Prof. Abdul Rahim Ahmad Hamdan Vice President  NAME : Abdul Rahim Ahmad Hamdan  MARITAL STATUS : Married  CHILDREN : Eight  BIRTH DATE : 1941  CITIZENSHIP : Jordanian  BUSINESS ADDRESS : Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences,   The Hashemite University, P.O.B.150459, Postal Code 13115, Al-Zarqa, Jordan. 1972 : Ph.D. (Geological Sciences) School of Graduate Studies Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario, Canada, (1968-1971) 1965 : B.Sc. (Geology-Chemistry) Faculty of Science Cairo University, Cairo Egypt, (1961-1965) Biostratigraphy and Petroleum Geology Ecology and Distribution of Recent Foraminifera on the Scotian Shelf, Nova Scotia, Canada, 176 pp. 2005-Present : Professor, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The Hashemite University. 2003- 2005 : President, AL-Ahliyya Amman University. 2002- 2003 : Professor, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The Hashemite University. 1998- 2002 : Acting Vice President for Academic and for Administrative Affaires for several short periods. 1998- 2002 : Dean, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, The Hashemite University. 1996- 1998 : Vice Dean, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, The Hashemite University 1995-1998 : Chairman, Dept, of Earth & Environmental Science The Hashemite University. 1990-Present : Professor, Geology. 1990-1992 : Chairman, Dept. of Geology U.A.E. University 1986-1990 : Vice Dean, Faculty of Science U.A.E. University 1979-1990 : Associate Professor, Dept. of Geology U.A.E. University 1977-1980 : Director, Directorate of Registration and Admission, U.A.E. University 1977-1979 : Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology U.A.E. University 1976-1977 : Review Geologist, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Abu Dhabi. 1975-1976 : Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology and Minerals, University of Jordan, Amman . 1972-1975 : Exploration Geologist, Texaco Exploration Canada Ltd., Calgary, Alberta. February-June, 1972: Research Scientist, Royal Scientific Society, Amman, Jordan . Summer 1971 : Research Associate, Dept. of Geol. Sci., Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ontario. 1969-1971 : Teaching Assistant , Dept. of Geol. Sci., Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ontario. 1965-1968 : Demonstrator, Dept. of Geology Riyadh University, Saudi Arabia. 1970-1971 : John Lindsley Fellowship, Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ontario. 1969-1970 : University Research Fellowship, Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ontario. READ : Arabic, English and German . WRITE : Arabic, English and German . SPEAK : Arabic, English .  Member of SPE , SEE and JGA . UNDERGRADUATE : General and Physical Geology , Historical Geology , Stratigraphy , Micropaleontology , Invertebrate Paleontology, Sedimentary Rocks, Geology of the Arabian Peninsula , Field Geology, Special Topics, Research Projects , Petroleum Geology, Biostratigraphy,and Geology of Jordan. M.Sc. : Al Sharhan, A.S., 1983, Regional Study of the Aptian Shuaiba Formation and its Equivalents in Onshore Abu Dhabi , U.A.E. , Master’s Thesis, Univ. of South Carolina , Columbia , S.C. (External Supervisor). Ph.D. : Bahar, S.A. , (1991) , Stratigraphy of the Paleongene of Jabal Hafit, Al-Ain, Ain Shams Univ., Cairo (External Supervisor). 2006 : Ordovician Invertebrates from Jebel Qamar, South Dibba Zone, United Arab Emirates. The 6th Intern. Conrf. On the Geology of the Middle East. U.A.E. University, Al Ain. 1994 : Biostratigraphic Evidence for the timing of the Hawasina and Semail Nappes Thrusting onto the Arabian Continental Margin . J.G.A..Conf.,Jordan 1975 : Abnormal Benthonic Foraminifera from the Scotian Shelf and their Implications. Presented at “Benthonic 75” , the 1st Int. Geol. Cong. on Benthonic Foraminifera Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1972 : The Canadian Atlantic Continental Margin- Biostratigraphy , Paleonecology and Paleo- environments from Cretaceous to Recent. Presented at the 24th Int.Geol.Cong., Mont- real, Canada (Co-author, Bartlett, G.A.). 