El-Barkooky, Ahmed Ph.D. in sedimentary geology (Cairo University)

Research fellow of the Technical University of Berlin (Germany)

Experience in sequence stratigraphy and sedimentology, petroleum geology, basin analysis, field geology and GIS. 

Ahmed N. El-Barkooky graduated with B.Sc. (Honours) Degree in geology from Cairo University. He got his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees, where he was appointed as a lecturer of geology at the Geology Department, Faculty of Science in Cairo University. He’s been teaching several courses and supervising many postgraduate research programs. In the meantime, he’s been working as an advisor of petroleum geology for international oil companies (Shell, Schlumberger, Edison, Petronas and Hess in addition to other joint venture companies in Egypt). He enjoys more than 30 years of experience in both academia and industry. He led and participated in several exploration projects and special studies regarding, reservoir characterization, sequence stratigraphy, basin architecture and tectonostratigraphic controls of petroleum systems, geological site investigation and environmental assessments. Ahmed was a principal and co-principal investigator for multidisciplinary projects that link geology with other branches of science like astronomy and vertebrate palaeontology and palaeo-biogeography.  He carries out sedimentological research in various depositional environments. He conducts geological field seminars for both students of geology and professional geoscientists. He authored and co-authored several publications in peer-reviewed journals and magazines. He obtained broad regional experience in the geology of Egypt, Africa and Middle East through several consultations and research projects. He is reviewer for international journals including Journal of African Earth Science, GeoArabia, and American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG). He is also a consultant for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Dr ElBarkooky got the AAPG Public Service Award in 2010 for his volunteering efforts preparing the technical report to declare the Whales’ valley in Egypt as a World Heritage Site. He is also the advisor for initiatives of students and fresh graduates of geosciences such as AAPG Student chapters and Young Professionals to fill the gap between academia and industry. 

