Dr. Afwa Thameur

Dr. Afwa Thameur

Tunisia

Dr. Thameur is a Research Scientist from the ministry of agriculture (IRESA) and Assistant Professor at the Higher Institute of Applied Biology in Medenine, Tunisia (ISBAM, University of Gabes). 

She completed her Ph.D. in Biology at the age of 30 from the Tunis El Manar University and her postdoctoral studies from Szeged University, Hungary. Being a Ph.D. student during 2007-2012, she was able to open avenues of collaboration with research teams in Spain and Portugal. Dr. Thameur is an experienced scientist in various areas of plant biology and acquired skills in plant physiology, biochemistry, and biostatistics. She has published more than five papers in reputed journals. 

In 2015, Dr. Thameur was a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar in the United States. In 2017, she was awarded a research project grant from the International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and later became a fellow of the Arab Women Leaders in Agriculture Program (AWLA).