Dr. Haval Kukha Hawez is an Associate Professor of Reservoir Engineering and Head of the Chemical Engineering Department at Koya University, Iraq. His research focuses on reservoir engineering, subsurface geomechanics, multiphase flow in fractured media, and CO₂ sequestration and enhanced oil recovery (EOR). He also holds an MSc in Reservoir Evaluation and Management from Heriot-Watt University and a BSc in Petroleum Engineering from Koya University. He has a PhD in Petroleum Reservoir Engineering from Robert Gordon University, where his doctoral work concentrated on coupled geomechanical and multiphase flow modelling in naturally fractured reservoirs. Dr. Hawez has published extensively in international journals and conferences, with contributions on CO₂ sequestration, fractured reservoir modelling, hydrogen storage, geomechanics, and computational fluid dynamics applications in porous media. He is also the author of a book on CO₂ injection modelling in gas condensate reservoirs. Beyond his research, he plays an active role in the scientific community as a reviewer for leading journals, including Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, and Environmental Earth Sciences.