1. Geological/Geophysical Review of Bida Al-Qamzan Structure , Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Reports on the Paleoenvironments and Development of Northern Bu Hasa Oil Field, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Proposal for Geochemical Studies of the Thammama, Lower Cretaceous of Abu Dhabi. Proposal for the Landsat Imageries of the U.A.E. Proposal for the Scanning Electron Microscope Study for the Shuaiba Reservoir of the Bu Hasa Oil Field, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Compilation of two Structural Contour Maps on the Top of Nahr Umr and the Top of the Cretaceous of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Interpretation of the Biostratigraphy, Paleoenvironments and Proposition of an Exploration Model for the Scotian Shelf, Nova Scotia, Canada . Several Geological and Development Reports on Exploration and Production Wells in Alberta, Canada . Several Geological Reports on the Exploration and Development of the Arctic Islands prospects, Arctic Islands, Canada. Stratigraphy of the first Exploration Well on the Nazareth Banks, Mauritius, Indian Ocean. Several Unpublished reports presented to Texaco Expl. Canada Ltd. on the Biostratigraphy, Paleoecology and Paleoenvironments of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic sequences of 55 wildcat wells drilled on the Scotian Shelf . Unpublished reports presented to the Arab Mining Company, Amman Jordan. 1. Hamdan , A.R.A. , (1971) : Ecology and Distribution of Recent Foraminifera on the Scotian Shelf, Unpublished Ph.D. thesis. Dept. of Geol. Sci., Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ontario, 176 pp . Hamdan , A.R.A. , with Bartlett , G.A. , (1972) : The Canadian Atlantic Continental Margin-Biostratigraphy , Paleoecology , and Paleo- oceanography from Cretaceous to Recent , Proceedings of the 42nd Int. Geol. Cong., Montreal, p. 6-15 . Hamdan, A.R.A. , (1975) : Abnormal Benthonic Foraminifera from the Scotian Shelf and their Implications , Proceedings of “Benthonic 75” the 1st Int. Geol. Cong. on Benth., Foram., Halifax, Nova, Scotia, (Abstract). Hamdan, A.R.A., and Al Sharhan, A.S. (1986) : Stratigraphy and Tectonic Development of the Mesozoic in the United Arab Emirates , In proceeding of the symposium on the Hydrocarbon Potential of Intense Thrust Zones. Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resour- ces, Abu Dhabi, Vol. 2, 345-363 . Al Sharhan , A.S. , Hamdan , A.R.A. and Kendall , C.G. (1986) : Depositional Setting of the Wasia Group (Middle Cretaceous) with Emphasis on the facies Distribution and Hydrocarbon Occurrence in the Mishrif Formation (Cenomanian) in the United Arab Emirates . In : Abstracts, 12th International Sedimentological Congress, International Association of Sedimentology , Australia , (Abstract), p. 11. El Schami, F. and Hamdan, A.R.A. (1989) : Hydrological classification of the Groundwater of the Wadi Al Bih well field in the Northern part of the United Arab Emirates . In : Proceedings of International Workshop on Appropriate Methodologies for Development and Management of Groundwater Resources in Developing Countries , National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India, Vol. 2, 853-865 . El Schami, F. and Hamdan, A.R.A. (1989) : Geology and Hydrogeology of Wadi Al Bih in Ras Al Khaimah at the Northern part of the United Arab Emirates. In : Abstracts , “Geology ‘89” , Primer Congreso Cubano De Geologia, Symposio Sobre La Geologia Del Caribe Occidental, Habana, 1989, (Abstract), p. 190 . Hamdan , A.R.A. and Anan , H.S. (1989) : The Paleocene Tectono- sedimentary Events of Jabal Malaqet, East of El Ain, West of the Northern Oman Mountains. Middle East Research Center , Ain Shams University, Earth Science Series, Vol.3, 209-214 . Hamdan , A.R.A. (1990) : The Upper Cretaceous Stratigraphy of the Dhayah area (Ras Al Khaimah), the Western Mountain Front of the Musandam Peninsula and its Implication on the Time of Oman Nappe Emplacement. Middle East Research Center, Ain Shams Univ. Earth Science Series, Vol. 4, 81- 94. Hamdan , A.R.A. and El Deeb , W.Z. (1990) : Stratigraphy of the Paleogene Succession of Jabal Malaqet, West of the Northern Oman Mountains. Journal of the Faculty of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Vol. 2, 30-39 . Hamdan , A.R.A. (1990) : Maastrichtian Globotruncanids from the Western Front of the Northern Oman Mountains : Implications for the Age of Post-Orogenic Strata. Journal of the Faculty of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Vol. 2, 53-66 . Hamdan , A.R.A. and Al Sharhan, A.S. (1991) : Paleoenvironments and Paleoecology of the Rudists in the Shuaiba Formation (Aptian), United Arab Emirates, Journal of African Earth Sciences and the Middle East, Vol. 12, 569-581 . Anan, H.S. and Hamdan , A.R.A (1991) : Bolivinoides curtus Reiss from the Paleocene of Jabal Malaqet, East of Al Ain, West of the Northern Oman Mountains , U.A.E. , Jour. of the Faculty of Science, U.A.E. Univ., Vol.