• Associate Professor & Head of the Geology Track. at the Institute of Architecture and Earth Sciences Ferhat Abbas University Setif 1, Sétif, Algeria. 

• Nov. 2022 - present. Associate Professor. Ferhat Abbas University Setif 1, Sétif, Algeria.

• Sep. 2023 – Aug.2024. Temporary Assistant Professor (ATER). Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France.

• Sep. 2022 – Aug.2023. Temporary Assistant Professor (ATER). Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France.

• Sep. 2017 – July.2019. Assistant Professor. Ferhat Abbas University Setif 1, Sétif, Algeria.

• Oct. 2025 - present. Member of the Quality Assurance Cell.  at the Institute of Architecture and Earth Sciences Ferhat Abbas University Setif 1, Sétif, Algeria. 

• Oct. 2024 - present. Head of the Geology Track at the Institute of Architecture and Earth Sciences Ferhat Abbas University Setif 1, Sétif, Algeria. 

• Oct. 2022 PhD. In Georesources, jointly supervised by Ferhat Abbas University, Sétif 1, Algeria, and Université Côte d'Azur, France. Thesis Title: Petrological and Geochronological Study of Doleritic Pipes in the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) in the Tindouf Basin. Advisors: Moulley Charaf Chabou and Chrystele Verati.  (PDF)

• July. 2017 Master's degree in geology of mineral resources at Ferhat abbas University, Algeria. Petrological and metallogenic study of the serpentinites of Madagh in Algeria. (PDF)

• July. 2015 Bachelor's degree in geology at Ferhat abbas University, Algeria. Geology of Tindouf Basin.

2- Hachemaoui, O., Chabou, MC., Verati, C., Bersi, M. (2022) The evolution of the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) plumbing system and its possible environmental effects during the Triassic-Jurassic transition : insights from doleritic pipes of the Tindouf basin, SW Algeria. Gondwana Research, 170, pp 370-394. (PDF)

1- Bersi, M., Chabou, MC., Saibi, H., Hachemaoui, O., Kherchouche, R., (2021). Mapping CAMP formations of the northern flank of Tindouf Basin by integrating remotely sensed data, geochemistry and field observations. Lithos, 380-381, 105870. (PDF)

Invited Seminars and Keynotes

2024: Composition, structure, and intenral dynamics of the earth. (Terra-Nova Scientific club) Ferhat Abbas  University, Algeria. Wednesday, February 14th, 2024

2023: The doleritic pipes of the Tindouf Basin: elements of the magmatic plumbing system of the CAMP. (Géosciences & Environnement Cergy) CY Paris Cergy University, France. Thursday, December 7th, 2023.

Selected Oral Presentations

Hachemaoui, O., Chabou, MC., Verati, C., Bersi, M., Koussa, M. (2025). Evolved CAMP magmatism and possible environmental impacts at the Triassic–Jurassic transition: Insights into the plumbing system from doleritic pipes in southwestern Algeria. The first International Symposium on the Geology of Algeria (ISGA 2025) Algiers, Algeria. 23-25 November, 2025 (oral presentation). (PDF)

Hachemaoui, O., Chabou, MC., Kherbouche, S., Merzouk, A., Ait Merzeg, F. (2025). Petrographic and geochemical characterization of ore mineralizations associated with Doleritic Pipes in the Tindouf Basin, Southwestern Algeria. The first International Conference of Geosciences in the Service of Territorial Development (ICGSTD 2025) Batna, Algeria. 28-30 October, 2025 (oral presentation). (PDF)

Hachemaoui, O., Chabou, MC., (2019). Étude pétrographique et gîtologique de la serpentinite de l’oued Madagh (Oranie, Algérie). Résultats préliminaires. Premier colloque sur la géologie des bassins sédimentaires Maghrébins, Alger, 1-3 octobre 2019 (CGBSM 2019)(oral presentation). (PDF)

