arid region of Bani Al-Harith, Sana’a Basin, Yemen, Asian Journal of Water Environment vol.3, 1-17. http://www.geneares.org/archive.html

Al-Mikhlafi A. S., 2010. Groundwater quality of Yemen Volcanic terrain and their geological and geochemical controls, Arab J Geosci. vol. 3 : 193–205 DOI 10.1007/s12517-009-0068-7

Al-Mikhlafi A.S., 2008. Rare Earth elements in modern coral sands: an environmental proxy, Environ Geol, 54, 1145-1153.

Al-Mikhlafi A.S, Khaiwka M.H and Al-Selwi G.S, 2008. Solid waste management in Sana’a City, Faculty of Science Bulletin, Sana’a University, vol. 21, 143- 160.

Al-Suba’i K.A and Al-Mikhlafi A.S., 2008. Impact of urbanization on groundwater quality of Sana’a Basin, Republic of Yemen, Univ. Aden. J. Nat. and Appl. Sc., 12, 575-588.

Chauhan P.R., Othman S., Al-Mikhlafi A.S., and Al-Ma’ammary, 2008. The Bab al-Mandab Paleoanthropology Project in Yemen, Antiquity, 82.

Das B.K., Al-Mikhlafi A.S. and Kaur P., 2006. Geochemistry of the Mansar Lake Sediments, Jammu, India: Implication for source area weathering, provenance and tectonic setting, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 26, 649-668٠.

Al-Mikhlafi A.S., Das B.K. and Kaur P., 2003. Water chemistry of Mansar Lake (India): An indication of source area weathering and seasonal variability, Environ Geol, 44:646-653.