Curriculum Vitae DR. HABIL. FRANK MATTERN Habilitation (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1998) PhD (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1988) Diploma (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 1984) SEDIMENTOLOGIST • BASIN ANALYST STRUCTURAL GEOLOGIST/TECTONICIST • International research experience (Oman, Europe, Mexico, China) • International teaching experience (Oman, Germany, USA, Mexico) ACHIEVEMENTS • International research cooperations (Germany, Italy, USA, Mexico, Iran, China, South Africa) • Instructed in four countries and in three languages • Awarded a sum equivalent to US$ 85,000.00 for funded research (China and Alpine studies; one-year stipend in Berlin) before joining SQU in 2013, afterwards OMR 13,810.00 and Chinese RMB 600,000 (equivalent to OMR 33,000) • Published two monographs (in addition: one book manuscript in final stage) • First author in most international, peer-reviewed articles • Published invited articles; invited speaker at GSA and AAPG Annual Meetings and other meetings (as moderator, speaker, workshop presenter, session co- chair, co-convener and field guide) • Invited co-instructor of the one-week International “Flügel” Carbonate Course (workshop/training), conducted at GUtech in Halban, Oman (pril 2017) • Head of SQU Earth Science Department Accreditation: International accreditation established within one year EDUCATION 1998 Habilitation in Geology, Free University Berlin, Germany Habilitation thesis on The depositional system of the Reiselsberger Sandstein Formation (Cenomanian-Turonian; western Rhenodanubian Flysch; eastern Alps): tectonically controlled progradation of sand-rich, submarine fans 1988 Ph.D. in Geology, Free University Berlin, Germany, grade A Dissertation thesis on Internal thrust tectonics of the flysch belt (Cretaceous) in the western Bavarian Alps 1984 M.S. in Geology, Free University Berlin, Germany, grade A Master’s thesis on Flysch and Calcareous Alps in the area of the Hengstbach Valley, Updated December 2020 Ammer Range (Bavarian Alps) - a revision PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 10/2020 – present Full Professor 1/2013 – 10/2020 Associate Professor Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman Teaching courses Sedimentary Petrology & Petrography; Microfacies; Geology of Oman; Field-Mapping Techniques; Sedimentary Environments and Facies (Carbonates, Lab); Structural Geology I; Structural Geology II, Geowriting and Presentation Skills 11/2011 – 1/2013 Lecturer, Free University Berlin, Germany Teaching courses Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins; Field Mapping of Sedimentary Rocks; Cabonate Sedimentology; Maps and Cross Sections II; Physical Geology; Introductory Geology; Laboratory Methods 6/1998 – 10/2011 Instructor and Researcher (Privatdozent), Free University Berlin, Germany Teaching courses Structural Styles of Hydrocarbon Habitats, Geological Basins,Tectonics of North America, and Geo-English, Introductory Field Trip “Earth”; Research 1/2001 – 5/2001 Visiting Lecturer, Bridgewater State College, Mass., USA Teaching courses Environmental Geology, General Petrology 7/1999 – 12/1999 Professor Investigador Interino Titular B 1/1999 – 6/1999 Profesor-Investigador Interino Asociado D Autonomous University of Southern Baja California, La Paz, Mexico Teaching courses Metamorphic Petrology 6/1995 – 6/1998 Habilitation Candidate, Free University Berlin, Germany Research for habilitation thesis, including field and laboratory work; evaluated teaching 9/1996 – 8/1997 Research Fellow, Free University Berlin, Germany Work on habilitation thesis: sedimentology of ancient submarine fans in the Alps and basin analysis 4/1996 – 3/1997 Instructor (Lehrbeauftragter), Free University Berlin, Germany 4/1989 – 3/1995 Instructor and Researcher (Akademischer Rat), University of Hannover, Germany Courses taught: e.g. Structural Styles of Hydrocarbon Habitats, Geological Basins, Clastic Sedimentology, Geo-English, Introduction to Geology, supervision of master’s theses in the Alps; research; head of library Updated December 2020 RESEARCH ITERESTS & OTHER INTERESTS / SKILLS Sedimentology: Field and microfacies facies analysis of carbonate and clastic rocks; sedimentary textures of carbonate and clastic rocks; depositional systems; lithostratigraphy of carbonate and clastic rocks; regional correlation of measured sections; shallow marine carbonate sequences; deep-sea clastic systems; ancient submarine fans Basin Analysis / Tectonics & Sedimentation: Natural resources in sedimentary basins; tectonosedimentary evolution of basins; causes of basin subsidence; paleocurrent dispersal patterns; rift flank sequences; tectonic environments of evaporation Tectonics / Structural Geology: Thrust tectonics; strike-slip tectonics; structural styles; evolution of orogens; plate tectonic reconstructions; rifting; kinematic