Dr. Naima HAMOUMI obtained his BSc (Biology and Geology) from the Mohammed V University, Rabat and his Master (Oceanology ) and PhD (Sedimentology ) from Western Brittany University, Brest and « Doctorat d’Etat » from Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg. Her PhD research focused on sedimentological study of Upper Ordovician sucessions of Armorican massif, France and the record of the Upper Ordovician glaciation on sedimentation. Her « Doctorat d’Etat » research has been devoted to the depositional environments of the Ordovician system of Morocco and their climatic (glaciation), tectonic and eustatic control. She is currently Professor at Mohammed V University, Rabat, responsible of ODYSSEE research group, Faculty advisor of ENACTUS / FSR and national coordinator of the Moroccan Network of Marine Sciences and Engineering "MARSIMER". She is involved in sedimentological studies related to the Meso-Cenozoic North-Western Rif series, ordovician oolitic ironstones, coastal lagoon; mud volcanoes and cold water carbonate mounds on the Moroccan Atlantic and Mediterranean margins. She has published various papers in peer reviewed journals
