Teaching Faculty Members

Hanafi, Bari

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  • Position: Assistant Teacher Professor
  • Email: brhanafi@eps.rutgers.edu
  • Office: Wright Labs Room 236
  • Research Interests: Structural Geology, Tectonics.

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Structural Geology, Rutgers University, New Jersey, December 2021.
  • M.S. in Structural Geology, Rutgers University, New Jersey, January 2013.
  • B.S. in Geology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, February 2010. 

Research Interest

  • Structural geology using field, seismic-reflection, and well data.
  • Salt tectonics.
  • Scaled-experimental modeling.

Work Experience

  • Rutgers University, Teaching & Research Assistant, January 2016 - present.
  • ExxonMobil, Well Site & Operations Geologist, February 2013 - May 2015.
  • ExxonMobil, Geologist, Feburary 2010 - February 2013.

Honors and Awards

  • The Earth and Planetary Science (EPS) Chair Award by EPS, Rutgers University, 2019.
  • ExxonMobil/GSA Student Geoscience Grants by Geological Society of America (GSA), Deformation of salt layers and interbedded impurities: Insights from scaled experimental models, 2018.
  • Short Course Grant by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, Structural and Stratigraphic Concepts Applied to Basin Exploration, 2018.
  • Student Research and Travel Grants Awards by GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division, 2018.
  • Kenneth N. Weaver Student Travel Award by Northeastern Section of GSA, 2018.
  • Student Research Grant Awards (Grants-in-Aid) by AAPG Foundation, Deformation of interbedded salt layers during detached and basement-involved extension: Insights from scaled experimental models, 2017.
  • AAPG Annual Meeting Travel Grant by SEPM Society of Sedimentary Geology, 2017.
  • Conference Travel Grant by Rutgers Graduate School of New Brunswick, 2017.
  • ExxonMobil Geoscience Scholarship by ExxonMobil Indonesia, 2010-2013.
  • Young Alumni Award by Geological Alumni Association of Bandung Insitute of Technology, 2012.
  • Jérôme H. Remick Poster Award by Geological Association of Canada (GAC), 2012.

Publication accepted

  • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., Durcanin, M. A., in prep. The development of the eastern Orpheus rift basin, offshore eastern Canada: A case study of the interplay between rift-related faulting and salt deposition and flow. Manuscript is accepted by Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology, October 2021.

Papers presented at technical and professional meetings

    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., Durcanin, M. A., Syamsir, Z., 2020. Seismic expression of CAMP-related igneous sheets and their role in constraining the age of synrift salt in the early Mesozoic Orpheus rift basin, offshore southeastern Canada. Geological Society of America (GSA) 2020 Connects Online.
    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., Durcanin, M. A., Syamsir, Z., 2020. Relative timing of basement-involved faulting, detached shortening, and salt movement during rifting in the salt-rich eastern Orpheus rift basin, offshore southeastern, Canada. Geological Society of America (GSA) 2020 Connects Online.
    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., 2020. Deformation of salt layers and interbedded impurities: Insights from scaled experimental models. Analog Modeling of Tectonic Processes Workshop, Memphis, Tennessee, USA (changed to an online format due to COVID-19).
    • Marcelli, O., Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., 2020. 3D analysis of small-scale faulting associated with oblique shortening: A scaled experimental modeling study. Abstract accepted in Joint Annual Meeting, Southeastern and Northeastern Sections of Geological Society of America (GSA), Reston, Virginia, USA.
    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., 2018. Deformation of salt layers and interbedded impurities: Insights from the Orpheus rift basin, offshore eastern Canada, and scaled experimental models. Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meetings, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., 2017. The temporal and lateral facies variability and internal geometries of syn-rift salt: Insights from the Early Mesozoic Orpheus rift basin, offshore eastern Canada. American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, USA.
    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., 2017. Effect of relay ramps on salt sedimentation and intrasalt deformation in rift basins: An example from the synrift Argo salt, offshore eastern Canada. American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) Student Expo, Houston, Texas, USA.
    • Pham, T. Q. H., Withjack, M. O., Hanafi, B. R., 2017. Interactions between polygonal normal faults and larger normal faults, offshore Nova Scotia, Canada. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
    • Pham, T. Q. H., Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., 2017. The influence of normal faults on the development of polygonal fault systems, Penobscot area, offshore Nova Scotia, Canada. Joint Annual Meeting, Northeastern and North-Central Sections of Geological Society of America (GSA), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., 2016. Investigating the origin of shortening-related structures in the Orpheus rift basin, offshore Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada: Is basin inversion in the eastern North American passive margin real? American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) Student Expo, Houston, Texas, USA.
    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., 2013. The influence of synrift salt on deformation during and after rifting: Examples from the Orpheus rift basin, offshore Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada. American Association of Petroleum Geologist (AAPG) Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Syamsir, Z., Durcanin, M. A., Schlische, R. W., 2012. The Mesozoic Orpheus rift basin, offshore Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Canada: The influence of basin architecture on salt tectonics and basin inversion. Joint Annual Meeting of Geological Association of Canada (GAC) and Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC), St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.
    • Hanafi, B. R., Withjack, M. O., Schlische, R. W., 2011. The Mesozoic western Orpheus rift basin, offshore Nova Scotia, Canada: Structural styles and basin evolution. EarthScope and GeoPRISMS Joint Meeting, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
    • Hanafi, B., Priadi, B. P., 2010. Indikasi keberadaan endapan mélange di wilayah Kotaraja dan sekitarnya, Kota Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia (The presence of mélange deposits in Kotaraja, Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia). Pertemuan Ilmiah Tahunan (PIT) Ikatan Ahli Geologi Indonesia (IAGI), Annual Convention and Exhibition of IAGI, Lombok, Indonesia.

Advisor and Dissertation Committee

  • Dr. Martha O. Withjack 
  • Dr. Roy W. Schlische
  • Dr. Christopher J. Potter (USGS/Rutgers University)
  • Dr. Bruno C. Vendeville (Université de Lille)
  • Dr. Iain K. Sinclair (Cenovus Energy)