Abderrazak El Albani

Abderrazak El Albani
Born	Marrakesh, Morocco
Alma mater	Lille University of Science and Technology
Occupations	Geologist, researcher
Employer(s)	University of Poitiers, National Center for Scientific Research

Abderrazak El Albani is a Moroccan sedimentologist, professor at University of Poitiers at the Hydrasa laboratory (IC2MP - CNRS). He is known for describing the "Francevillian Biota" from the Paleoproterozoic of Gabon, which he suggests represents the oldest known multicellular organisms, though this claim has been questioned by other authors.

Biography

Moroccan geologist, born in Marrakesh, he studied at the University of Lille, from which he received a doctorate after defending a thesis on geology and sedimentary geochemistry. Between 1996 and 1998, he spent a postdoctoral period at the University of Kiel, in Germany. He published several scientific articles on Paleo-environments, Geobiology and Diagenesis in sedimentary basins. He then joined the Hydrasa laboratory (University of Poitiers – CNRS) in 1999. He was appointed Professor in 2010.

External links

• El Albani Abderrazak, IC2MP

Books

• El Albani, A., Macchiarelli, R., Meunier, A. (2016). Aux origines de la vie – une nouvelle histoire de l'évolution. Dunod Paris, 224 pp., many b/w pictures in the text, 8 tables of color photos. ISBN 978-2-10-073791-8.
• Troppenz, U.-M., Schmälzle, D. (2015). Wohin die Spuren führen – das neue Bild des Präkambriums: Franceville-, Montana und Ediacarafauna. Tetrada Parchim, 192 pp., 162 photos, 2 time tables. ISBN 978-3-00-047871-0.
• Troppenz, U.-M. (2017). The New Precambrian – no "boring", but bustling billions in a succession of evolutions and global catastrophes. Tetrada Parchim, 140 pp., 115 photos, 2 time tables. ISBN 978-3-00-054215-2.