Sediment provenance via mineralogy and geochemistry

Clastic reservoir characterization and modeling using logs and composition data

Stratigraphy and basin analysis

Ph.D. - Geosciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA, 2010

M.S. - Geology, Auburn University, AL, USA, 2005

B.S. - Geophysics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2000

Summer Geosciences Intern - Hess Corporation, Houston, TX.

Graduate Research and teaching Assistant - Auburn University & University of South Carolina

Zahid, K.M. and Barbeau, D.L., 2011, Constructing sandstone provenance and classification ternary diagrams using electronic spreadsheet. Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 81, p. 702-707

Zahid, K.M. and Barbeau, D.L., 2010, Provenance of Eastern Magallanes foreland basin sediments: Heavy mineral analysis reveals Paleogene tectonic unroofing of the Fuegian Andes hinterland. Sedimentary Geology, v. 229, p. 64-74.

Zahid, K.M., and Uddin. A., 2005, Influence of overpressure on Formation velocity evaluation of Neogene strata from eastern Bengal basin, Bangladesh, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, v. 25, p. 419-429.

Barbeau, D. L.; Olivero, E. B., Swanson-Hysell, N. L.; Zahid, K. M.; Murray, K. E.; Gehrels, G. E.; 2009, Detrital-zircon geochronology of the eastern Magallanes foreland basin: Implications for Eocene kinematics of the northern Scotia Arc and Drake Passage. EPSL, v. 20, p. 23-45.

Barbeau, D.L.; Gombosi, D.J.; Zahid, K.M.; Bizimis, N.; Swanson-Hysell, N.L.; 2009, U/Pb zircon constraints on the age and provenance of the Rocas Verdes basin-fill, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, v. 10.

Uddin, A.; Hames, W.E.; Zahid, K.M. Accepted, LASER 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on Miocene sequences from the Bengal Basin: Implications for middle Miocene denudation of the eastern Himalayas. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 115, doi: 10.1029/2009JB006401

Barbeau, D.L.; Davis, J., Murray, K.E., Valencia, V., Gehrels, G., Zahid, K.M., Gombosi, D.J., 2010, Detrital-zircon geochronology of the metasedimentary rocks of north-western Graham Land. Antarctic Science v. 22, p. 65-78.

Annual publication award 2011 from BEG, University of Texas at Austin.

AAPG Imperial Barrel Award competition 2009 finalist.

Best Ph.D. oral presentation award: Graduate School Competition 2009, USC.

Research grants from Geological Society of America, 2003 and 2006.

IEAGHG Summer School 2011 on Carbon Capture & Storage, Urbana, IL.

Reservoir modeling using Petrel®, Schlumberger Learning Center, Houston, TX.

Fundamentals of Seismic Structural Analysis: by ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil URC.

Geology and Geophysics Applied in Industry: by ExxonMobil URC.