Dr. Sumeya BEDRANE is Full Professor at the Chemistry Dpt and Researcher at the Laboratory of Catalysis and Synthesis in Organic Chemistry, University of Tlemcen, Algeria. From 2000 to 2002, she carried out her research work at the Laboratory of Catalysis in Organic Chemistry LACCO (currently IC2MP), University of Poitiers, France, where she obtained her PhD in Applied Chemistry in 2002. In 2003, she started a teaching/research career at the University of Tlemcen, Algeria. During 2009, she moved to UPMC, Sorbonne Universities, Paris, as an invited Senior Researcher in the Laboratory of Surface Reactivity. Her main research fields are catalysis for energy and environment; biofuels, biomass valorization, air pollution abatement (TWC, VOCs), water pollutant degradation (photocatalysis) and nano- and sub-nanomaterials.