Mohamed Kefi is Assistant Professor at the Water Research and Technologies Centre (CERTE) of Borj Cedria,
Tunisia. He obtained his PhD from the University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2011. He has about more than 10 years of Academic
and research experiences. His current research activities is related to the problem of water quality
and water scarcity for sustainable use His research interests are water resource management, natural disaster
(Flood/drought), ecological economics, GIS and remote sensing applications. He has research experiences in
several countries : Tunisia, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Indonesia. He was also a UNU-JSPS
postdoctoral fellow at United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
(UNU-IAS)/ The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS) in Tokyo, Japan between 2016-
2018. He has also gained professional experience in international projects in Tunisia. He worked on the
JICA/SATREPS project. He published several papers related to
environment and water use in peer-review journals and he participated in many international conferences.
Short Biography
Mohamed Kefi is Assistant Professor at the Water Research and Technologies Centre (CERTE) of Borj Cedria,
Tunisia. He obtained his PhD from the University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2011. He has about more than 10 years of Academic
and research experiences. His current research activities is related to the problem of water quality
and water scarcity for sustainable use His research interests are water resource management, natural disaster
(Flood/drought), ecological economics, GIS and remote sensing applications. He has research experiences in
several countries : Tunisia, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Indonesia. He was also a UNU-JSPS
postdoctoral fellow at United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability
(UNU-IAS)/ The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS) in Tokyo, Japan between 2016-
2018. He has also gained professional experience in international projects in Tunisia. He worked on the
JICA/SATREPS project. He published several papers related to
environment and water use in peer-review journals and he participated in many international conferences.