November, 2006 Ph.D., in remote sensing and GIS at Al Neelain University/Berlin Free University. A program jointly funded by the German Academic Exchange Foundation (DAAD, GERMANY) & Al Neelain University, Sudan.

June. 1994 M.Sc. in geology, Department of geology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum.

May, 1987.B.Sc. Honours in Geology, second class division one with a university prize for the best degree in geology, Department of geology, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum.

1987-1988:  Part-time teaching assistant at the department of Geology, Faculty of Science, KhartoumUniversity. Sudan.

1990-1994: Teaching assistant at the Faculty of Marine science and Fisheries, Port Sudan, Sudan.

1994-1995: Lecturer of Geology and sedimentology at the Faculty of Marine science and Fisheries, Port Sudan, Sudan.

1995-  2006:  Lecturer  of geology,  Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, Petroleum geology,  Basin analysis,  remote sensing and GIS at the Department of Geology and then the upgraded School of Applied Earth Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Al Neelain University.

2006-2013: Assistant Professor of geology, remote sensing and GIS at the Faculty of Petroleum and Minerals, Al Neelain University.

2013-2014: Associate Professor of geology, remote sensing and GIS at the Faculty of Petroleum and Minerals, Al Neelain University.

2014-Present: Associate Professor of geology, remote sensing and GIS at the Department of Geology\Faculty of Science\Taibah University, Almadinah Almonawara, Saudi Arabia.

-  Elsheikh, Abdalla E.,  Nayel, K.  E.,  Elsayed, K.  A.  and  Babikir,  I.  A.  A.,  2014;  Groundwater potentialities assessment of the River Atbara  alluvial  sediments  El  Girba-New  Halfa  area,  eastern Sudan, American Journal of Science and Technology; Vol.1, No.4, 2014, pp. 187-193. 

-  Babikir, I. A. A., Elgaily A., Ahmed, A., Saeed, M. and Ismail, A., 2013, Reconnaissance Geological Investigation and Geophysical Field Scouting  in Block 8 Concession Area. A study conducted  for  the Blue Nile Petroleum Operating Company (BNPOC), Sudan.

 - Babikir,  I. A. A., Awad, M.  Z.  Eisawi, A. A. M.  and Adam, A.  E.,  2013, A  new  lithostratigraphic framework of the Atbara Basin, Central Sudan, 24th  Colloquium of African Geology (CAG 24), January 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

- Awad, M. Z., Babikir,  I. A. A., Eisawi, Ali A. M.,  and Wadidi, E. A.,2013, Petroleum  geology  and resources of the Sudan: A  geoscientific  book  as  a  knowledge  sharing  initiative,  24th  Colloquium  of African Geology (CAG 24), January 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

- Elsheikh, Abdalla E., Babikir, I. A. A., & A. Elsayed, Khalid., 2009, The Evolution of the Gash River basin, Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Vol. 17.

-  Elsheikh, Abdalla E.,  Nayel, K.  E.,  Elsayed, K.  A.  and  Babikir,  I.  A.  A.,  2014;  Groundwater potentialities assessment of the River Atbara  alluvial  sediments  El  Girba-New  Halfa  area,  eastern Sudan, American Journal of Science and Technology; Vol.1, No.4, 2014, pp. 187-193. 

-  Babikir, I. A. A., Elgaily A., Ahmed, A., Saeed, M. and Ismail, A., 2013, Reconnaissance Geological Investigation and Geophysical Field Scouting  in Block 8 Concession Area. A study conducted  for  the Blue Nile Petroleum Operating Company (BNPOC), Sudan.

 - Babikir,  I. A. A., Awad, M.  Z.  Eisawi, A. A. M.  and Adam, A.  E.,  2013, A  new  lithostratigraphic framework of the Atbara Basin, Central Sudan, 24th  Colloquium of African Geology (CAG 24), January 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

- Awad, M. Z., Babikir,  I. A. A., Eisawi, Ali A. M.,  and Wadidi, E. A.,2013, Petroleum  geology  and resources of the Sudan: A  geoscientific  book  as  a  knowledge  sharing  initiative,  24th  Colloquium  of African Geology (CAG 24), January 2013, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

- Elsheikh, Abdalla E., Babikir, I. A. A., & A. Elsayed, Khalid., 2009, The Evolution of the Gash River basin, Journal of Environmental Hydrology, Vol. 17.

Remote sensing and GIS, geology and sedimentology.