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Meet the Committee

Meet the

Committee

IGS Chairman

Manchao He

CSRME/China University of Mining and Technology

Committee Co-Chairs

Gang Han

ARMA

Noha Lababidi

DGS

Xuri Huang

SEG

Haiyan Zhu

Chengdu University of Technology

Executive Committee

Eric Gustafson

ARMA

Rayan Kanfar

DGS

Yogaani Bhatia

SEG

Fengshou Zhang

CSRME

Adam Cawood

AAPG

Robert Gales

SPWLA

Karolin Weber

InterPore

Xuanmei Fan

CDUT

Xiangtong Yang

CNPC

Zhiwu Li

CDUT

Ahmed Omair

Aramco

Osman Hamid

Aramco

Susan Howes

SPE

Conference Subcommittees

Expert teams supporting the planning and delivery of IGS 2026

Technical Program

Sheng Mao

China University of Petroleum in Beijing (CUPB) (Co-chair)

Yaser Zayer

Aramco (Co-chair)

Sponsorship & Exhibition

Osman Hamid

Aramco (Co-chair)

Jijun Miao

SimTech LLC (Co-chair)

Publications

Bo Zhang

University of Alberta (Co-chair)

Mostafa Mobasher

NYU Abu Dhabi (Co-chair)

Awards

Tan Chee Phuat

EJ Geomechanics (Co-chair)

Rita Leal Sousa

NYU Abu Dhabi (Co-chair)

Education

Xingdong Qiu

Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT)
(Educator Forum)

Tianshou Ma

Southwest Petroleum University (Student Competition)

Mustafa Al Ramadan

KFUPM (Scholarship)

Thomas Finkbeiner

KAUST (Scholarship)

Logistics & Operations

Yogaani Bhatia

SEG (Co-chair)

Heng Wang

Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT) (Co-chair)

Social Program & Field Trips

Bin Deng

Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT) (Chair)

Conference Delivery Team

The SEG team that works across event management, marketing, registration, and operations to deliver IGS 2026.

