Dr. Oula Amrouni

Associate Professor/Senior Researcher

National Institute of Marine Science and Technology, University of Carthage (INSTM)

Oula Amrouni, Ph.D., – Dr. Amrouni of INSTM (National Institute of Marine Science and Technology and University of Carthage, Tunisia) is a recognized expert in coastal erosion studies and the impact of dams on the reduction of sediment transport to the North African coast.

Since 2002, Dr Amrouni is scientific member in national and international projects related to the forecast sea-level rise and the management purposes. She was the chief of international and national scientific projects involved in the shoreline retreat and related social and environmental implication such as the aquifer salinization, the wetland quality, etc. Dr Amrouni have also been engaged as an organizing member in several international conferences hosted by Springer (MENA, Arab region) such The Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-2017) and the 1st Conference of the Arabian Journal (CAJG 2018), and the UNESCO-Friend network in Africa (Senegal, Benin) and the 1st International Ecohydrology workshop in north Africa (ECOTUN Tunisia, 2022).

Since 2016 Dr Amrouni is the Regional Co-coordinator of the MEDFRIEND-WATER IHP UNESCO program and Theme leader of the ‘Coastal Ecohydrology’, which is part of the International MEDFRIEND Hydrology Program.

Since 2000, Dr Amrouni is a volunteer scientist and keynote speaker in Non-Associative Organization (NGO, WWF) engaged in the coastal and marine ecosystem conservation.