LAILA MANDI, Director of the National Centre for Studies and Research on Water and Energy, UCA

LAILA MANDI, Director of the National Centre for Studies and Research on Water and Energy, UCA

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Laila MANDI is currently Professor of Water & Environmental Sciences at the University of Cadi Ayyad-Marrakech. In 2001, she was nominated as a National Co-ordinator of the National Pole of competences on “water and Environment” (PC2E) which represents a Moroccan network developing research on the topic of “integrated water resources management”. In 2007, she was nominated as a Director of the National Centre for Studies and Research on Water and Energy (CNEREE) at the Cadi Ayyad University which was created by the Ministry of Scientific Research and Higher Education and whose main mission is to strengthen the relationship between the research community and socio-economic sector. Laila Mandi research interests are in particular: the management of water resources, water treatment technology (domestic and industrial wastewater); reuse of treated wastewater in agriculture and the impact studies of waste on the quality of water resources. She has coordinated several research projects at different levels: i) National ii) bilateral cooperation with different countries (Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Japan, Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, etc.) and iii) European Projects (PURATREAT, MELIA, SOWAEUMED, WATERBIOTECH, TREASURE 2, and NORIA). Within the research projects, she supervised more than 30 PhD theses. Has published more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters; spoken also at national, international conferences and workshops as lecturer. She was also a member of the scientific committee of several international conferences (4th IWA World Water Conference, Smallwatt11, WATMED, CIERTA, TIWATMED, RICMD, EPCOWM, WATEIC, WATERBIOTECH, SOWAEUMED, WATMED, WECC2016 ...) and has chaired and organised several international events. In 2014, she was nominated as a member of the college of qualified personalities at the France Water Academy. In 2015, she has been awarded the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) prize for Women’s Contribution to Development in recognition of her outstanding research work and contribution to the Water Resources Management.

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Education: PhD

Seniority: Manager, Director, Professor

Years of experience: 20 years or above

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