Yogaani Bhatia

Event Director
MEA & APC

Nada Tawfeek

Event Lead - Registration & Sponsorship
Middle East & Africa

Bhavana Raj

Marketing Lead
Middle East & Africa

Aishwarya Adaikalaraj

Marketing Specialist
Asia Pacific

Intan Bhaizura

Operations & Logistics Lead
Asia Pacific

XuLing Lv

Operations & Logistics Specialist
China

Neha Tiwari

Registration Lead
Asia Pacific

Abbas Khaksar

Baker Hughes

Abdelwahab Noufal

Independent

Abdulrahman Al-Nutaifi

Aramco

Abolfazl Hashemi

UNSW

Adam Bere

Rockfield

Adam Donald

SLB

Ahmad Alrashed

Saudi Aramco

Ahmad Ghassemi

Oklahoma University

Ahmed Abdulhamid Mahmoud

KFUPM

Ahmed Radwan

Jagiellonian University

Ali Alfaraj

DGS

Ammer Anazi

Aramco

Andrea Lisjak

Geomechanica

Antonio Santagati

Stratum Reservoir

Ausama Giwelli

INPEX

Ayman Mohamed

Weatherford

Bhavana Raj

SEG

Bin Deng

Chengdu University of Technology

Bing Hou

China University of Petroleum in Beijing

Bisheng Wu

Tsinghua University

Bo Zhang

University of Alberta

Chandong Chang

Chungnam National University

Christian Hinz

Math2Market

Chunan Tang

Southwest Petroleum University

Cunqi Jia

KAUST

Daobing Wang

Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology

Derek Elsworth

Penn Sate University

Eduardo Silva

Sinopec

Egor Dontsov

Resfrac

Ezzedeen Alfataierge

Aramco

Fahad Al Hussaini

DGS

Fan Yang

CNOOC

Fares Aboud

Aramco

Florian Karpfinger

SLB

Francis Elisabeth

Aramco

Frans Mulders

Geoactive

Gallyam Aidagulov

SLB

Guifen Xi

ADNOC

Giovanni Grasselli

University of Toronto

Guizhong Chen

NOV

Hamed Soroush

Teverra

Hamid Nick

Technical University of Denmark

Hamid Roshan

UNSW

Hany Gamal

Weatherford

Heng Wang

Chengdu University of Technology

Hippolyte Djizanne

National Institute for Industrial Environment and Risks

Hongliang Wu

CNPC

Hui Wu

Peking University

Israa Abu Mahfouz

KFUPM

Jian Huang

TotalEnergies

Jian Zhao

Monash University

Jiaxing Li

CNPC

Jiayi Shen

Zhejiang University

Jiayuan He

Sinopec Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute

Jie Zeng

Southwest Petroleum University

Jinqing Bao

Xi'an Petroleum University

John Cain

Rockfield

John McLennan

University of Utah

Jose Segura

Repsol

Kaibin Qiu

SLB

Karsten Fischer

SLB

Keita Yoshioka

University of Leoben

Kenji Furui

Waseda University

Keren Dai

Chengdu University of Technology

Koji Kashihara

JAPEX Research Center

Kun Su

TotalEnergies

Lang Liu

Sintef

Lei Hou

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Lei Wang

Chengdu University of Technology

Marc Hettema

EBN

Mark McClure

Resfrac

Michal Kepinski

Ikon Science

Mirriam Mapyapya

Mopani Copper Mines

Mohammed Aamri

PDO

Mohammed Atawah

Rice University

Mostafa Mobasher

NYU Abu Dhabi

Munir Aldin

MetaRock

Musab Modrra

Aramco

Mustafa Al Ramadan

KFUPM

Nada Tawfeek

SEG

Oliver Gaede

SLB

Omid Mahabadi

Geomechanica

Peng Liu

SLB

Peter Bautmans

Equinor

Pouria Mousavi

CMG

Prianto Setiawan

Pertamina

Qiaomu Qi

Chengdu University of Technology

Rached Rached

Sinopec

Reza Sanaee

Axis WellTechnology

Rima Alfaraj

Aramco

Rimsha Rais

LMKR

Rita Leal Sousa

NYU Abu Dhabi

Romain Guises

Baker Hughes

Rudrajit Mitra

South Dakota Mines

Ruqaiya Zadjali

PDO/Shell

Safawati Zainudin

PETRONAS

Sam Rivas Dorado

Rock Flow Dynamics

Satya Perumalla

Baker Hughes

Shaikhah Alzeer

Aramco

Sheng Mao

China University of Petroleum in Beijing

Siwei Meng

Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, CNPC

Skaow Kusolsong

PTTEP

Suha Saif

Weatherford

Talal Saad Al Shafloot

KFUPM

Tao Lei

Chengdu University of Technology

Tan Chee Phuat

EJ Geomechanics

Tanya Alauddin

DGS

Thomas Finkbeiner

KAUST

Tianshou Ma

Southwest Petroleum University

Tiantao Li

Chengdu University of Technology

Tingxue Jiang

SINOPEC

Toh Kanitthorn

PTTEP

Uğur Göktuğ GÜNAL

Türkiye Petrolleri A.O. (TPAO)

Viktor Morev

KOC

Wadyan Ayyad

DGS

Waleed Elsekelly

NYU Abu Dhabi

Wei Fu

Itasca

Wei Liu

China University of Petroleum in Beijing

Wei Yu

SimTech LLC

Weichang Li

Zhejiang University

Weiguo Liang

Taiyuan University of Technology

Wendong Wang

China University of Petroleum

Wiewei Zhu

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Will Pettitt

Baker Hughes

Xianzhi Song

China University of Petroleum in Beijing

Xiaorong Li

China University of Petroleum in Beijing

Xingdong Qiu

Chengdu University of Technology

Xuanhe Tang

Chengdu University of Technology

Xuling Lv

SEG

Yan Ming Tong

SLB

Yarlong Wang

Petro-Geotech Inc

Yaser Zayer

Aramco

Yi Hong

Zhejiang University

Yingchun Zhang

CNOOC

Yuanwei Pan

SLB

Yuedu Chen

Taiyuan University of Technology

Zhaopeng Zhang

Chengdu University of Technology

Zhaoqin Huang

China University of Petroleum

Zhi Fang

Petro-Geomechanics LTD

Zhiyuan Li

CSRME

Zhuang Sun

Dassault Systemes

Zhuo Wang

CSRME

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