Mohamed Thameur Chaibi
Department of Rural Engineering
National Research institute for Rural Engineering, Water and Forestry
Tunisia
Biography
Thameur CHAIBI is a the Head of the Department of Rural Engineering at the National Research Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Water and Forestry in Tunisia. He obtained his PhD from the Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU) in the field of Agriculture Engineering and Climate Technologies. He has over hundred publications in various areas covering renewable energy systems, water resources engineering and environment physics and currently serves as Advisory Editor, Associate Editors and referees for several international journals. He was elected as a Member of the Governing council of the African Academy of Sciences representative of North Africa Region (2010), the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) (2009) and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) (2006). He served in various capacities as associate member of the Environmental Security panel under the NATO Science for Peace and Security and the European Commission Frameworks Programmes.
Research Interest
His main research interests include Solar Thermal Processes, Solar desalination, Energy Systems Analysis, Climate Technologies, Water Resources Engineering, and Environment Physics.