Dr. Imen Saadaoui is a Research Associate Professor in the Algal Technologies Program, Centre for Sustainable Development, Qatar University. Dr. Imen has a Ph.D. on Molecular biology. She joined Qatar University in 2011 as Post-Doctoral Researcher for the Biofuel project, funded by Qatar Airways, QSTP and Qatar University (11M USD). Within this project, she had a key role in the establishment of the Qatar University Culture Collection of Cyanobacteria and Microalgae (QUCCCM), the identification (via PCR- Sequencing) and the characterization of this phytoplankton. Dr. Imen has great experience also on cultivating microalgae at different scales, metabolic and lipidomics profiling of the microalgae biomass and investigating potential applications.