Zatout Merzouk

Zatout Merzouk is graduated as a geologist engineer in geological exploration at the Algerian Petroleum Institute in 1995. After 12 years as a petroleum geologist at the national petroleum company of Algeria (Sonatrach), he changed his employer to Ouargla University with a Master's degree diploma in geochemistry freshly obtained. Because of his strong background in petroleum geology, he can assure all related courses to petroleum geology at the university. He is graduated with a Ph.D. in geology in 2017. His field research is the geochemistry of brines. His finding confirms lithium occurrence in Saharan chotts and highlights the effectiveness of their mining potential.