El Akrem Hayouni, PhD/Engineer in Biotechnology and Bioprocess, is a full Associate Professor at Center of Biotechnology, Borj-Cedria. He holds a Ph-D, a DEA degree (Master) and a Diploma of Engineering all of them in Bioengineering/Biotechnology from High school of Engineering, Sfax. He worked in many institutions, including Institute of Pasteur-Tunis, National Higher School of Agricultural and Food Industries (France), and National Institute of Applied Sciences (Tunis).

Dr. Hayouni has published several scientific papers for which he has received scientific awards such as the 2019 laureate Rising Talent founded by UNESCO-L’Oreal, through which he won a Post-Doctoral fellowship for one of his students. He has been a Visiting Professor in many international and national institutions including Tropical Biosphere Center (TBRC), University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, Polytech Central, Polytech International, Faculty of Pharmacy,  and High Institute of Biotechnology in Tunisia.

In 2011, Dr. Hayouni founded AMTT Company, where he is a principal investigator and expert on the pilot project Edible Insects for Food and Feeds, and national contact point for international SATREPS projects. He was also an external expert for the evaluation of ERANETMED and ARMINET 2.

Dr. Hayouni’s research focuses on topics of natural products (from various sources: plants, fungi, bacteria, insects etc.), and their uses in drug discovery and therapy. He hopes to boost the nutraceutical, cosmeceutical and therapeutic fields in Tunisia, Africa and worldwide through his research.