© Haytham El Atfy

Dr. Haytham El Atfy

Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie - Paläobotanik
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Heisenbergstr. 2
D-48149 Münster
Deutschland

                                    helatfy@uni-muenster.de

                                   Tel.: +49 251 83-23934
                                   Fax: +49 251 83-21739

 
 
 
 
 
 

  • Curriculum Vitae

    Education

    2022

    Habilitation
    University of Tübingen, Germany
    2010-2014

    Ph.D. in Geosciences (Palynology)
    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
    Thesis title: Palynology and organic geochemistry of Miocene deposits of the Gulf of Suez, Egypt: Insights into hydrocarbon exploration and Paleoenvironments

    DAAD-GERLS funded
    2005-2008

    M.Sc. in Geology (Palaeontology and Stratigraphy; Palynology)

    Mansoura University, Egypt

    Thesis title: Applied palynological studies on the Cretaceous succession of the GPTSW-7 Well, Abu Sennan Concession, Western Desert, Egypt
    2000-2004

    B.Sc. in Geology

    Mansoura University, Egypt

    Employment

    02.2023-present

    Research Scientist (Akademischer Rat)

    Palaeobotany Group, Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, University of Münster, Germany.
    2019-2022

    Postdoctoral Researcher

    Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Germany.

    Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation funded.
    2015-2019

    Assistant Professor

    Geology Department, Mansoura University, Egypt
    2008-2010

    Assistant Lecturer

    Geology Department, Mansoura University, Egypt
    2004-2008

    Teaching support assistant

    Geology Department, Mansoura University, Egypt

     

  • Research interests

    My research interests span all aspects of palynology and its applications in hydrocarbon exploration, age dating and paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstructions in time and space, and how this can be employed to interpret and solve geologically related problems.

     

  • Technical Expertise

    - Palaeontological/sedimentological sample collection

    - Laboratory processing of palynological samples

    - Transmitted- and reflected-light, fluorescence, and SEM microscopy

    - Geological and palaeontological fieldwork in various countries, e.g., Egypt, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria.

  • Peer-reviewed publications

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Haytham-El-Atfy

     

  • Peer-review service (selection)

    - International Journal of Coal Geology

    - Marine and Petroleum Geology

    - Cretaceous Research

    - Journal of African Earth Sciences

    - Geobios

    - Paläontologische Zeitschrift

    - Geological Journal

    - AAPG Bulletin

    - Plos One

    - Historical Biology

    - Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie

    - South African Journal of Geology

  •    Editorial experience

    2021-present Arabian Journal of Geosciences
    2015-2017 Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences