Academic Staff

June 15, 2026, 12:33 p.m.
Baban Mustafa Yousef (PhD) Member of department
Lecturer
Lecturer in Geophysics

Geology
College of Science
University of Duhok

بكاBSc, MSc, PhD in geophysics

I have taught different modules Theory and

practical including;

  • Seismic Geophysical Method
  • Seismic Interpretation
  • Gravity and Magnetic Geophysical Methods,
  • Electric Geophysical Method
  • Well Logging
  • Programming Language
  • Computer Skills
  • Research Methods

  • Head of Department (January 2018–

May 2025)

  • Quality Assurance Coordinator,

College of Spatial Planning and

Applied Science (September 2017–

September 2019)

  • Active member, Scientific Committee,

Department of Geology

  • Active member, Curriculum

Development Program committee

  • Collaborated with the University of

Arkansas to install a seismometer and

ground-motion instruments

Research

SULAIMAN, Z. F., & YOUSEF, B. M. (2023). Processing and Improvement of 2D Seismic Data by Using Pre-stack And Post- stack Time Migration, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Journal of Duhok University, 26(2), 118- 132. (https://doi.org/10.26682/sjuod.2023.26.2.11). Yousef, B. M., and Angus, D. A. (2017). Analysis of fracture induced scattering of microseismic shear-waves. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 61, 1-26 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-016-0384-9). Yousef, B.M., Almarzooq, H., Angus, D.A. & Hildyard, M.W. (2017). Fracture parameter inversion from passive seismic shear-wave splitting: A validation study using full- waveform numerical synthetics, Tectonophysics (10.1016/j.tecto.2017.06.034). Yousef, B., and Angus, D. (2016). When do fractured media become seismically anisotropic? some implications on quantifying fracture properties. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 444, 150–159. Yousef, B.M., Angus, D.A., Hildyard, M.W., Verdon, J.P., Perry, M., 2014. Measuring shear-wave splitting using seismic anisotropy. 76th EAGE, 16-19 June, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Yousef, B., Angus, D., Hildyard, M., Verdon, J. and Perry, M. 2013. “Full waveform model validation of microseismic shear-wave splitting fracture parameter inversion”. In: Second EAGE Workshop on Naturally Fractured Reservoirs. Yousef, B. M., Javaherian, A., Shini Kimassi, H. and Moslemi, A., 2009, “Application of nonstretch NMO in seismic reflection data processing”, EAGE Shiraz, May 4-6, Iran.

  • Seismic data processing
  • Modelling a discrete fractured medium
  • Inverting fracture properties of fractured media
  • Study the transition behaviour between scattering and the effective medium of fractured

Supervision of MSc students,

Supervision of lots of graduate projects