 Title: Head of Genetic Resources and Deputy Director for Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management Program
Address: 3Rue Mahmoud Ghaznaoui, Menzeh 4, Tunis, Tunisia
Tel: 00216-53 204402
Email: a.amri@cgiar.org
Education Background:
1989 Ph.D., Plant Genetics and Breeding,
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, USA
1980 M.Sc., Plant Breeding and Crop Sciences,
Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
1978 B.Sc., Agronomy, Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine Hassan II, Rabat, Morocco
Working Experiences:
2009-present Head of Genetic Resources and Deputy Director for Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management Program, ICARDA
2001-2008 Regional Coordinator of West Asia Program and of Dryland Agrobiodiversity Project, ICARDA-Amman
2005-2008 Head of Iran-ICARDA program, Tehran, Iran
1999-2005 Coordinator of Dryland Agrobiodiversity Project, ICARDA
1980-1999 Cereal breeder and Coordinator of Cereal research Program at INRA-Morocco, Rabat
Research Interests:
Cereal improvement, biodiversity conservation, pre-breeding, sustainable agricultural development
Professional Activities:
Breeding of cereal varieties including the release of more than 24 varieties of barley, bread wheat, durum wheat and triticale
Germplasm enhancement through interspecific crosses in durum and bread wheat
Promoting on-farm/in situ conservation of dryland agrobiodiversity
Collect and ex situ conservation of genetic resources and management of ICARDA genebank
More than 127 publications including 63 in refereed journals
Editor in several Journals and manager of several regional and global projects
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