Samir Jaoua is working as a Full Professor at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, at the College of Arts and Sciences at Qatar University. He obtained his PhD from the University of Technology of Compiegne (France). He is also a qualified Professor in France universities, a Professor at the University of Sfax (Tunisia), and an official member of the Committee of Professors at the University of Sassari (Italy). Samir Jaoua is Microbiologist and molecular and microbial Biotechnologist, having more than 30 years of experience in microbiology and molecular & microbial Biotechnology in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Tunisia, and Qatar. He has been teaching BSc, MSc and PhD courses of Microbiology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Genetic engineering and DNA Technology, Environmental genomics and bioengineering, and many others. He has been supervising 19 successfully defended PhDs, in addition to many BSc senior projects and MSc theses. Samir Jaoua has been investigating and applying microbial resources for the Biological Control of pathogenic Bacteria, Insects and Mycotoxigenic Fungi. Topics include: - A gene bank of hundreds of B. thuringiensis strains: a source of many types of biopesticides and antimicrobial agents useful in agriculture and for the control of disease vectors. -Yeast strains including low-fermenting yeast Lachancea thermotolerans and novel yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus having a volatilome and binding potentialities for th
Qatar University
Doha, Ad Dawḩah, Qatar
Biological and Environmental Sciences
Qatar University Research Excellence Award - Science and Engineering
Qatar University
Professor
Qatar University
01 Sep 2009 - present
Associate Professor, then Professor
University of Sfax - Centre of Biotechnology of Sfax
01 Jan 1992 - 01 Aug 2009
Associate Professor
Ghent University Belgium
01 Jan 1995 - 01 Oct 1995
Post Doctoral Researcher
Ciba Geigy -Novartis- Basle Switzerland
01 Jan 1989 - 01 Dec 1991