(4) . Hamdan , A.R.A. and Bahar , S.A. (1992) : Lithostratigraphy of the Paleogene Succession of Northern Jabal Hafit, Al-Ain area. United Arab Emirates . Middle East Research Center , Ain Shams University. Earth Science Series, Vol. 6, 1992, p. 201-224 . Anan, H.S., Bahr, S.A., Bassiouni, M.A., Boukhary, M.A. and Hamdan, A.R.A. (1992) : Contribution to Early Eocene-Oligocene Biostratigraphy of Jabal Hafit succession, United Arab Emirates. - M.E.R.C. Ain Shams Univ. , Earth Sc. Ser., 6 : 225-247 . Anan , H.S. and Hamdan, A.R.A. (1993) : Paleocene Planktonic Foraminifera of Jabal Malaqet, East of Al-Ain , United Arab Emirates. N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh. 1 : 27-48 . Hamdan, A.R.A. and Anan, H.S. (1993) : Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary in United Arab Emirates. M.E.R.C.Ain Shams Univ.Earth Sci. Ser. Vol 7, 1993, p. 223-231 . Hamdan, A.R.A. (1994) : Biostratigraphic Evidence for the Timing of the Hawasina and Semail Nappes Thrusting onto the Arabian Contin- ental Margin. (Abstract). Fifth Jordanian Geol. Conf. and Third Geol. Conf. on the Middle East-GEOCOME III . Boukhary, M., Hamdan, A.R.A. and Bahr, S.A. (1996): Nummulites Nahayani N.SP. and Nummulites Blondeani N.SP. (Late Lutetian) from Jabal Hafit, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, Arabian Peninsula. Revne de Paleobiologie, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 183- 203. Mostafa, H. and Hamdan, A.R.A.(1997): Actaeonella ( Gastropoda) from the Simsima Formation (Maestrichtian),United Arab Emirates. N. Jb. Geol. Palaont. Mh., H. 8, p. 500-510, Stuttgart. Hamdan,A.R.A..,Mustafa,H.,Makhlouf,I.,Al-Tarazi,E. and Al-Malabeh (2002): Geomorphology, Stratigraphy, Sedimentology, and Basin Analysis of the Northern Badia Region, Jordan. Technical Report submitted to the Jordan Badia Research and Development Programme, the Higher Council for Science and Technology. P. 185. Hamdan,A.R.A..,Mustafa,H.(2006): Ordovician Invertebrates from Jebel Qamar, South Dibba Zone, United Arab Emirates. The 6th Intern. Conf. on the Geology of the Middle East, U.A.E. Univ. Al Ain, U.A.E. P. 193(Abst.). Hamdan,A.R.A..,Mustafa,H.(2009): Ordovician Invertebrates from Jebel Qamar, South Dibba Zone, United Arab Emirates. Jordan Journal of Earth And Environmental Sciences, Vol.2 No.1,p.32-37. 1977-1980 : Established and managed the Directorate of Admission and Registration, U.A.E. University . 1977-1978 : Worked on the University Executive By-Laws Committee, U.A.E. University . 1985-1986 : Worked on the Teaching Assistants By-Laws Committee, U.A.E. University . 1988-1989 : Worked on the Personnel By-Laws Committee. U.A.E. 1983-1985 : Consultant in the Teaching Assistants Department U.A.E. University . 1978-1989 : Supervisor of the Girl’s Society , U.A.E. University . 1984-1986 : Head of the Counselling and Student Advisory Unit, Faculty of Science , U.A.E. University . 1992-1995 : Established and Managed the University Counselling Center, U.A.E. University . 1995-1998 : Established and Chaired the Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science , the Hashemite University . 2003-2005 : Developed Academic, Administrative, and Student Affairs of the Ahliyya Amman University. A- Took an active role in several Standing and Adhoc Committees at the U.A.E. University as follows: Project and Development Committee. Personnel Affairs Committee. Teaching Assistants High Committee. Teaching Assistants Affairs Committee, Faculty of Science. Curricula and Examination Committee, Faculty of Science. Summer Practical Training Committee, Faculty of Science. Graduation Ceremonial Committee . Scientific and Cultural Excursions Committee. University Counselling Committee. Remedial Courses Program Committee. Arabization (Tareeb) Committee. Purchase Committee, Faculty of Science. Faculties of Arts, Science and Education Academic Co-ordination Committee. Museum of Natural History Board of Director ; U.A.E. University . Desert and Marine Research Center, Board of Director, U.A.E. Univ. Member on several academic, planning and student affairs ADHOC Committees. B- Took an active role in several Standing and Adhoc Committees at the Hashemite University as follows. University Council. Deans Council. Appointment and Promotion Committee. Graduation Committee. Student Academic Affairs Committee. Faculty of Engineering Temporary Council. Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Temporary Council. By-Laws of Acadmic Staff Affairs Committee. Scientific Research Committee. Post –Graduate Studies Committee. Participated in many cultural, social, and scientific community services in Canada, United Arab Emirates, and Jordan. Back