Nezha EL BARI is has been a full professor at the Biology Department at Moulay Ismaïl University of Meknes in Morocco since 1990. She was awarded a Ph.D. in Biology Applied to Nutrition and Biotechnology in 1989 from the Nancy 1 University, and a doctorat d’etat es-sciences in biology from Moulay Ismaïl University in 1995. Her background is also in the physico-chemical analysis of milk and cheese technology. Her current research is focused on sensors and biosensors and their use in food quality control, biomedical application and environmental monitoring. She has been involved in several national and international projects as a coordinator or a member, such as the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 project TROPSENSE: "Development of a non-invasive breath test for early diagnosis of tropical diseases" (No: 645758) and the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020 project CANLEICH: "Non-invasive volatiles test for canine leishmaniasis diagnosis" (Reference No: 101007653). She has co-authored more than 110 papers. Her Hirsch index is 30 as reported by Google Scholar on March 2023. She was awarded the Best Researcher in Agricultural Sciences in Morocco Award (Research Excellence Awards) by the Web of Science Group Clarivate Analytics on July 3th, 2019. She is an expert-evaluator member of the scientific committee of the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research of Rabat, Morocco.