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DR ARAFAT ALSHUAIBI

Dr. Arafat A. AlShuaibi, Associate Professor
Office Location
College of Science, Third Floor, South Building
Associate Professor

Acting Vice Dean of Students Affairs, College of Science
Program Director, Master of Science in Geology

Degrees and Certificates

Ph.D. University of Texas at Dallas, USA, 2006 (Litho-Biostratigraphy)
M.Sc. Kuwait University, Kuwait, 1998, Geology (Foraminiferal distribution and sediments geochemistry of Kubbar Island)
B.Sc. Kuwait University, Kuwait, 1994, Geology

Key Responsibilities

Teaching courses at Kuwait University, Member in several departmental committees, Supervision of master students, Administrative positions at College of Science, Engage in community service.

Professional Experience

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

(a) Academic Positions

TitleFrom     -      To         University     Country
Associate Professor2018 to currentKuwait UniversityKuwait
Assistant Professor2006 to 2018Kuwait UniversityKuwait
Scholarship for Ph.D.2001 to 2006University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)USA

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

(b) Departmental Level:

Chairman/Assoc. ChairmanDepartmentUniversityFrom    -       To
Acting ChairmanEarth and Environmental SciencesKuwait University

April 4 to 10, 2008

May 11 to 15, 2008

Aug 10 to 21, 2008

February 2 to 9, 2009

August 17 to 28, 2014

 

CommitteesYearPosition
  1. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Library2006-2007Convenor
News and Media2006-2007Convenor
Examination2006-2007Member
Students Affairs2006-2007Member
Website2006-2007Member
Curriculum2007-2008Convenor
Library2007-2008Convenor
Accreditation2007-2008Member
Students Affairs2007-2008Member
Website, News and Media2007-2008Member
Curriculum2008-2010Convenor
Conferences and Seminars2008-2010Member
Examination2008-2010Member
Instruments and Budget2008-2010Member
Scholarship2008-2010Member
Supporting Staff Appointment2008-2010Member
Curriculum2010-2011Convenor
Faculty Members Appointment2010-2011Member
Instruments and Budget2010-2011Member
Scholarship2010-2011Member
Field Course2011-2012Convenor
Department Exhibition2011-2012Member
Instruments and Budget2011-2012Member
Scholarship2011-2012Member
Website, News and Media2011-2012Member
Curriculum2014-2015Convenor
Website, News and Media2014-2015Member
Faculty Members Appointment2014-2015Member
Field Trip2014-2015Member
Geology Exhibition2014-2015Member
Instruments and Budget2014-2015Member
Master in Geology Program2014-2015Member
Students Affairs2014-2015Member
Supporting Staff Appointment2014-2015Member
Master in Geology Program2015-2016Member
Curriculum2015-2016Convenor
Website, News and Media2015-2016Convenor
Appointing Teaching Assistants 2015-2016Member
Supporting Staff Appointment2015-2016Member
Field Trip2015-2016Member
Geology Exhibition2015-2016Member
Curriculum2016-2017Convenor
Field Trip2016-2017Convenor
Website, News and Media2016-2017Convenor
Appointing Teaching Assistants2016-2017Member
Geology Exhibition2016-2017Member
Field Trip2017-2018Convenor
Curriculum2017-2018Convenor
Appointing Teaching Assistants2017-2018Member
Website, News and Media2017-2018Coordinator
Appointing Teaching Assistants2018-2019Member
Curriculum2018-2019Convenor
Conference, Scientific Mission, and Seminars2018-2019Member
Examination and Accreditation2018-2019Member
Examination and Accreditation2019-2020Convenor
Scholarships2019-2020Member
Scientific Research and Awards for Scientific Research2019-2020Member
Technicians Staff2019-2020Member
Examination and Accreditation2020-2021Convenor
Scholarships2020-2021Member
Academic Members Appointments2020-2021Member
Technicians Staff2020-2021Member
Distance Learning2020-2021Member
Graduate Program: Geology and Petroleum Engineering2020-2021Member
Examination and Accreditation2021-2022Convenor
Scholarships2021-2022Member
Academic Members Appointments2021-2022Member
Technicians Staff2021-2022Member
Academic Members Appointments2022-2023Member
Technicians Staff2022-2023Member
Research laboratories Allocation Committee2022-2023Member
Technicians Staff2023-2024Member
Research laboratories Allocation Committee2023-2024Member
Geology Graduate Program2025-2026Convenor
Appointments, Secondments and Contracts Committee2025-2026Member
  1. Department of Marine Sciences
Appointing Faculty Members2014-2015Member
Appointing Supporting Staff Members2014-2015Member
Appointing Faculty Members2015-2016Member
Appointing Supporting Staff Members2015-2016Member
Scholarship2016-2017Member
Appointing Faculty Members2016-2017Member
Appointing Supporting Staff Members2016-2017Member
Appointing Supporting Staff Members2017-2018Member
Scholarship2018-2019Member
Scholarship2019-2020Member
Examination2019-2020Member
Scholarship2020-2021Member
Examination2020-2021Member
Scholarship2022-2023Member
Examination2022-2023Member
Scholarship2023-2024Member
Examination2023-2024Member
Scholarship2025-2026Member
     3. Department of Geography
Master Program: Applied Earth Sciences and GIS2019-2020Member
Master Program: Applied Earth Sciences and GIS2020-2021Member
Master Program: Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences2020-2021Member

 

 

 

College Level:

Dean/Assistant DeanCollegeUniversityFrom    -       To
Director of the Nanonscopy Scientific Center (NSC)ScienceKuwait2020-2021

 

College Level Administrative Positions:

