I am a sedimentologist specializing in carbonate sedimentology, with a primary focus on the depositional systems and diagenetic evolution of carbonate rocks. My research centers on paleo-depositional environment reconstruction, integrating sedimentological, stratigraphic, and petrographic datasets to interpret carbonate platform development and basin evolution. In addition to fundamental sedimentological research, I have conducted applied studies in carbonate reservoir geology. My work in this area involves detailed characterization of reservoir properties, emphasizing the geological controls on porosity and permeability distribution. I have extensive experience in reservoir zonation and rock typing, employing quantitative methods such as the Flow Unit Indicator (FZI) and the Stratigraphic Modified Lorenz Plot (SMLP) to define hydraulic flow units and improve reservoir predictability. More recently, my research has expanded into the application of machine learning techniques, particularly neural networks, for reservoir rock classification and petrophysical prediction. This interdisciplinary approach integrates geological insight with data-driven modeling to enhance reservoir characterization accuracy and reduce uncertainty in subsurface interpretation.
2010- 2015
University of Tehran , Iran
“COMPARISON OF SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY, DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE ASMARI FORMATION IN THE DEZFUL EMBAYMENT OIL-FIELDS WITH SOME OUTCROPTS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN LURESTAN
2007–2010
University of Tehran , Iran
“DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF THE ASMARI FORMATION IN DAREH-SHAHR SECTION, THE NORTH OF KABIR-KUH, WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR SIGNIFICANCE IN RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION”
2003-2007
- Reconstruction of paleo-depositional environments and settings
- The study of diagenesis, particularly its relationship with reservoir characteristics
- Reservoir geology and characterization
- Sequence stratigraphy of carbonate successions
Since 2016
2011–2013
Tehran, Iran
- Daraei, M., A. Bayet-Goll, M. Isanejad, S. Karimi, and B. Esrafili-Dizaji, Paleoenvironmental evolution and source rock characterization of the Middle Jurassic Sargelu Formation (Dudan and Kezi sections, Zagros, Iran): insights into Tethyan basin dynamics and climate perturbations. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2026. 115(1).
- Talebi, E., H. Mehrabi, Daraei, M., A. Navidtalab, and A. Bayet-Goll, Palaeoenvironmental interpretation and isotope stratigraphy of the CampanianDanian successions in the Zagros Foreland Basin (Kabir Kuh, Lurestan, Iran). Cretaceous Research, 2025. 168.
- Bayet-Goll, A., M. Sharafi, and Daraei, M., Ichnological discrimination of hemipelagic-dominated slope versus basin-floor mudstones: Insights from early Visan successions of a distally steepened ramp, northern Iran. Depositional Record, 2025. 11(5): p. 15631595.
- Daraei, M., S. Afrazi, M. Vasighi, and Z. Masoumi, Comparison between Core- and Well Log-Based Identification of Flow Units in the Mid-Cretaceous Bangestan Group Reservoir, Mansuri Field, SW Iran: Implications for Regional Characterization. Journal of Petroleum Geology, 2025. 48(1): p. 328.
- ?lvaro, J.J., A. Bayet-Goll, Daraei, M., and B. Mart?nez-Ben?tez, Cambrian reef complexes and pelmatozoan-rhynchonelliformean meadows from the Alborz Mountains, northern Iran: A reassessment of the MiaolingianFurongian paucity of metazoan reefs paradigm. Sedimentary Geology, 2025. 489.
- Bayet-Goll, A., M. Sharafi, M. Hasanlou, and Daraei, M., Reconstruction of Tournaisian-Visan tectonic and climatically induced event histories of the Mobarak carbonate platform along depositional strike in the northeastern margin of Gondwana: Constraints from high-resolution cycle and sequence stratigraphy. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2023. 155.
- Daraei, M., E. Talebi, and A. Navidtalab, The role of heterogeneity controls in shaping the Asmari Formation reservoirs in the Zagros region, Iran: insights for regional characterization. Geopersia, 2023. 13(2): p. 385414.
- Daraei, M., A. Bayet-Goll, G. Geyer, and N. Bahrami, Late Cambrian climate change recorded by a shift from an arid carbonate platform to a storm-dominated cool-water platform at the Gondwana margin (Alborz Zone, Iran). Geological Journal, 2023. 58(2): p. 795824.
- Bayet-Goll, A., M. Sharafi, Daraei, M., and Y. Nasiri, The influence of hybrid sediment gravity flows on distribution and composition of trace-fossil assemblages: Ordovician succession of the north-eastern Alborz Range of Iran. Sedimentology, 2023. 70(3): p. 783827.
- Bayet-Goll, A., Daraei, M., G. Geyer, C. Neto de Carvalho, and N. Bahrami, Exotic facies episodes of a carbonate platform: implications for middle and late Cambrian ecosystems and impact of bioturbation in the Alborz Basin, Iran. Geological Society Special Publication, 2023. 522: p. 141174.
