Prof. Dr. Maher Mandil participated in the Third International and Fifth Scientific Conference at the University of Tikrit, where he presented a scientific research in the field of Stratigraphy and Paleontology with his PhD student Falah Hassan Hussein, under the title: (Middle Eocene Succession of Dammam Formation, Biostratigraphy and microfacies study, North Karbala Area, West Iraq). The research included a sedimentary and fossil study of the most important facies and fossils of the Dammam Formation in order to reach the final environment deposited for the Formation.