1. Abdel Aal, A., El-Barkooky, A., Gerrits, M., Meyer, H., Schwander, M. and Zaki, H., (2000): Tectonic evolution of the eastern Mediterranean basin and its significance for the hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Nile Delta ultra-deepwater area. Proceedings of the 2nd Mediterranean Offshore Conference, Alexandria, Egypt.
2. Barakat, M.G., Darwish, M. and El-Barkooky, A.N. (1986): Lithostratigraphy of the PostCarboniferous – Pre-Cenomanian Clastics in West central Sinai and Gulf of Suez, Egypt. EGPC 8th Exploration Conference Cairo, Egypt. 15p. 
3. Boukhary, M., Sherif, O., El-Barkooky, A.N., Mohamed, S.A., Kamel, Y. H. and Hanna D.G. (2015): Bio-, Seismic and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Neogene of the North West Damietta Concession, Nile Delta, Egypt. Historical Biology.
4. Darwish, M., El-Barkooky, A.N., Tewfik, T., Hellem, T. and Amundsen, H. (1998): Early Rift Facies and Tectonics in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt: “Nukhul Block” as a case study. AAPG Hedberg conference.
5. Dolson, J.D., El-Barkooky, A., Wehr, F., Gingerich, P., Prochazka, N. and Shann,M. (2002):
6. The Eocene and Oligocene Paleo-Ecology and Paleo-Geography of Whale Valley and Fayoum
7. Basins: Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration in the Nile Delta and Eco-Tourism in the Greater Fayoum Basin. A guidebook for field trip No.7, AAPG International Conference 2002, Cairo. 79p.
8. El-Araby, A. and A.N. El-Barkooky (2000): Stratigraphic architecture and facies evolution of the Oligocene Gebel Qatrani Formation, Gebel Qatrani, North Fayum, Egypt GAW5, 2000, Int. Conf. on Geol. of the Arab World, Cairo Univ. Egypt.
9. El-Barkooky, A. N. (1986): Geological Studies on the Red Beds in the Gulf of Suez and Central Sinai, Egypt. M.Sc. Thesis, Cairo University. 225p.
10. El-Barkooky, A. N. (1994): Palaeozoic – Mesozoic Boundary: Its Stratigraphical, Sedimentological and Palaeotectonical Implications in Sinai and Gulf of Suez, Egypt. PhD Thesis, Cairo University. 189p.   
11. El-Barkooky, A. N. and El-Araby, A. (1999): The Tertiary Red Beds of Abu Zenima Area, west central Sinai, Egypt: their stratigraphy and sedimentology, GAW4, 1998, Int. Conf. on Geol. of the Arab World, Cairo Univ. Egypt, pp621-642.
12. El-Barkooky, A. N. and El-Araby, A. and Gaupp, R. (2006): Early Syn-Rift Deposition Of Alluvial-Lacustrine Facies In Wadi Nukhul, West Central Sinai, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Geology, v.50, 2006, p. 141-169.
13. El-Barkooky, A. N. and Helal, M. A. (2002): Some Neogene Stratigraphic Aspects of the Nile Delta. Proceedings of the 4th Mediterranean Offshore Conference, Alexandria, Egypt.
14. El-Barkooky, A. N. and Helal, M. A. (2002): Sequence Stratigraphy and Sedimentary History of the Neogene Nile Delta. Poster in: International Conference and Exhibition of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG, 2002, Cairo Egypt.
15. El-Shafeiy, M., Birgel, D., El-Kammar, A., El-Barkooky, A., Wagreich, M., Mohamed, O.,
16. Peckmann J. (2014): Palaeoecological and post-depositional changes recorded in
17. Campanian Maastrichtian black shales, Abu Tartur Plateau, Egypt. Cretaceous Research 50: 38-51.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.022
18. Farooqui, M.Y., Farhoud K., Mahmoud D. and El-Barkooky, A. N. (2012): Petroleum potential of the interpreted Paleozoic geoseismic sequences in the South Diyur Block, Western Desert of Egypt. GeoArabia, 2012, v. 17, no. 3, p. 133-176. Gulf PetroLink, Bahrain
19. Folco L, Di Martino M, El-Barkooky A, D’Orazio M, Lethy A, Urbini S, Nicolosi I, Hafez M, Cordier C, van Ginneken M, Zeoli A, Radwan A M, El Khrepy S, El Gabry M, Gomaa M,
20. Barakat A A, Serra R, El Sharkawi M (2010): The Kamil Crater in Egypt. Science 329, 804 (DOI:10.1126/science.1190990)
21. Folco L, Di Martino M, El-Barkooky A, D’Orazio M, Lethy A, Urbini S, Nicolosi I, Hafez M,
22. Cordier C, van Ginneken M, Zeoli A, Radwan A M, El Khrepy S, El Gabry M, Gomaa M, Barakat A A, Serra R, El Sharkawi M (2011): Kamil Crater (Egypt): ground truth for small scale meteorite impact on Earth. Geology 39, 179-182.
23. Folco, L., Massimo D’Orazio, Agnese Fazio, Carole Cordier, Antonio Zeoli, Matthias van Ginneken, and Ahmed EL-Barkooky (2015): Microscopic impactor debris in the soil around kamil crater (Egypt): inventory, distribution, total mass, and implications for the impact scenario. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50 (3): 382–400.
24. Legler, B.,  H.D. Johnson, G.J. Hampson, B.Y.G. Massart, C.A-L. Jackson, M.D. Jackson, A. ElBarkooky and R. Ravnas (2013): Facies model of a fine-grained, tide-dominated delta: Lower Dir Abu Lifa Member (Eocene), Western Desert, Egypt. Sedimentology. Accepted manuscript. DOI: 10.1111/sed.12037.
25. Hassan, S. M., R. J. Steel , A. El Barkooky, M. Hamdan, C. Olariu, and M. A. Helper (2012):
26. Stacked Lower Miocene tide-dominated estuary deposits in a transgressive  succession, Western Desert, Egypt. Sedimentary Geology 282, 241–255
27. Mahmoud, A. and A.N. El-Barkooky (1998): Mesozoic Valley Fills Incised in Palaeozoic Rocks: Potential Exploration Targets in North Western Desert of Egypt, Obaiyed Area. 14th Petroleum Conference, Volume 1: 84-100. EGPC, Cairo, Egypt.
28. Miller, E.R., B.R. Benefit, M.L. McCrossin, J.M. Plavcan, M.G. Leakey, Ahmed El-Barkooky , M.A. Hamdan , M.K. Abdel Gawad , S.M. Hassan, E.L. Simons (2009): Systematics of early and middle Miocene Old World monkeys. Journal of Human Biology 57,195–211.
29. Miller, Ellen R., Gregg F. Gunnell, Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Mohamed Hamdan, Ahmed N.
30. El-Barkooky, Mark T. Clementz, and Safiya M. Hassan (2014): Anthracotheres from Wadi Moghra, Early Miocene, Egypt. Journal of Paleontology, 88(5):967-981. Paleontological Society.
31. Morlo, M., E. R. Miller, and Ahmed El-Barkooky (2007): Creodonta and Carnivora from Wadi MoghraEgypt. Journal of vertebrate paleontology 27(1):145–159.
32. Paillou, P., El-Barkooky A., Barakat, A., Malezieux, J., Reynard, B., Dejax, J. and Heggy, E.
33. (2004): Discovery of the largest impact crater field on Earth in the Gilf Kebir region, Egypt. C.
34. R.Geoscience 336: 1491–1500
35. Urbini, S., Nicolosi, I., Zeoli, A., El Khrepy, S., Lethy, A., Hafez, M., El Gabry, M., El-Barkooky, A., Barakat, A., Gomaa, M.A., Radwan, A. M., El Sharkawi, M., D’Orazio, M. and Folco, L. (2012): Geological and geophysical investigation of Kamil crater, Egypt. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 1–27.