Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)
Mission of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB)

The SAB issues recommendations and opinions on:

  • Strategies and scientific orientation of the Foundation and its various centers
  • The specific or general aims of projects carried out or in progress
  • The scientific and technological challenges encountered during the realization of the projects
  • The current use and future market prospects for the results obtained and the products developed within the framework of MAScIR’s R&D projects

The SAB is also responsible for supervising the periodic evaluation of the Foundation’s research centers. This evaluation may be entrusted to one or more members of the SAB or to external experts selected by the SAB and appointed by the Foundation.

The SAB is convened twice a year by its chairman. If necessary, additional meetings can be organized at the request of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. The SAB may invite additional experts likely to provide additional insights.

The work and recommendations of the SAB are the subject of an annual letter sent by its chairman to the Board of Directors.

The Chair of the SAB may propose the creation of sub-committees, which may exercise his prerogatives in a specific scientific theme.

The Chair of the SAB may invite managers and executives from MAScIR’s management to attend the SAB meetings.

SAB coordinator
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Dr. Hicham Fenniri
Scientific Director of The Moroccan Foundation for Advanced Science, Innovation and Research (MAScIR)
SAB members
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Dr. Jinane Abounadi
Executive Director of the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Sandbox Innovation Fund Program
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Dr. Faouzi Bekkaoui
Director of the MOROCCAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
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Dr. Mohamed Eddaoudi
Director of the Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
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Dr. Menachem Elimelech
Roberto Goizueta Professor at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University
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Dr. Samira Fafi-Kremer
DIRECTOR OF THE VIROLOGY INSTITUTE AT STRASBOURG UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS
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Joseph S. Francisco
PRESIDENT'S DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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Dr. Abdelali Haoudi
Managing Director of the MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY Park at King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
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Dr. Roeland J. M. Nolte
DISTINGUISHED EMERITUS Professor of Organic Chemistry at Radboud University, Nijmegen
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Thomas J. Webster, Ph.D.
ex-Chair and Professor at Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Dr. Omar M. Yaghi
James and Neeltje Tretter CHAIR AND PROFESSOR of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley