RASOUL B. SORKHABI portrait
  • Adjunct Professor, Geology & Geophysics
  • Research Professor, Civil And Environmental Engin
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Professional Service

  • University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute. Role: Presenter. EGI Monthly Webinar: "Deepwater Superbasins: Discovery Trends and Future Prospects". 10/05/2023 - 10/05/2023
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Bulletin. Associate Editor, AAPG Bulletin. 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2024
  • American Geophysical Union 2022 Fall Meeting. Role: Convener. Co-Convener, “Tectonic, Topographic and Exhumation History of the Himalaya-Tibetan Orogen,” 2021 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, 13-17 December 2021. (2 Oral and 1 Poster sessions). 12/16/2021 - 12/16/2021
  • University of Utah, Department of Chemical Engineering. Role: Lecture. A History of the Petroleum Industry in Utah. Department of Chemical Engineering, Graduate Seminar Spring 2020 (Dr. John McLennan). 01/13/2021 - 01/13/2021
  • University of Utah Department of Geology & Geophysics. Role: Lecture. 2020 Oil Crisis: How Will This End? University of Utah, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Webinar for PICP course Fall 2020 invited by Dr. Cari Johnson. 09/01/2020 - 09/01/2020
  • Houston Museum of Natural Science and Houston Energy Exchange. Role: Lecture. Webinar on 2020 Oil Crisis: How Will This End? 08/13/2020 - 08/13/2020
  • Geology Today. Role: Editorial Board Member. Editorial Board Member. 01/01/2020 - present
  • Department of Geology, Univeristy of Jammu India. External Examiner for a PhD Thesis. 01/01/2019 - 01/31/2019
  • Petroleum History Institute. Role: Convener and Field Trip Leader. Convener and Field Trip Leader, Petroleum History Institute 2018 Oil History Symposium, Salt Lake City, May 17-19, 2018. 05/17/2018 - 05/19/2018
  • Elsevier, Journal of Asian Earth Science. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer of technical papers. 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018
  • Elsevier, Marine and Petroleum Geology. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer of technical papers. 01/01/2018 - 12/01/2018
  • AAPG/SEG Interpretation. Role: Reviewer. Reviewing research paper for Interpretation. 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
  • Elsevier, Journal of Asian Earth Science. Role: Reviewer. Reviewing research paper for the Journal of Asian Earth Science, Elsevier. 01/01/2017 - 12/01/2017
  • University of Utah, Chemical Engineering . Invited talk: Sorkhabi, Rasoul (2016) Petroleum resources and industry: Past, present and future. Chemical Engineering 6158 course on Energy & Society Fall 2016, December 1. 12/01/2016 - 12/01/2016
  • University of Utah, Department of Chemical Engineering. Role: Lecture. Petroleum resources and industry: Past, present and future. Chemical Engineering 6158 course on Energy & Society Fall 2016 (Dr. Kerry Kelly). 12/01/2016 - 12/01/2016
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Role: Co-chair. Sorkhabi, Rasoul (2015) Co-chair, History of Petroleum Geology Forum: The Past is the Key to the Present, AAPG Annual Convection, Denver, CO, May 31-June 3, 2015. 05/31/2015 - 06/03/2015
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology Journal. Role: Reviewer . Reviewer for papers. 01/01/2015 - 12/31/2015
  • Geological Society of America. Role: Session co-chair. Topical Session T188, "Tethyan evolution and seismotectonics of Southwest Asia" (2 oral session and 1 poster session). 10/29/2013 - 10/30/2013
  • Petroleum History Institute, Pennsylvania. Role: Co-editor. Oil-Industry History Journal. 06/01/2013 - 12/30/2018
  • American Geophysical Union. Role: Co-chair. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco: Sessions T13J and T21A “Faults, Fractures, and Fluid Flow in Georesources: Physical, Chemical, and Transport Processes and Models”. 12/03/2012 - 12/07/2012
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Role: Co-chair. 2012 AAPG Annual Convention, Long Beach, CA: Sessions on Petroleum Systems of the Eastern Hemisphere. 04/22/2012 - 04/25/2012
  • Springer Science. Role: Member (Honorary). Springer Energy Editorial and Program Advisory Board. 01/01/2012 - present
  • American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Reviewer of Abstracts submitted for AAPG Annual Convention 2012, Theme: Basin Analysis and Petroleum Systems. 05/11/2011 - 11/03/2011
  • American Assocation of Petroleum Geologists. Role: Committee Member. AAPG History of Petroleum Geology Committee. 04/25/2011 - 05/31/2016
  • Geological Society of America. Role: Co-convener. Topical Session: Applications of Structural Geology in Meeting the Natural Resource and Energy Needs of Society: Challenges and Innovations for the Twenty-First Century, 2010 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (31 October – 3 November 2010), Denver. Chairpersons: Robert W. Krantz, Christopher J. Potter, Rasoul Sorkhabi and Byron R. Berger. 11/03/2010 - 11/03/2010
  • Journals and Academic Publishers. Role: Reviewer. Reviewer of research papers for journals (Marine & Petroleum Geology, Geosciences Journal, Interpretation, Geological Society of London Special Publications, Tectonophysics, Journal of Geological Society of India, Journal of Asian Earth Science, Himalayan Geology, Oil-Industry History, etc.) as well as book proposals for publishing companies (Cambridge University Press, Springer, Routledge, etc.). 04/01/2003 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Distinguished Service Award, 2018. Petroleum History Institute, 05/18/2018
  • Top Graduate Teachers Fall 2013. University of Utah College of Engineering, 09/01/2014
  • University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute’s Research Performance Award, 2008. Energy & Geoscience Institute, 12/01/2008

Internal Service

  • EGI Annual Technical Conference. Manager EGI Energy Fluids and Minerals, 09/20/2022 - 09/23/2022. Department service. Member of Organizing Committee, Presenter, 10/09/2023 - 10/11/2023. Department service.
  • EGI Exhibition, 2023 IMAGE (International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy) Conference, Houston, Texas. Exhibitor, 08/28/2023 - 09/01/2023. Member of Organizing Committee, Exhibitor, Presenter, 08/28/2023 - 09/01/2023. Department service.
  • EGI 50th Anniversary Conference. Manager EGI Energy Fluids and Minerals, 09/20/2022 - 09/23/2022. Department service.
  • EGI Exhibition, 2022 IMAGE (International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy) Conference, Houston, Texas. Exhibitor, 08/28/2022 - 09/01/2022. Department service.
  • EGI Corporate Associates Program, Outreach to Companies. EGI Staff Meetings, Search Committees. Assistance to the Management, 01/01/2021 - present. Department service.

Outreach

  • GeoLegends: George Bernard Reynolds (presented by Dr. Rasoul Sorkhabi), AAPG 100 years, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Interview: https://100years.aapg.org/play/articleid/43092/geolegends-george-bernard-reynolds-presented-by-dr-rasoul-sorkhabi . 01/01/2017 - 12/31/2017
  • EGI Corporate Associate Technical Conference, 7-8 November, 2016, Houston. Teleconference presentation of a research project. 11/07/2016 - 11/07/2016
  • Visits and presentations of research projects to oil companies: BHPBilliton, ConocoPhillips, and Marathon Oil, Houston, April 25 to April 28, 2016. 04/25/2016 - 04/28/2016
  • Field Leaders: Greg Nash and Rasoul Sorkhabi, Utah Great Basin: Paleozoic Shales Field Trip. 10/03/2013 - 10/03/2013
  • Project Meeting Organizer and Presenter, Source Rocks Research Consortium, Salt Lake City. 10/02/2013 - 10/02/2013
  • Project Meeting Organizer and Presenter, Source Rocks Research Consortium, Houston. 03/21/2013 - 03/21/2013
  • Project Meeting Organizer and Presenter: Source Rocks Consortium, EGI, Salt Lake City. 11/29/2012 - 11/30/2012
  • Lecture (Dinner Talk): East African Margin: World’s Premier Hotspot for Gas Discovery, EGI Meeting, Salt Lake City. 09/11/2012 - 09/11/2012
  • Field Trip Leader: Antelope Island, Salt Lake. 08/22/2012 - 08/22/2012
  • Project Final Meeting Organizer and Presenter: East African Margin Project, Salt Lake City. 08/21/2012 - 08/22/2012
  • Presenter: EGI Advisory Board Meeting, Salt Lake City. 07/07/2012 - 07/07/2012
  • Field Trip Leader: Big Cottonewood Canyon, Salt Lake City. 06/14/2012 - 06/14/2012
  • Presenter: EGI Corporate Associates 2012 Spring Meeting, Salt Lake City. 04/17/2012 - 04/19/2012
  • Project Meeting Organizer and Presenter: East African Margin Project, EGI, Salt Lake City. 04/16/2012 - 04/16/2012
  • EGI Corporate Associates: Visits to several oil companies, Houston. 03/11/2012 - 03/13/2012
  • Project Meeting Organzier and Presenter: East African Margin Project, Salt Lake City. 09/26/2011 - 09/26/2011
  • Student recuring for part-time research work from Department of Civil & Enviromental Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Computing, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Department of Geography, and School of Business. 01/01/2004 - present

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