Hachemaoui, O., Chabou, MC., Verati, C., Bersi, M. (2019). Détection semi-automatique des cheminées doléritiques du bassin de Tindouf par imagerie satellite Sentinel 2. Mediterranean school on modeling & Multi-scale Imagery in Earth Sciences, Alger. 24-30 septembre 2019 (MoMIES 2019) (oral presentation). (PDF)

Hachemaoui, O., Chabou, MC., Bersi, M., Verati, C. (2018). Cartographie et distribution des cheminées doléritiques dans le bassin de Tindouf par imagerie satellitaire, Landsat 8 et Sentinel 2A. 2nd International Symposium on the Geology of the Maghrebides chain and adjacent areas (CIGCM 2018) Setif, Algeria 4-6 december 2018, proceedings, p. 111-112 (Poster). (PDF)

• Journal of African Earth Sciences. 2 reviews.

• Discover Applied Sciences. 1 review.

• Member of PRFU project. (Projets de Recherche Formation-Universitaire) : Etude géochronologique et pétrologique des cheminées doléritiques du Sud-Ouest algérien et des lamproites du Nord-Est algérien : implications métallogéniques. 2018-2022.

• Study Day on “Geostatistics with R and Petroleum Data Modeling” April 6, 2025.

• 3rd International Symposium on the Geology of the Maghrebides chain and adjacent areas (CIGCM 2022) Setif, Algeria 3-5 december  2022.

• 2nd International Symposium on the Geology of the Maghrebides chain and adjacent areas (CIGCM 2018) Setif, Algeria 4-6 december  2018.

2019: PROFAS B+ Fellowrship of ministry of higher education and scientific research of Algeria and embassy of France in Algeria.

1. Thesis supervision

Ph.D thesis

• (ongoing). Les massifs à schistosité et diapirs du Tell occidental : un trait d’union essentiel entre la Téthys et la Méditerranée occidentale. Margot PATRY(Co-supervisor), CY Cergy Paris Université, France. 

Master’s thesis

• July, 2025. Introduction to geomatics tools for lithological and structural mapping of the southern flank of the Hank Basin. Med Firas CHAIB and Ouail GETTOUCHE. (supervisor), Ferhat Abbas university Sétif 1, Algeria.

• July, 2025. Étude des minéralisations associées aux pipes doléritiques de la région d'IGMA, flanc Nord du bassin de Tindouf. Ahlam MERZOUK and Saoussen KHERBOUCHE. (supervisor), Ferhat Abbas university Sétif 1, Algeria.

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2. Teaching

2017 / ....  Université Ferhat Abbas, Sétif 1, Algérie

• Geology (1st year of geology undergraduate program).

• Geomorphology (1st year of geology undergraduate program).

• Rocks and Fossils (1st year of geology undergraduate program).

• Cartography (1st year of geology undergraduate program).

• Petrology of Magmatic Rocks (2nd year of geology undergraduate program).

• Mineral Resources (3rd year of geology undergraduate program).

• Historical geology (3rd year of geology undergraduate program).

• Project Management (3rd year of geology undergraduate program).

• Petrography and Fundamental Geochemistry (1st year of Master's program).

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (1st year of Master's program).

• Research Methodology (2st year of Master's program).

2023 / 2024 Université Lorraine, France

• Introduction to Geosciences (1st year of undergraduate program).

• Geodynamics (3rd year of undergraduate program).

• Magmatism and Metamorphism (3rd year of undergraduate program).

• GIS and Remote Sensing (1st year of Master's program).

• Composition, Structure, and Internal Dynamics of the Earth (1st year of Master's program).

2022 / 2023 Université Côte d’Azur, France

• Formation and Evolution of Sedimentary Basins (2nd year of undergraduate program).

• Structural Geology and Tectonics (2nd year of undergraduate program).

• Formation and Evolution of Mountain Chains (3rd year of undergraduate program).

• Rocks and Minerals (2nd year of undergraduate program).

• Time in Geosciences (2nd year of undergraduate program).

• Introduction to Earth Sciences (1st year of undergraduate program).