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] 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.
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.