Dr Rym Kefi is an Assistant Professor at Pasteur Institute of Tunis since 2009. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree with honors in Biology at the University of Tunis in June 2000. She was offered a scholarship to pursue a Master’s degree in Molecular Anthropology in U600 INSERM, Marseille, France. Her Master’s thesis (June 2001) focused on the Study of Ancient DNA obtained from Middle Age French skeletons with dislocation of the hip. She continued her doctoral studies in the same laboratory where she worked on Mitochondrial DNA diversity in current and ancient human populations (6000-15000 years) in North Africa. She carried out her first post-doctoral training (February 2005 - January 2006) in UR088 at Research and Development Institute (IRD) in France. She studied ancient DNA of paleo-berbere skeletons (4500 years) exhumed from archaeological site in Tataouine (Southern Tunisia). In February 2006, she joined the Molecular Investigation of Orphan Genetic Diseases Laboratory in Pasteur Institute in Tunis as a researcher. She is mainly involved in research on human genetic disorders, genetic diversity in North Africa, and genetic typing in forensic. She is co-coordinating a NEPAD/NABnet project on the genetic basis of Type 2 Diabetes in five North African countries, and a bilateral Tunisian-Moroccan partnership on Human orphan diseases and mitochondrial DNA diversity in Tunisia and Morocco. Since January 2012, she has contributed to two European Projects (FP7): The first on “the Genetic and Environmental Factors of Insulin Resistance Syndrome and its long-term complications in immigrant Mediterranean populations (FP7- Proposal No 279171-1). The second on Reinforcing IPT capacities in genomic medicine, non-communicable diseases and international cooperation (FP7- Proposal No 295097). Rym Kefi is also involved in training and teaching activities. She is an author (Co-author) of more than 20 publications.