Ali Al-Muallem obtained his BS in Geosciences in 2016 from Virginia Tech. After graduation, Ali joined Saudi Aramco, where he developed his technical skills across several applications of geophysics, including seismic acquisition, data processing, resource assessment, and reservoir characterization and modeling. He eventually specialized in rock physics, where his primary tasks were seismic inversion feasibility analysis and workflow development. Ali’s research interests are in CCUS leakage prediction and monitoring and machine learning applications.