M’hamed Chahma earned his BSc. in Chemistry at Ibn Zohr University (formerly Cadi Ayyad-Agadir, Morocco). He obtained his Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA) and his PhD. degree from Paris Diderot University (Paris 7, France) in Electrochemistry. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia) and a research associate at several Canadian institutions. He joined the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Laurentian University (Sudbury, Canada) in 2006 as associate professor and has been full professor of chemistry since 2013. His research interests lie between physical organic chemistry and surface modifications using conducting materials.