Middle East Hydrocarbon Potential at your finger tips

Abdulrahman Alsharhan

Education
• Cairo University, Egypt B.Sc. in Geology 1974-1978
• University of South Carolina, U.S.A. M.Sc. in Geology 1981-1983
• University of South Carolina, U.S.A. Ph.D. in Geology 1983-1985

Employment
• Chief Executive Officer of MEGE
• Chairman of the Ras Al Khaimah Cement Company
• U.A.E. University, Faculty of Science 1995-2003 Dean, Professor of Geology
• U. A. E. University, Faculty of Science. 1994-1995 Assistant Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
• U. A. E. University, Faculty of Science. 1992-1994 Assistant Dean for Scientific Research
• U. A. E. University, Faculty of Science. 1991-1995 Associate Professor
• Desert and Marine Environment Research Centre, U.A.E. University 1990-1996 Director
• Desert and Marine Environment Research Centre, U.A.E. University 1987-1990 Head of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Section
• U.A.E. University, Faculty of Science. 1986-1991 Assistant Professor of Geology
• Department of Geology, University of South Carolina, U.S.A. 1981-1985 Graduate Student
• Department of Geology, U.A.E. University 1980-1981 Teaching Assistant
• Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, U.A.E. 1978-1980 Geologist

Professional Memberships
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Tulsa , Oklahoma , U.S.A. (1981-Present)
• Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. (1981-1998).
• Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists (SEPM), Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. (1981-Present).
• International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS), The Netherlands. (1981-Present).
• Geological Society of London, London, United Kingdom. (1982-Present).
• Society of Exploration in Emirates (SEE), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. (1992-Present).
• Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste-Italy. (1998-Present).