Dr. Helmi HAMDI holds a MS degree in Agricultural Engineering and a PhD in Resource Management and Environmental Science earned at the Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University, Japan in 2006. He also obtained a Habilitation degree in Crop Production, Soil and Environment in 2017. Prior to joining Qatar University in Fall 2018, Dr. Helmi Hamdi held successively the positions of senior research engineer, assistant professor then associate professor at the Water Research and Technology Center in Tunisia starting from 2000. Dr. Helmi Hamdi has been carrying out research in the field of Agro-Environmental Sciences for the past 20 years. During his scientific career, Dr. Helmi Hamdi has been awarded international fellowships for visiting researchers from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the US Fulbright Scholar Program, and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). As of August 2021, Dr. Helmi Hamdi has published two books, two book Chapters and more than 50 peer-reviewed papers, conference papers and research reports in the fields of sustainable crop production, biowaste reuse in agriculture, soil fertility and contamination monitoring as well as bioremediation technologies and nanotoxicology.