Permanent Teacher Researcher and Editor-in-Chief
University of Tlemcen, Algeria
🎓 Current Positions:
- 📚 Editor in Chief: Journal of Natural Product Research and Applications (JNPRA), since 2021.
- 👩🔬 Permanent Teacher Researcher: Tlemcen University, Natural Products Laboratory.
- 👥 Team Leader: Phytochemistry of Bioactive Substances and Microbial Ecology.
- 🧪 Responsible: Master’s training in Bioactivities, Analysis, and Control of Essential and Vegetable Oils (BAACHEV).
🔬 Patent:
- Pending (June 2022): “A powerful extract of Anabasis articulata intended for the treatment of breast cancer or for inhibition of metastases: activation of the p53/p21WAF1/Cip1/p27Kip1 pathway and triggering of the senescence process, a new potential anticancer target.”
📘 Education:
- 07-15-2020: First position at the national level for promotion to Professor grade, University of Tlemcen.
- 01-10-2014: University Habilitation, Specialty: Biology.
- 2006: Magister of Biology, Option: Natural Substances, