Palm Trees and Fruits Residues

Dr. Mejdi Jeguirim is a Professor at the University of Haute Alsace (France) in the field of energy, process engineering, and kinetics modelling. He has co-authored more than 200 referred international journal papers in his research field and is a member of the editorial boards for the following international journals: Energy, Energies, Energy for Sustainable Development, Biofuels, International Journal of Green Energy. He is involved as a scientific expert for more than 50 international scientific journals as well as for several national and international research programs. He has received the French National Research Excellence Award for researcher with high level scientific activity for the 2009-2012, 2013-2016, 2017-2020 and 2021-2024 periods. Dr. Jeguirim integrated the World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking established by Stanford University, in 2019. Dr. Besma Khiari is a Professor at the University of Carthage (Tunisia) in the field of energy and environment processes, applied mainly to wastes. Recovery from urban, agricultural and industrial wastes is the main objective of the different papers, books, academic supervisions and industrial projects, she took part in. Her expertise in the area best met the needs and expectations of professionals such as engineering companies, design offices, health services, environmental businesses and units. Dr. Salah Jellali serves as an associate professor at the Centre for Environmental Studies & Research, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. His research interests include wastewaters treatment by low cost materials, nutrients recovery from wastewaters and reuse in agriculture, local water management, and groundwater flow and pollutants transport modelling for a sustainable management. He was involved in various national and international projects regarding the cited above topics. He has co-authored more than 50 referred international journal papers in his research field. He was involved in the management of several international conferences and scientific journal special issues related to wastes/wastewaters sustainable management. He acted as a national and international expert for the evaluation of research projects related to the domain of water/wastes management. He was the holder of the ministerial award of rural engineering diploma in 1994 and the presidential award for the best national supervised PhD thesis in 2018.

1. Identification, Quantification and Characterization of palm-tree and fruit wastes
2. Fruit related waste for livestock breeding
3. Ingredients for food products
4. Usage for human health
5. Biomaterials
6. Biotechnological applications
7. Agricultural applications
8. Environmental applications
9. Energy applications
10. The biorefinery concept for the industrial valorization of palm tree and fruit wastes