Dr. Mazin graduated with a BSc from the University of Khartoum (2009), with first class. He had an MSc (2015) and Ph.D. (2022) degrees from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM). Since 2009, he worked in teaching and research in different aspects of sedimentology, stratigraphy, petrology, petroleum geology, and regional mapping.