Professional Appointments

  • 2018-present – Director International Program and Global Initiatives, College of Engineering and Computing, FIU, Miami, FL
  • 2018-present – Research Professor, College of Engineering and Computing, FIU, Miami, FL
  • 2013-present — Affiliate Faculty, African and African Diaspora Studies, Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, FIU, Miami, FL
  • 2013-2018 – Co-Director International Program, Institute for Water and the Environment, FIU, Miami, FL
  • 2013-2018 — Research Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environment, FIU, Miami, FL
  • 2011-2017 — Regional Director/Chief of Party, USAID West Africa-Water Sanitation and Hygiene Program, USAID/FIU, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  • 2010-2011 – Program Manager, Global Water for Sustainability, FIU, Miami, FL
  • 2008-2010 — Research Professor, Department of Geosciences, FAU, Boca Raton, FL
  • 2008-2009 — Vice-President, Trèfle Groupe, Blida, Algeria
  • 2006-2010 — Adjunct Professor, E-MBA Program, College of Business, FAU. Boca Raton; FL
  • 2004 – 2008 — Contract Manager/Coordinator Research Programs, FAU, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  • 2001-2003 — Business Manager, Algerian Embassy – Washington DC
  • 1999-2001 –Independent Business Consultant, Sunrise, FL
  • 1991-1999 — President, Center for International Research and Training in Agricultural, Inc. CIRTA), Parkersburg, IA
  • 1989-1991 — Vice President, Agriculture Custom Research and Environmental Studies Inc. (ACRES). – Waterloo, IA
  • 1988-1989 — Senior Research Scientist, ACRES, Waterloo, IA
  • 1987-1988 — Post-Doc., Dept. of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
  • 1986-1987 – Research Scientist/Acting Station Manager/Info Systems Manager, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl, Cairo, Egypt
  • 1986 — Visiting Scientist, CIMMYT, Mexico City, Mexico
  • 1978-1981 — Director Research Center, Institute of Field Crops, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
  • 1977-1978 — Research Scientist, Institute of Field Crops, Guelma, Algeria
  • 1974-1975 — Visiting Scientist, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France