Chairing

Bouzekri TOURI, PhD. is an Associate Professor at University Hassan II of Casablanca. He is the actual Director of LAPSTICE Lab. He got his PhD as a Fulbrighter at University of Texas at Austin jointly with a Doctorate at University Mohammed V Rabat as a psychologist. His post-doc as a Fulbrighter was at UT at Austin as well.

Communication Committee

Adnane Labbaci has studied forestry at the National School of Forestry Engineers and holds a PhD in GIS and remote sensing from the University Ibn Zohr of Agadir in Morocco.

Co-chairing

Dalila Loudyi is a Professor at the Department of Water and Environmental Engineering at Hassan II University of Casablanca – Faculty of Sciences and Techniques of Mohammedia.

Scientific Committee

Dr. Turman has dedicated his career as an academic to building community-based participatory programs to improve maternal and child health outcomes. Dr. Turman received his Ph.D. at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) conducting neuroscience research, did a fellowship at the UCLA Medical School in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and then went on to serve as a faculty member for 15 years

Co-chairing

Dr. Alex Kolker is an Associate Professor at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium. He is a geological oceanographer who studies coastal systems, and the way that climate and people impact the ways that coasts function and change.