Chairman/DirectorCollegeUniversityFrom    -       To
Office of Graduates and Students TrainingScienceKuwait University2009-2011
Advising and Counseling Office ScienceKuwait University2014-2015
Acting Vice Dean of Students AffairsScienceKuwait University2025

 

College Level:

CommitteesUniversityFrom    -       To
Consultation and Training Office

Kuwait University

2006-2007
Library

2006-2007

Social Activities

2006-2007

Advisory Committee on Marine Sciences and Environment Programs2007-2008
Curriculum and Library2008-2009
Master in Geology Program2008-2009
Supervisory Committee on Nanoscopy Science Center2009-2010
Students Advisory Committee2009-2010
Distinguished Teaching Award for Faculty Members2009-2010
Curriculum2014-2015
Rectifying errors of student’s grades2014-2015
Advising and academic review2014-2015
Students Affairs2014-2015
Cheating2014-2015
Developing the Faculty of Science Website and Utilization of up-to-date Technology in Teaching2015-2016
Curriculum2015-2016
Faculty Council2015-2016
Organizing Committee to Celebrate the University Golden Jubilee (50th years) on its Founding (Member of Supreme, Documentation, Awards, Media and Information committees)2016-2017
2nd International Symposium on Biotechnology and Conservation of Species from Arid regions: from Land to Sea6-8 February 2017
Master in Geology Program2016-2017
Distinguished Teaching Award for Faculty Members2016-2017
Faculty Council2016-2017
Faculty Council Member Elections 2018-2019
Faculty Council Member Elections 2019-2020
Director of the Nanonscopy Unit, Convenor

 

2020-2021
Science Committee of the Graduate Studies College (Member)

 

2025-2026
Committees  
Distinguished Teaching Award for Faculty MembersKuwait Univ.2016-2017

 

Community Level:

Committee  
Environmental Public Authority (EPA)-Temporary Committee to Limit Violations and Update Requirements of the Coastal EnvironmentEPAAug 2011-June 2012
Field survey of the different industrial areas in Kuwait to quantify the pollution load and to study the industrial plants air spread centers. Joint program between Kuwait University and Environmental Public Authority (EPA)Kuwait University and EPA2014-2015
Gulf Environmental Partnership and Action Program (GEPAP), In cooperation with Environmental Public Authority (EPA) and the World Bank GroupKuwait University and EPA and World Bank Group2015-2017
Research Interests

Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Marine Geology, Invertebrates Paleontology, Malacology, Conchology, Sedimentology, Geo-Archaeology

Academic Subjects
A. Undergraduate Courses 
Principles of Geology 100
General Geology 101
Historical Geology 102
Earth and Universe 111
Invertebrates Paleontology 206
Field Geology 304
Microfossil 308
Basic Quantitative Geology 386
B. Graduate Courses 
Micropaleontology531
Concepts in Paleontology 533
Advanced Stratigraphy 539
Graduate Seminar 590
Special Topic515 (Applied Geosciences and GIS)
Publications

Book
AlShuaibi, A.A., Taheri, A.H., Nasser, N.A., and Al-Qattan, N.M. 2025.  A Guide to Common Marine Molluscs of Kuwait, German Press Company for Printing and Packing, 312 p.

Scientific Papers
AlShuaibi, A. A., and Pessagno, E. A., 2009. Emended Definition of the Family Marginotruncanidae Pessagno 1967, Micropaleontology, 55(6): 623-626.
AlShuaibi, A. A., 2011. Pessagnoites, a new foraminiferal genus from the Upper Cretaceous of the Austin Chalk, northeast Texas, Micropaleontology, 57(1): 87-91.
AlShuaibi, A. and Khalaf, F. I., 2011. Development and lithogenesis of the palustrine and calcrete deposits of the Dibdibba Alluvial Fan, Kuwait. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 42: 423-439.
Al-Awadhi, J. and AlShuaibi, A., 2012. Potentiality of Zubair Formation for deep slurry injection in Kuwait, Environmental Geology, 67: 1269-1280.
AlShuaibi, A. A., Duane, M. J., and Mahmoud, H., 2012. Microbial-activated sediment traps associated with oncolite formation along a peritidal beach, northern Arabian (Persian) Gulf, Kuwait. Geomicrobiology, 29: 679-696.
Khalaf, F. I., AlShuaibi, A.A., 2012. Occurrence and characteristics of Quaternary calcareous microbialitic crust in the southern desert of Kuwait, Arabian Gulf, Journal of Arid Environments, 79: 48-55.
Al-Awadhi, J. and AlShuaibi, A.A., 2013. Dust fallout in Kuwait city: Deposition and characterization. Science of the Total Environment 461-462: 139–148.
AlShuaibi, A.A., Khalaf, F.I., and Al-Zamel, A., 2015. Calcareous thrombolitic crust on Late Quaternary beachrocks in Kuwait, Arabian Gulf, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 8(11): 9721-9732.
AlShuaibi, A.A., and Khalaf, F.I., 2017. The role of organominerals in the lithification of calcareous lumps within the intertidal sediments of Bubiyan Island, Kuwait, Arabian Gulf, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 10(390).
AlShuaibi, A.A. & Mahmoud H. (2018). Morphology of the shell and encrusting microbiota of particles on Scaliola cf. glareosa from the Arabian Gulf. Molluscan Research, DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2018.1499397.
Pessagno, A.P, Longoria, J.F., Smith, C.C., AlShuaibi, A.A., Thompson, L.B., Graham, J., Holloway, J.W., 2025, Planktonic foraminiferal zonation and stratigraphy of Cretaceous and Lower Paleogene strata of the Western Gulf Coastal Plain and the Caribbean, MAYA revustade Geociencias, 75143-7323.