GSAf Vice President Northern Africa (since November 2016); GSAf Councillor Northern Africa (since 2012); Life Member of GSAf
I studied Geology at Oujda University Morocco and then at Toulouse University France. My first steps as researcher were in Pyrenees Mountains. After my PhD (1987) I joined Fez University as Assistant Professor in charge of practicals on igneous rocks. On 1992, I came back to Toulouse University for postdoctoral position in Petrology Labs. In 1997, I defended the Doctorat d'Etat at Fez University. Professor since 2001. Full Professor since 2010, in charge of magmatic and metamorphic petrology courses. GSAf Councillor for Northern Africa since 2012. Elected Vice President of GSAf for Northern Africa during the 26th Colloquium of African Geology, Ibadan, 2016.
Thèse d'Etat — Fez University, Morocco. Ph.D — Toulouse University, France. MSc — Toulouse University, France.
More than 32 publications. Guest editor of a special issue of JEAS, 2011.
DRIOUCH et al. (2017). The cordierite-orthoamphibole rocks of the variscan dome Gavarnie-Gèdre-Héas. Canadian Mineralogist. Vol. 55, pp. 245-281.
SALVI, SANGARE, DRIOUCH et al. 2016: The Kalana vein-hosted gold deposit, southern Mali. Ore Geology Reviews. Volume 78, Pages 599–605.
DRIOUCH et al. (2011). Petrogenetic implication of clinopyroxene trace element compositions. J. Afr. Earth Sci. 56 (2-3), 97-106.