Dr. Hossein Emadibaladehi is an associate professor at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Texas Tech University. He receive his BS in petroleum engineering at the Petroleum University of Technology Ahwaz (2003), MS in drilling engineering at the Petroleum University of Technology Tehran (2006), and PhD in petroleum engineering at Texas Tech University (2014). He served as a researcher at the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Drilling Mud and Cementing Lab, Tehran, Iran (July 2005–February 2006), drilling supervisor assistant at the National Iranian Oil Company Ahwaz, Iran (June 2006–January 2008), drilling and wellsite drilling engineer at Petropars Oil and Gas International Company Tehran, Iran (February 2008–June 2011), and researcher and teaching assistant at the Petroleum Engineering Department, Texas Tech University (August 2011–August 2014). His research interests include wellbore integrity, cementing and hydraulics in horizontal wells, and fracturing.