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University of Minnesota, St, Paul, MN
Ph.D., Plant Breeding, 1986

University of Minnesota, St, Paul, MN
MSC, Plant Breeding, 1984

Institute of Ag Technology, Algeria
Ingenieur, Agronomy, 1974

• 2018-present – Director International Program and Global Initiatives, College of Engineering and Computing, FIU, Miami, FL
• 2018-present – Research Professor, College of Engineering and Computing, FIU, Miami, FL
• 2013-present — Affiliate Faculty, African and African Diaspora Studies, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, FIU, Miami, FL
• 2013-2018 – Co-Director International Program, Institute for Water and the Environment, FIU, Miami, FL
• 2013-2018 — Research Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environment, FIU, Miami, FL
• 2011-2017 — Regional Director/Chief of Party, USAID West Africa-Water Sanitation and Hygiene Program, USAID/FIU, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• 2010-2011 – Program Manager, Global Water for Sustainability, FIU, Miami, FL
• 2008-2010 — Research Professor, Department of Geosciences, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
• 2008-2009 — Vice-President, Trèfle Groupe, Blida, Algeria
• 2006-2010 — Adjunct Professor, E-MBA Program, College of Business, FAU. Boca Raton; FL
• 2004 – 2008 — Contract Manager/Coordinator Research Programs, FAU, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
• 2001-2003 — Business Manager, Algerian Embassy – Washington DC
• 1999-2001 –Independent Business Consultant, Sunrise, FL
• 1991-1999 — President, Center for International Research and Training in Agricultural, Inc. CIRTA), Parkersburg, IA
• 1989-1991 — Vice President, Agriculture Custom Research and Environmental Studies Inc. (ACRES). – Waterloo, IA
• 1988-1989 — Senior Research Scientist, ACRES, Waterloo, IA
• 1987-1988 — Post-Doc., Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
• 1986-1987 – Research Scientist/Acting Station Manager/Info Systems Manager, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl, Cairo, Egypt
• 1986 — Visiting Scientist, CIMMYT, Mexico City, Mexico
• 1978-1981 — Director Research Center, Institute of Field Crops, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
• 1977-1978 — Research Scientist, Institute of Field Crops, Guelma, Algeria
• 1974-1975 — Visiting Scientist, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France

• Team Leader, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (2 assignments), 2010.
• Team Leader, World Bank, 2009-2010.
• Consultant/Senior Field Coordinator, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI,
  2009-2010.
• Consultant, Université Lumière, Port-au-Prince, Haïti, 2006.
• Consultant, United Nations Global Mechanism, Rome, Italy, 2006.
• Consultant, The University of Georgia, Watkinsville, GA. (USAID Project), 2005.
• Consultant, Business Development/International Business, Sunrise, FL, 1999-2000.
• Consultant, Iowa Council for International Understanding, Des Moines, IA, 1998.
• Consultant, Algerian Embassy, Washington, DC, 1997.
• Consultant, Ministry of Interior, Algeria, 1996.
• Consultant, Hoffman LaRoche, Nutley, NJ, 1994.
• Team Member, Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 1993.
• Team Leader, International Fund for Ag. Development, Rome, Italy/Tiaret, Algeria, 1992.
• Co-Organizer, Biotechnology Conference, City of Elkader, Elkader, IA, 1990.
• Instructor, MicroTech, Inc. Microsoft Office Training for Professionals, Cedar Falls, IA, 1990.
• Consultant/Translator, Experience Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN, 1988.

Current affiliations

• Board Member, Global Research Action Network for Discovery (GRAND) Halifax, Canada (2025-present)
• Executive Council Member, SUPMICROTECH/ENSMM Foundation, Besancon, France (2023-present)
• President, Algerian American Association for Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (2020-present)
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC (2018‐ present)
• Member, Society for International Development, Washington, DC, (2018‐present).

 

Past Affiliations

• Member, Advisory Board, The Halifax Institute (2022 – 2024)
• Board Member, Program Committee Chair, President, Barka Foundation, Maine (2018‐2023)
• Member, Society of Research Administrators International, (2009‐2010)
• Steward, Africa Collection, Encyclopedia of Earth National Council for Science and Technology (2008‐2015).
• Associate Member (2006‐present), The Maghreb Center, Washington,
• Member, Florida Stormwater Association Education Committee, Tallahassee, FL (2004‐2008).
• Member, Broward County Chamber of Commerce, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (1999‐2000).
• Board Member (1997‐1999); Chair of Recognition Committee (1998‐1999); and Vice President (1998‐1999), Hawkeye Community College Facilities
• Member, Hawkeye Community College, Business and Industry Training Center Task Force (1997).
• Chairman, Regulatory and Crop Consultants Committee, North Central Weed Science Society (1997).
• Member, Program Committee, North Central Weed Science Society (1997).
• Advisory Board Member, University of Northern Iowa, College of Business Administration, Department of Management (1996‐1999).
• Chairman, Sustaining Members Display Committee, Weed Science Society of America (1995).
• Member, North Central Weed Science Society, Finance and Steering Committee (1995‐ 1999).
• Member, North Central Weed Science Society, Constitution and Operating Procedures Committee (1993‐1996).
• Advisory Board Member, Hawkeye Community College, Department of Agronomy and Natural Resources, Ag‐Business Management (1992‐1999).
• Sustaining Member, Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (1992‐1996).
• Sustaining Member, North Central Weed Science Society (1992‐1999).
• Affiliate Member, European Weed Research Society (1992‐present).
• Board Member, Project Committee Chair, President, Self Help Foundation, Waverly, Iowa (1990-1997)
• Board Member, Area VII Regional Economic Development Council, Waterloo, Iowa (1991‐1993).
• Member, Board of Directors, Black Hawk County Soybean Association, Waterloo, Iowa (1990‐1991).
• Member, Iowa Farm Bureau (1988‐1999).
• President, Committee for International Agriculture and Rural Development, University of Minnesota (1985‐1986).
• Graduate Club Vice‐President (1984‐1985); Member of the Liaison Committee (1983‐ 1986); Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of
• Member, American Society of Agronomy (1982‐1999).
• Member, Crop Science Society of America (1982‐1999).
• Member, Flax Institute of the United States (1982‐1986).

• Reviewer, Purdue University, Laser Pulse project proposals (2020)
• Reviewer, Applied Sciences Journal (2020‐present)
• Reviewer, Knowledge Journal (2020‐present)
• Reviewer, Journal of Open Innovation, Technology, Market, and Complexity (2020‐present)
• Reviewer, International Journal of Environment and Public Health (2019-present)
• Reviewer, Sustainability Journal, MDPI (2019‐present)
• Reviewer, Water Journal, MDPI (2019‐present)
• Reviewer, NASA proposals (2009-2010)
• Contributor, Salem Press Encyclopedia (2009-2010)