Authors’ Biography Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, exploration. He was the Geophysical Tech- and currently the Red Sea for the last 15 years. nical Adviser to the Saudi Geological Survey, His research interests have concentrated on the Jeddah, between 2003 and 2013. He is an fields of both shallow and deep water sedi- independent geophysical consultant based in mentary processes, depositional mechanisms Adelaide, applying proprietary methods for and environmental aspects. These include processing gravity and magnetic data for research on modern underwater sedimentary numerous mining and oil companies in Aus- features and processes involved in their for- tralia, the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere. mation, deep sea turbidite systems, sediment dispersal and pathways, sediment plumes, fluxes and deposition, contaminants and chemical pathways for pollution and their environmental impact in both time and space, Najeeb M.A. Rasul as well as marine mineral resources. He has Technical Adviser also worked on the formation and exploration Center for Marine Geology, Saudi Geo- of oil and gas in deltas and offshore regions. logical Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [email protected]; [email protected] Dr. Najeeb M.A. Rasul holds a Master’s degree in Marine Geology, and has a Ph.D. in Geological Oceanography from the University of Wales, U.K. He is presently a Technical Adviser at the Saudi Geological Survey Abdullah Alsharekh (SGS) in Jeddah. For the past 15 years he has Professor been associated with several organizations and King Saud University, Department of has held key research positions at Geological Archaeology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and Geophysical Research Systems in [email protected] Canada, the Challenger Division for Seafloor Dr. Abdullah Alsharekh has been a Processes at the National Oceanography Ian C.F. Stewart Professor in the Department of Archaeology Centre, Southampton, U.K., Environment Consultant at King Saud University (KSU) since 1996 Canada in Burlington, Canada, and the Center Stewart Geophysical Consultants Pty. undertaking teaching and research. He for Marine Geology at the SGS, where he was Ltd., Adelaide, South Australia 5069, obtained a BA degree in archaeology from the head of the centre from 2003 to 2010. He Australia KSU and then in 1987 received a scholarship has conducted research cruises with European [email protected] to Cambridge University to undertake his M. Union Research centres, including the Insti- Dr. Ian C.F. Stewart received a Ph.D. in Phil. and Ph.D. degrees. He has participated tute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR), Italy and seismology from the University of Adelaide, in a number of research and consultation the IOC-UNESCO (TTR programme) and has South Australia. From 1974 until 1982 he was projects, including being a member of the been a EUROMARGINS and Saudi Scientific with the Department of Earth Sciences at scientific committee and the supervisor of the Coordinator. He has been involved in several Memorial University of Newfoundland, Man and Nature gallery in the National research projects and cruises as chief scientist Canada, where he taught geophysics. He then Museum, Riyadh. He was the first archaeol- and principal investigator in the Pacific, Indian carried out research and worked on potential ogist in Saudi Arabia to win a grant from the and Atlantic Oceans, including the fields for Saudi Aramco in the Exploration prestigious grant programme at King Abdu- Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Strait of Gibraltar, Gulf Department in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia from laziz City for Science and Technology to start of Cadiz, Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, 1982 until 1996, and later for Normandy a research project at the site of Thumamah, Alboran Sea, Henderson Lake, Lake Erie, Exploration in Australia for 2 years in gold northeast of Riyadh. In 2005, he won the © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 775 N. M. A. Rasul and I. C. F. Stewart (eds.), Geological Setting, Palaeoenvironment and Archaeology of the Red Sea, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99408-6 776 Authors’ Biography Prince Salman (now King) for the study of the processing satellite imagery and laser scan- history of the Arabian Peninsula for best ning at sites in Makkah and Madinah. His published paper. In 2003, he started a col- interests include geodesy and point cloud laborative research project with Prof. Geoff equipment and processing, and recent work at Bailey from the University of York to look at SGS has involved using UAV technology to the prehistory and palaeoenvironment of the study the movements of sand dunes in the Red Sea region, and in 2011 another major province of Al Qunfudhah. project was started in collaboration with Prof. Michael Petraglia from Oxford University to look at early human migrations into Central Arabia. He has been an advisor to the Deputy Minister for Antiquities and Museums, and currently is an advisor to the Ministry of Higher Education. Since 1999 he has been an Alessio Sanfilippo editor of the academic archaeological journal Researcher in Petrology and Adumatu. His research interests include the Geochemistry, study of the archaeology and palaeoenviron- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, ments of the Arabian Peninsula, rock art and Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy pastoral archaeology. In 2015, he was nomi- alessio.sanfi[email protected] nated as the best researcher at the King Saud Dr. Alessio Sanfilippo has recently earned University prestigious award ceremony for a researcher position in petrology and geo- the quality of publishing in the Humanities chemistry at the University of Pavia, Italy. Ana Paula Gouveia Jácome and Social Sciences. During his Ph.D. and Postdoctoral studies he Research Associate also worked at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto Institution (USA) and at Kanazawa University Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Japan), taking part in two international [email protected] oceanographic expeditions. His studies are Ana Paula Gouveia Jácome a Research mainly devoted to understanding the magmatic Associate in Geological Engineering at Fed- processes concurring into the accretion of the eral University of Ouro Preto (UFOP). In oceanic lithosphere, exploring the geochemical 2013, she worked on Quartzite mapping in the relationships between residual mantle, igneous Itacolomi Mountain as a recipient of the crust and melts erupted to the surface. Young Talent for science scholarship, a research program sponsored by the Brazilian government. She studied at State University of New York, Plattsburgh U.S.A. from 2014 to 2015 as a recipient of the Brazilian Science Without Borders program. She worked on Ar-Ar geochronology and isotope geochem- Abdulnasser S. Al-Qutub istry of volcanic rocks from the Red Sea region Research Associate at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Center for Marine Geology, Saudi Geo- Columbia University in 2015. logical Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [email protected] Abdulnasser Al-Qutub is with the Center for Marine Geology, Saudi Geological Sur- vey. He has an M.Sc. from King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, specializing in coral reef Ali O. Al-Saeedi sedimentology. He has been involved in Senior Surveyor several research projects dealing with Survey Department, Saudi Geological bio-geological aspects of various sub- Survey environments of the Red Sea, focusing on [email protected] water quality and anthropogenic input from Ali O. Al-Saeedi received his M.Sc. in different sources that affect coral reefs. He Surveying from the University of Tabuk, participated in a research cruise on RV Posei- Saudi Arabia. He has been the Head of the don, jointly conducted by KAU and Survey Department, Saudi Geological Sur- IFM-GEOMAR, in the Hatiba Deep and Port vey, since 2002. From 1990 to 1994 he was Sudan Deep in the Red Sea to understand the with the Bin Laden Contracting Company, Andy Shuttleworth processes of hydrothermal venting and vol- and then with the Ministry of Mineral Lecturer in Human Palaeoecology canism. He has also been on a research cruise Resources in Jeddah until 1998. He then Department of Archaeology and with KAUST and WHOI dealing with the worked on projects with the American Mis- Palaeoecology health of coral reefs, and has studied seabed sion investigating submerged tunnels in Bri- Queen’s University Belfast, morphology during a cruise between Jeddah tain and Makkah. From 2008 to 2012 he was U.K. and Port Sudan aboard RV Certaman. in private business, with projects including [email protected] Authors’ Biography 777 Dr. Andy Shuttleworth is a Lecturer in of Oxford, UK. In order to elucidate mecha- Professor Human Palaeoecology at Queen’s University nisms offar-distance maritime trade in the Early Department of Archaeology, Classics and Belfast and a Honorary Research Fellow at the Historic (Pre-Islamic) period Ania’s research Egyptology, University of Liverpool, 12–14 Department of Anthropology, Durham focuses on maritime archaeology of ancient Abercromby Square, University of Liverpool, University. He took his B.Sc. (Hons) in forensic ports of trade around the coasts of the Red Sea L69 7WZ, U.K. and investigative science at the University of and the Indian Ocean and better understanding [email protected] Central Lancashire in 2007 with a focus on of human adaptations to—and interactions with Dr. Anthony Sinclair is a specialist in human osteology and biological and forensic —the natural environment and changing land- Palaeolithic archaeology and is currently anthropology. He undertook his M.Sc. in and sea-scape. Ania’s extensive archaeological Professor of Archaeology in the Depart- Palaeoanthropology at the University of and heritage experience have been gained on ment of Archaeology, Classics and Egyp- Liverpool in 2008 and stayed in Liverpool to sites in the Near and Middle East: Egypt, Syria, tology at the University of Liverpool. His complete his Ph.D. (‘An Anthropological Lebanon, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, U.A.E., research interests are the manufacture and Assessment of Neanderthal Behavioural Ener- Oman, Turkey and Saud Arabia; in South Asia: use of lithic technology and its social and getics’) in 2013.