El Hassan Ajandouz defended his PhD in 1993 in Marseille, specializing in enzymology. He then conducted postdoctoral research in the fields of nutrition, food science and technology, and more recently in food safety and sustainable development. He has supervised 8 PhDs on these topics. Since his appointment as a Assistant Professor in Marseille in 2006, he directed teaching Master's programs, currently the Master's program in Food Quality and Safety, at Aix-Marseille University. He is currently working to engage students in current issues related to food quality, security and sustainability, as for example through the Erasmus+ Agrima project on the valorization of agri-food waste (https://www.youtube.com/@AGRIMA-Erasmus).