The esteemed status achieved by the Department of Geology and Geophysics at King Saud University is, first and foremost, due to the grace of Almighty Allah, and then to the tireless efforts of the previous generations of professors, lecturers, instructors, and technicians. They worked diligently, with dedication and sincerity, to build the department step by step, preserving its strength and integrity so that it could be passed down to us in its current prominent state.

The department will forever honor their memory, recognizing their significant contributions to its advancement and reputation. For this, they deserve our utmost gratitude, appreciation, and respect.

Among the honored faculty members, we remember:

• Prof. Ahmad Mahmoud Ali Allam
• Prof. Ahmed Nasser Basuhail
• Dr. Islam Al-Awady
• Prof. Ibrahim Abdel Qader Farag
• Prof. Ahmed Abdel Qader Al-Mohandes
• Dr. Ahmed Abdullah Al-Aswad
• Prof. Osama Mohamed Qaud
• Prof. Jumaa Abdel Rahim Awad Al-Alawi
• Dr. Habes Faleh Ghuraifat
• Dr. Hamed Mohamed Al-Badri
• Prof. Hassan Osman Mohamed Sindi
• Dr. Hussein Jaber Al-Fifi
• Prof. Haider Zaman Khan
• Dr. Khaled Ibrahim Suleiman Al-Turki
• Dr. Khaled Baghdadi
• Prof. Zaghloul Ragheb Al-Najjar
• Prof. Saleh Mohamed Al-Aqla
• Dr. Saleh Mohamed Biloo
• Dr. Taleb Mohamed Saeed Obaid
• Prof. Aref Adel Lashin
• Dr. Abdulrahman Mohamed Al-Dakhil
• Prof. Abdel Aaty Ahmed Al-Sadeq
• Prof. Abdulaziz Abdullah Al-Laiboun
• Prof. Abdulaziz Mohamed Al-Bassam
• Dr. Abdullah Akeel Al-Hamdan
• Prof. Abdul Malik Abdullah Al-Khayyal
• Prof. Abdullah Omar Nasseef
• Dr. Abdullah Qadhi Al-Qadhi
• Prof. Ali Abdullah Fawaz Al-Fraih
• Dr. Awni Taysir Bataineh
• Dr. Farouq Sharif
• Dr. Faiz Shaaban Bakr Anan
• Prof. Manoj Mukhopadhyay
• Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Badri
• Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Metwally
• Dr. Mohamed Al-Alfi
• Prof. Mohamed Shehata Abdel Fattah
• Dr. Mohamed Taher Hussein
• Prof. Mohamed Abdel Ghani Mushref
• Prof. Mohamed Abdo Yamani
• Prof. Mohamed Youssef
• Dr. Mohamed Issa Abdullah Al-Dabbagh
• Dr. Mohamed Naguib Al-Sabrouti
• Prof. Mahmoud Ahmed Mohamed Jallamd
• Dr. Naeem Ahmed Shath
• Prof. Youssef Habous Nazzal

Academic Technicians:

• Dr. Al-Taher Osman Idris
• Mr. Hashim Mousa Babiker
• Mr. Hussein Salem Awad Saeed
• Mr. Saad Kamel Mohamed Abdo
• Mr. Mishbab bin Qassim Yahya
• Mr. Mansoor Akhter

Technicians:

• Mr. Safran Qabel Al-Zaidi
• Mr. Saud bin Saleh Al-Nafi'i
• Mr. Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al-Zaid
• Mr. Mutlaq bin Talq Al-Otaibi
• Mr. Saad bin Nasser bin Saif
• Mr. Mohammed Abdulaziz bin Halwan
• Mr. Harout bin Jumaan Al-Qahtani
• Mr. Abdulhafeez Rabih Ajeeb Seydou
• Mr. Dafallah Youssef Mousa
• Mr. Abdul Moneim Al-Sayed Arafa
• Mr. Hassan Suleiman Jabr Al-Fifi
• Mr. Abbas Ali Mohamed Saeed
• Mr. Haroun Fathallah Othman Omar
• Mr. Aftab Aziz Ahmed
• Mr. Ismail Ayoub Ismail
• Mr. Mohammed Takrouni Abdul Ghaffar
• Mr. Abdullah bin Khazzam Al-Mahri
• Mr. Abdullah Al-Murshid