Associate Professor Dr. Khairul Azlan Mustapha, P.Geol. is an academic and petroleum geoscientist at the Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya. His expertise encompasses organic geochemistry, organic petrology, petroleum geology, basin modelling, unconventional hydrocarbon resources, and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). He obtained his B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc., and Ph.D. from Universiti Malaya and is a Registered Professional Geologist of Malaysia. His research focuses on source rock evaluation, petroleum systems, shale oil and gas resources, coal geology, sedimentary basin analysis, and subsurface energy resources. Dr. Khairul Azlan has authored more than 70 Web of Science-indexed publications and has led numerous research and industry-linked projects. He has established extensive international collaborations with researchers and institutions in China, Türkiye, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, India, Jordan, Yemen, Nigeria, Sudan, South Africa, and Spain, contributing to studies in petroleum geoscience, unconventional resources, reservoir characterization, and basin evolution. In recognition of his international research contributions, he served as a Visiting Academic Researcher at Hacettepe University, Türkiye (2023-2024) and subsequently as a Visiting Academic Researcher at Shandong University of Science and Technology, China (2024). Dr. Khairul Azlan is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Institute of Geology Malaysia (IGM), Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM), American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), and the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE). He has