analysis of mylonites; pluton emplacement; salt structures; tectonics of basins, especially grabens and strike-slip basins; lateral escape tectonics; shear sense indicators Coastal Geology and Processes: Sedimentology and formation of the Miankaleh barrier beach (Caspian Sea; Iran) Petroleum Geology: Studies of carbonate and volcanic reservoirs; teaching natural resources of geological basins; teaching structural styles and traps of hydrocarbon habitats; teaching natural resources of North America Technical Skills: Isolation of microfossils; interpretation of vitrinite reflectivity data; petrological and structural polarization microscopy; quantitative analyses of structural and sedimentological data; zircon separation; microfossil separation; preparation of oriented thin sections Field-oriented Languages: German (native tongue), English, Spanish, French FIELD INTERESTS Oman Research: Depositional system and facies of the Amdeh Fm. (Wadi Amdeh); compaction of the Al-Khod shale (Sununb Basin); depositional system and microfacies of the Jafnayn Fm. (Sunub area); microfacies and correlation of the Rusayl Fm. (Batinah Coast); Updated December 2020 microfacies of the Seeb Fm. (Al-Khod area); microfacies and marine terraces (Quriyat area); sedimentology and petrography of the Matabat and Guwayza fms. (eastern Oman Mts); sedimentology and petrography of recent Dunes (Boshar/Gubrah area); recent alluvial fans of Oman; coastal processes; environments, (micro)facies, diagenesis and lithostratigraphy of the Oligocene to Pliocene(?) Barzaman Fm. (Muscat area); microfacies and ferruginous deposits of the mid-Cretacous Natih Formation Structure of the Sunub Basin; postobductional deformation of the northern Oman Mountains; uplift of marine terraces (Quiriat area); Angudan unconformity; extensional faulting and gravitational collapse adjacent to the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat domes; deformation along the Semail Gap; tectonics near the Precambrian/Cambrian boundary: deformation of the Amdeh members 1 and 2; Ediacaran extension at the Hajir/Muaydin transition (Jabal Akhdar); Quaternary thrusting (Central Oman Mountains); Kinematic evolution of the Semail Gap Fault Zone (eastern Oman Mountains); Proof of the Cadomian Orogeny /eastern Oman Mountains); Tectonics of the Strait of Hormuz Syntax (northern Oman Mountains); Late Lutetian mafic intrusion into the Jafnayn Fm. (eastern Oman Mountains) Teaching: Oman Mountains & Batinah Coast; Coastal geology Middle East Research: microfacies, diagenesis, sequence stratigraphy and reservoir characteristics of the Upper Jurassic Surmeh Fm. (Salman Oil Field, Iran); Microfacies, depositional environment, diagenesis, sequence stratigraphy and reservoir characteristics of the Upper Permian Dalan Formation (South Pars Field, Iran; Sedimentology and development of the Miankaleh sandspit and a lacustrine Gorgan Bay Lagoon (Caspian Sea, Iran) China Research: Himalaya, Tibet Plateau, Kunlun Range, Songliao Basin (Manchuria), Tarim Basin, Turfan Basin (all Xinjiang); Lower Yangtze reaches (Anhui) Siberia Research: Fandeltas of Lake Baikal Alps Updated December 2020 Research: Flysch belt of the Eastern Alps (Bavaria, Austria, Liechtenstein); Calcareous Alps of Bavaria Teaching: Field trips to Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Bavaria, Liechtenstein Northern Germany Research: Rehburg salt structure; Carbonates north of the Harz Mts. Teaching: various field activities in Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, North Rhine Westphalia Coastal Geology: Denmark, Germany and Cape Cod (Massachusetts, USA) Bohemian Massif Research: Shear zones of Saxony and Bavaria North America Research: Southern Baja California (Mexico) Teaching: Basement rocks of Rhode Island and Massachusetts; Southern Baja California (Mexico) GSA/AAPG Mtgs. Field trips to the San Andreas Fault System, including the Brea-Olinda Oil Field and oil seeps; Grenville Province of Ontario; Antler Foreland and Basin & Range Province of Nevada; Front Range and Dinosaur Ridge of Colorado National Parks Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest, Denali, Kenai Fjords, Acadia, Rocky Mountain, Cape Cod National Seashore INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COOPERATIONS 2019 – present, Italy Paleomagnetism of Meso-Cenozoic rocks of the Oman Muntains to understand the (oroclinal?) bending of the Oman Mountains between central Oman and Musandam. Updated December 2020 Cooperation partners: Geophysicist Profs. Francesca Cifelli and Massimo Mattei (Università degli studi Roma Tre) and structural geologist Prof. Eugenio Carminati and mineralogist Prof. Luca Aldega (both Sapienza Università di Roma). 2019 – present, Italy SQU Microfacies analysis and ferruginous oolites and ferruginous hardgrounds: implications for forebulge development (Cenomanian Natih Formation, Aruma foreland