Sihem Mesnager received a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), France, in 2002 and a Habilitation to Direct Theses (HDR) in Mathematics from the University of Paris VIII, France, in 2012. She is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of Paris VIII (France) in the laboratory LAGA (Laboratory of Analysis, Geometry, and Applications), University Sorbonne Paris Nord, and CNRS. She is also a professor adjoint to Telecom Paris (France), Institute Polytechnique of Paris. Her research interests include discrete mathematics, symmetric cryptography, coding theory, and commutative algebra. She is a co-editor-in-chief of the international journal Advances in Mathematics of Communications (AMC), published by AIMS. She was an associate editor for the international journal IEEE Transactions on Information Theory from Sept 2014 to Aug. 2021. Also, She serves on the editorial board of the international journal Cryptography and Communications (CCDS); the international journal Finite Fields and their Applications (FFA); the International Journal of Computer Mathematics; and the international journal Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing (AAECC). She was a program co-chair for several international workshops, served on the board of program committees of 45 international conferences and workshops, and co-chaired/co-organized 12 international conferences. She is heading the research group AGC3 at the LAGA Lab.