Prof. Dr. Nasrrddine Youbi has been a Full Professor at the Geology Department of the Faculty of Sciences-Semlalia of Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh since 1987 where he obtained his PhD thesis in Volcanology and Geochemistry in 1998. He served as Head of the Department of Geology from 2014 to 2017 (two successive terms). From 2008, he was twice an expert with the Scientific Committees of the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRST) in Rabat. He is also an expert with the French-Moroccan Joint Committee of the Hubert Curien Toubkal Program (second term). Nasrrddine Youbi is currently Director of the Laboratory “Dynamics of the Lithosphere and the Genesis of Mineral Resources” (DLGR) where he develops with his Colleagues and PhD students research in volcanology, petrology, and geochronology. His research focuses mainly on the large igneous provinces (“The Large Igneous Provinces, LIPs”). He was awarded the Prize for Excellence in Geoscience Research, a prize awarded to the best Moroccan researchers who were distinguished by the quality, volume, and number of citations of their scientific production, listed by Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science Group), during the last 5 years (2014–2018).