# Giora Proskurowski Back to [[Abiogenic Oil and the Fossil Fuel Debate]] · [[Research and Evidence]] **Role:** Oceanographer; documented abiotic hydrocarbons at Lost City - Lead author of [Proskurowski et al. 2008 (*Science*)](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1151194). The paper documents abiogenic C1–C4 hydrocarbons in the Lost City hydrothermal field, formed by serpentinization-driven Fischer-Tropsch-type reactions in the crust.