Professional Bio

Abdulaziz Samkari is a geoscientist and a graduate student at Florida State University,

Tallahassee, FL. He received his B.S. in engineering geology from King Abdulaziz

University in 2008 and worked with Saudi Aramco for three years before eventually

becoming a teaching assistant at King Abdulaziz University in 2011. For the past three

years with Saudi Aramco, he worked as a field geologist in Saudi Arabia and as a wire- line

field engineer in Egypt, Russia, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia.

While he was drawn to the generous salary of the oil sector, he changed his interest after

discovering the joys of teaching geology. Abdulaziz is currently specializing in neotectonics

and the recent structures associated with rifting of the Red Sea. His long- term goal is to

gain a better understanding of the rifting system and the geologic hazards associated with it

in Saudi Arabia. His current research is funded by King Abdulaziz University and the

Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia.