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Thamer Aldaajani serves as the General Manager of the Mining and Hydrocarbon Technologies Institute at KACST. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Geophysics from King Saud University in 2008, followed by a Master of Science in Geology from the same institution in 2011, and a PhD in Geophysics from Penn State University in 2019. In 2020, he joined the SeismoLab at Caltech as a postdoctoral scholar and has been a visiting researcher there since January 2021. Dr. Aldaajani's research focuses on the geodynamic processes that lead to the deformation of the solid Earth. His interests span a broad range, encompassing both observational and numerical modeling techniques. In terms of numerical modeling, he collaborates with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) to create three-dimensional thermomechanical models that explore the evolution of the Red Sea and the Arabian-Nubian Shield. He aims to leverage the geodynamic modeling perception to enhance the understanding of the regional evolution of the Arabian-African plate boundary over time and to improve the success rates of mineral and geothermal exploration in the Red Sea and its surrounding areas. On the observational side, he collaborates with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to monitor surface changes in western Arabia using InSAR time series and GPS data, with a focus on identifying regional processes and potential natural or induced geohazards.