On Significant Applications of Geophysical Methods

Dr. Giroux holds a B.Sc.A. in engineering physics (1992) from Laval University (Canada) and a M.Sc.A. (1994) and Ph.D. (2001), both in applied geophysics from École Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada). He is currently associate professor at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau-Terre-Environnement in Quebec city (Canada). His research interests include geophysical monitoring, near-surface geophysics, numerical modelling, geophysical inversion and data assimilation. Over the last years, his work focused largely on improving methods for quantitative interpretation and monitoring of CO2 storage. In 2016 Dr. Giroux joined the AJGS as an Associate Editor responsible for evaluating submissions in Applied Geophysics. Dr. Saibi holds a B. Sc. in Geology (2000) and a M. Sc. in Hydrogeology (2003) from University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene (Algeria) along with a Ph.D. degree in Earth Resources Engineering (2007) from Kyushu University (Japan). He is currently an Associate Professor at Geology Department, United Arab Emirates University (UAE). From 2007 to 2009, he was a Post-Doctoral fellow (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) at Kyushu University, Japan. In 2009, he received a business degree at the Innovation Training Program for R'' & ''D and Business Leaders of Kyushu University and completed training at The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management in Kanagawa, Tokyo. From 2010 to 2016, he was an Associate Professor at the Department of Earth Resources Engineering at Kyushu University in Japan, where he developed new courses in Geophysics, Physics and supported students in their international internships. He developed international connections between Japanese universities and north African universities and helped in organizing international conferences on Earth sciences. His research interests focus on exploration geophysics in general and developing new 2D and 3D geophysical codes for gravity and magnetic methods specially, 2D/3D Magnetotelluric for geothermal exploration, geothermal reservoir simulation, Artificial Neural Network in geophysics, volcanology, GIS and remote sensing and hydrochemistry. Dr. Al-Garni holds a B.Sc. (1993) in Geophysics from King Abdulaziz University (KAU, Saudi Arabia), a M.Sc. (1996) in Geophysics from Colorado School of Mines (Colorado, USA), and a Ph.D. (2001) in Geophysics from Texas A & M University (TAMU, College Station, USA). In 1993, he worked as a Geophysicist at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, United States Geological Survey in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), and as a Demonstrator of Geophysics at KAU, where he became in 2002 an Assistant Professor of Geophysics. He has been promoted to an Associate Professor in 2006 and to a full Professor of Geophysics in 2010. Furthermore, he has been assigned as the Chairman of Geophysics Department (2003-2011), Vice Dean (2014), and Vice Dean for graduate studies and scientific research (2015-Now). His research interests cover controlled-source electromagnetic induction, electrical methods, gravity and magnetic methods, near-surface applied Geophysics, forward and inverse modeling, environmental and engineering Geophysics, environmental site characterization, ground penetrating radar, Hydrogeophysics, and mining Geophysics: theory, data processing and interpretation. Dr. Al-Garni has reviewed a lot of academic works and has been in many committees including those of M.Sc. and Ph.D. examinations. His remarkable efforts in the establishment and development of various projects were reflected in valuable academic and professional successes and achievements. He has conducted more than 15 research projects, the most recent of which involved EM, DC resistivity, SP, IP, and magnetic methods for mineral exploration in the Arabian Shield. He has published more than 50 research articles in international indexed and refereed

Applications of gravity and magnetic methods.- Electrical and Electromagnetic methods in mineral and groundwater exploration.- Case studies on refraction and reflection seismic methods.- Integrated geoscience applications in the exploration of subsurface resources.- Hydrocarbon and petrophysical studies.- Earthquake seismology and seismic hazard assessment.- Tectonics.