Abdullah obtained his B.Sc. in geology (1981) from King Saud University, and M. Sc.in Applied Geophysics from University of South Florida, Tampa and has also taken Ph.D. (1990) in earthquake seismology from University of Minnesota, USA. His interest in crustal structures, seismic micro zoning and applications of EM and MT in deep groundwater exploration and geothermal prospecting has paved way for the establishment of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (AJGS).[2] AJGS publishes one issue of 30–35 articles every two weeks (24 issues a year in total) and covers the entire range of topics in Earth Sciences.[3]