Razan Al Naabi

I am a full-time researcher and PhD student in the department of General and Historical Geology at the Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Based on field and laboratory work, and under the supervision of Prof. Christoph Heubeck, my DFG-funded research focusses on investigating the role of a shallow sill-driven hydrothermally influenced fluids in supplying tidal flats field on the surface with hot-springs and preserving Moodies Group (ca. 3.22 Ga) microbially laminated sandstones. The research contributes to a broader understanding of how a shallow sill-generated, hydrothermal fluids and their interactions with unconsolidated sands shaped early life on Earth in central Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa.

Razan Al Naabi

Foto: Razan Al Naabi

Educational background


Since June 2024	PhD student, General and Historical Geology Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU)	Funded by DFG
2020-2023	Master of Science in Petroleum Geology Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat (SQU)	Funded by Tethys Oil
2014-2018	Bachelor of Science in Applied Geosciences German University of Technology, Muscat (GUtech)	Funded by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)

Summer training

9^th July - 31^st August 2017

Summer training program at PDO

Projects:

· Shallow core description and applications to hydrological

· Studies in Contaminated aquifers; Nafun petrology study

16^th - 30^th June 2017

Excursion I, Ruhr Area, Germany

(sponsored by DAAD and organized by RWTH Aachen University)

Objective of the excursion:

Aspects of applied geology such as the usage of subsurface water, with focus on thermal springs, coal, base-metal deposits and volcanic rocks

16^th - 30^th August 2015

Excursions II & III, Germany

(sponsored by DAAD and organized by RWTH Aachen University)

Objective of the excursions:

Exploring the geology of the Ruhr area, also visiting old coal mines

Publication

Al Naabi, R. Y., El-Ghali, M. A., Moustafa, M. S., & Smewing, J. (2022). Depositional Facies and Sea-Level Variation of the Cryogenian Glacial System: An Example from the Outcropping Fiq Formation, Abu Mahara Group, Jabal Akhdar Area, Northern Oman. In International Conference on Mediterranean Geosciences Union (pp. 43-46). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Academic work experience

10^th September 2023 - May 2024

Senior Intern at the Applied Geosciences Department in Gutech

Duties/accomplished tasks:

Prepared study material of practical laboratory sessions in sedimentology and paleontology courses as PowerPoint presentations. Assisted students during laboratory work

12^th February 2023 - 22^nd June 2023

Senior Intern at the Applied Geosciences Department in Gutech

Duties/accomplished tasks:

Provided technical assistance during GIS practical lab sessions. Graded in-course assignments, midterm and final exams

10^th September 2019 - 30^th January 2020

Junior Intern at the Applied Geosciences Department in GUtech

Duties/accomplished tasks:

Provided supervision and teaching assistance to students during field trips, practical lab sessions. Evaluated and graded students; midterms and final exams. Prepared online assignments

October 2018 - February 2019

Research assistant at Department of Earth Sciences in SQU

Project:

Diagenesis and Reservoir Quality Evaluation of Middle Cambrian to Early Ordovician clastic hydrocarbon reservoirs in Oman

Conferences/ workshops


30^th September – 3^rd October 2025	Microbialites: Formation, Evolution, Diagenesis (M-FED 2025), Hannover “Were these fluid-escape structures hot?”- Presentation
14^th -18^th September 2025	Geo4Göttingen 2025, Göttingen “Temperature of Moodies Group (3.22 Ga) fluid-escape structures: Implications for microbial preservation”- Presentation
18^th- 21^st November 2024	ICDP/IODP Colloquium, Bremerhaven “Were these fluid escape structures hot?” - Poster
6^th- 10^th February 2023	1^st International Conference in Earth Sciences and Energy Transition in Muscat, Oman [ERSC-2023] · “Depositional facies of the Cryogenian glacial system: An example from the outcropping Fiq Formation of the Abu Mahara Group in the Jabal Akhdar area, northern Oman” - presentation · “Diagenesis and reservoir quality of the Cryogenian glacial system: An example from the outcropping Fiq Formation of the Abu Mahara Group in the Jabal Akhdar area, northern Oman”- presentation
27^th- 30^th November 2022	Mediterranean Geosciences Union [MedGU-2022] “Depositional facies of the Cryogenian glacial system: An example from the outcropping Fiq Formation of the Abu Mahara Group in the Jabal Akhdar area, northern Oman”- Abstract paper
14^th- 15^th December 2021	CGG Workshop: Introduction to Seismic Data Processing
28^th- 30^th October 2019	American Association of Petroleum Geologists Workshop: Siliciclastic Reservoirs of the Middle East

Ongoing projects

“Did a hot-springs field invade tidal flats colonized by benthic mats of the 3.22 Ga Moodies Group (BGB, South Africa) ?”

“Did a shallow laccolith intrude contemporaneously with deposition of Moodies Group (3.22 Ga)? Constraints from the Lomati River Sill in BGB, South Africa”