Abderrazak El Albani Explained

Abderrazak El Albani is a French-Moroccan sedimentologist, professor at University of Poitiers at the Hydrasa laboratory (IC2MP - CNRS).^[1] He is known for describing the "Francevillian Biota" from the Paleoproterozoic of Gabon, which he suggests represents the oldest known multicellular organisms,^[2] though this claim has been questioned by other authors.^{[3] [4]}

Biography

French-Moroccan geologist, born in Marrakesh, he studied in 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^[5] (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. .
• 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. .
• 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. .

Notes and References

1. http://hydrasa.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/spip.php?rubrique45&lang=fr Hydrasa laboratory
2. El Albani . Abderrazak . Bengtson . Stefan . Canfield . Donald E. . Riboulleau . Armelle . Rollion Bard . Claire . Macchiarelli . Roberto . etal . 2014 . The 2.1 Ga Old Francevillian Biota: Biogenicity, Taphonomy and Biodiversity . PLOS ONE . 9 . 6 . e99438 . 2014PLoSO...999438E . 10.1371/journal.pone.0099438 . 4070892 . 24963687 . free.
3. Javaux . Emmanuelle J. . Lepot . Kevin . January 2018 . The Paleoproterozoic fossil record: Implications for the evolution of the biosphere during Earth's middle-age . Earth-Science Reviews . en . 176 . 68–86 . 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.10.001 . 37069547 . "The identity of the [Francevillian biota] macrostructures remains unknown and their biogenicity is questionable". free . 20.500.12210/62416 . free .
4. Fakhraee . Mojtaba . Tarhan . Lidya G. . Reinhard . Christopher T. . Crowe . Sean A. . Lyons . Timothy W. . Planavsky . Noah J. . May 2023 . Earth's surface oxygenation and the rise of eukaryotic life: Relationships to the Lomagundi positive carbon isotope excursion revisited . Earth-Science Reviews . en . 240 . 104398 . 10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104398. 257761993 . free .
5. https://archive.today/20130624192848/http://ic2mp.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/spip.php?article860&lang=en HydrASA - Clays, soils and alterations