- Bayet-Goll, A., L.A. Buatois, M.G. M?ngano, and Daraei, M., The interplay of environmental constraints and bioturbation on matground development along the marine depositional profile during the Ordovician Radiation. Geobiology, 2022. 20(2): p. 233270.
- Bayet-Goll, A., Daraei, M., and M.I. Seginsara, Palaeogeographic reconstruction and sequence architecture of the middle-upper Jurassic successions of Hawraman Basin (NW Iran): Implications for tectono-depositional processes of the northeastern passive margin of the Arabian Plate. Geological Journal, 2022. 57(5): p. 20582093.
- Seginsara, M.I., A. Bayet-Goll, Daraei, M., et al., Integrating sedimentologic data and stable isotope geochemistry to comprehend the sequence stratigraphic framework of the MiddleUpper Jurassic Sargelu and Najmah formations in NW Kermanshah. Journal of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Researches, 2022. 38(2): p. 83116.
- Bayet-Goll, A., D. Knaust, Daraei, M., et al., Rosselia ichnofabrics from the Lower Ordovician of the Alborz Mountains (northern Iran): palaeoecology, palaeobiology and sedimentology. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2022. 102(1): p. 103128.
- Taher, S.P.M., A. Bayet-Goll, N. Etemad-Saeed, Daraei, M., et al., Biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy of the lower Carboniferous deposits in the Alborz Zone based on benthic foraminifera and isotopic geochemistry. Researches in Earth Sciences, 2021. 12(4): p. 166188.
- Bayet-Goll, A., Daraei, M., G. Geyer, et al., Environmental constraints on the distribution of matground and mixground ecosystems across the Cambrian Series 2Miaolingian boundary interval in Iran. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2021. 176.
- Bayet-Goll, A., A. Uchman, Daraei, M., and C. Neto de Carvalho, Crowded Trichophycus ichnofabrics in the early Ordovician successions of central Iran: insight into the Ordovician radiation. Lethaia, 2021. 54(3): p. 314329.
- Bayet-Goll, A. and Daraei, M., Palaeoecological, sedimentological and stratigraphical insights into microbially induced sedimentary structures of the lower Cambrian successions of Iran. Sedimentology, 2020. 67(6): p. 31993235.
- Bayet-Goll, A., Daraei, M., et al., Variations of the trace fossil Zoophycos with respect to paleoenvironment and sequence stratigraphy in the Mississippian Mobarak Formation, northern Iran. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2020. 551.
- Malekzadeh, H., Daraei, M., and A. Bayet-Goll, Field-scale reservoir zonation of the AlbianTuronian Sarvak Formation within the regional-scale geologic framework: A case from the Dezful Embayment, SW Iran. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2020. 121.
- Bayet-Goll, A., et al., Cyclostratigraphy across a Mississippian carbonate ramp in the EsfahanSirjan Basin, Iran. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2018. 107(6): p. 22332263.
- Bayet-Goll, A., G. Geyer, and Daraei, M., Tectonic and eustatic controls on the spatial distribution and stratigraphic architecture of late early Cambrian successions at the northern Gondwana margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2018. 98: p. 199228.
- Bayet-Goll, A., et al., Sequence stratigraphic and sedimentologic significance of the trace fossil Rhizocorallium in the Upper Triassic Nayband Formation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2018. 491: p. 196217.
- Daraei, M., A. Bayet-Goll, and M. Ansari, An integrated reservoir zonation in sequence stratigraphic framework: A case from the Dezful Embayment, Zagros, Iran. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2017. 154: p. 389404.
- Bayet-Goll, A. and Daraei, M., Ichnotaxonomy of trace fossil of the Upper Triassic Nayband Formation, Tabas Block, Central Iran. Geopersia, 2017. 7(2): p. 199218.
- Gharechelou, S., Daraei, M., and A. Amini, Pore types distribution and their reservoir properties in the sequence stratigraphic framework: a case study from the Oligo-Miocene Asmari Formation, SW Iran. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2016. 9(3).
- Daraei, M., A. Amini, and M. Ansari, Facies analysis and depositional environment study of the mixed carbonateevaporite Asmari Formation (Oligo-Miocene) in the sequence stratigraphic framework, NW Zagros, Iran. Carbonates and Evaporites, 2015. 30(3): p. 253272.
- Daraei, M., H. Rahimpour-Bonab, and N. Fathi, Factors shaping reservoir architecture in the Jurassic Arab carbonates: A case from the Persian Gulf. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2014. 122: p. 187207.
- Environmental conditions during the deposition of the upper Cambrian strata on the northern margin of Gondwana.
- Depositional environment and sequence stratigraphy of the Carboniferous Mobarak Formation in the central Alborz.
- Reservoir geology and characterization of the Cretaceous Sarvak Formation, SW Iran.
- The Jurassic system of the Sargelu Basin (Sargelu, Najmah and Gotnia formations), NW Zagros.
- Investigating variations in depositional conditions in the transition from the Cretaceous to the Paleogene in the Lurestan Zone.