• Tectono-stratigraphic evolution of sedimentary basins
• Controls on sediment supply and distribution in areas of major river input.
• Interplay between sediments, tectonics & climate
• Seismic interpretation and seismo-stratigraphic signature of paleo-climate changes
• Thermogenic methane emissions in sedimentary basins
• Petroleum system modelling

• 2009 - 2014  Helmholtz-University Young Investigator Group grant
• 2007 - 2008  Mentee of the Helmholtz Networking-Mentoring Program
• 2006 - 2008  Helmholtz Wiedereinstiegestellen fellowship
• 2001 - 2002  Ph.D. Research grant. (TOTAL / Université Montpellier II.)
• 1999 - 2003  Ph.D. fellowship. (World Bank / Simon Bolivar University)
• 1993 - 1995  University tuition grant (Earth and Planetary Sciences Dept. Johns Hopkins University)
• 1992 - 1994  Master studies scholarship. (“New Talents” program of the Venezuelan Institute of Hydrocarbon Research- Intevep.)
• 1987 - 1991  Undergraduate studies scholarship. (Maraven SA - former Shell Venezuela).

Printed, in press or accepted

• N. Baristeas; Z. Anka; R. di Primio; J. F. Rodriguez; D. Marchal, F. Dominguez, E. Vallejo. (2011) Identification, Characterization and Classification of Hydrocarbon Leakage Indicators in the Malvinas Basin, Offshore Argentine Continental Margin . accepted. Marine Geol.
• A.Hartwig, Z. Anka, R.di Primio, T. Albrecht. (2011) Evidence of a widespread paleo-pockmarked field in the Orange Basin: An indication of an early Eocene massive fluid escape event off-shore South Africa. Accepted . Marine Geol.
• M. J. Loegering , Anka Z., J. Autin, R. di Primio , Marchal, D., Rodriguez, J. F., Vallejo E. L. (2010) Seismo-stratigraphy, tectonic evolution, and hydrocarbon leakage indicators in the Colorado Basin, offshore Argentina, South America. accepted. Tectonophysics.
• Ilya Ostanin, Zahie Anka, Rolando di Primio, Asdrubal Bermal. (2012) Upper Cretaceous Polygonal Fault networks in the Hammerfest Basin: Implications for fluid flow and gas leakage in the SW Barents Sea. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.03.005.
• L. A. Berbesi, R. di Primio, Z. Anka, B. Horsfield, D. K. Higley. (2011) Source rock contributions to the lower Cretaceous heavy oil accumulations in Alberta: a basin modelling study. In press AAPG Bull. DOI:10.1306/11141111064
• Boyd, D., Anka, Z., di Primio, R. , Kuhlmann, G, de Wit, M. (2011) Passive margin evolution and controls on natural gas leakage in the Orange Basin, South Africa” South African Journal of Geology, December 2011, v. 114, p. 415-432, doi:10.2113/gssajg.114.3-4.415
• Kuhlmann, G., Adams, S., Anka, Z, Campher, C., van der Spuy, D., di Primio, R., Horsfield, B. (2011) “3D petroleum systems modelling within a passive margin setting, Orange Basin, blocks 3 / 4, offshore South Africa – Implications on gas generation, migration and leakage” South African Journal of Geology, December 2011, v. 114, p. 387-414, doi:10.2113/gssajg.114.3-4.387
• Anka, Z.; Seranne, M.; di Primio, R. Evidence of a large upper-Cretaceous depocentre across the Continent-Ocean boundary of the Congo-Angola basin. Implications for palaeo-drainage and potential ultra-deep source rocks .” (2010) Marine and Petroleum Geology. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.08.015
• Anka, Z., Seranne, M., Lopez, M., Scheck-Wenderoth, M., Savoye, B. (2009) The long-term evolution of the Congo deep-sea fan: A basin-wide view of the interaction between a giant submarine fan and a mature passive margin (ZaiAngo project), Tectonophysics, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.009
• Seranne, M.; Anka, Z. (2005): South Atlantic continental margins of Africa: A comparison of the tectonic vs climate interplay on the evolution of equatorial west Africa and SW Africa margins, J. of African. Earth Sciences, 43, 1-3, 283-300. doi:10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2005.07.010,
• Anka, Z.; Seranne, M. (2004). “Reconnaissance study of the Ancient Zaire (Congo) deep-sea fan (ZaiAngo Project)”. Marine Geology 209, 223-244. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2004.06.007,

• Z. Anka; Robert Ondrak; Astrid Kowitz (2), Lene Clausen (3), Niels Schodt (3). Identification and numerical modelling of hydrocarbon leakage in the slope of the Lower Congo Basin. Implications on the genesis of km-wide seafloor mounded structures. Tectonophysics special issue on South Atlantic Margins
• M. J. Loegering, Z. Anka, J. Autin, R. di Primio, D. Marchal, J. F. Rodriguez, D. Franke , E. Vallejo. Tectonic and depositional evolution inferred from seismo-stratigraphy in the Colorado Basin, offshore Argentina, South America. Tectonophysics.
• Marcano Romero, G.; Anka, Z.; Di Primio, R. Comparison of Major Controlling Factors on Hydrocarbon Generation and Leakage in South Atlantic Conjugate Margins". Tectonophysics special issue on South Atlantic Margins
• N. Baristeas; Z. Anka; R. di Primio; J. F. Rodriguez; D. Marchal, F. Dominguez. New insights into the Seismo-Stratigraphic and Structural evolution of the Malvinas Basin, offshore the southernmost South American Atlantic margin. Tectonophysics
• Y. P. Maystrenko , M. Scheck-Wenderoth , A. Hartwig , Z. Anka , A. B. Watts , K. K. Hirsch . Structural features of the Southwest African continental margin according to results of lithosphere-scale 3D gravity and thermal modelling. Tectonophysics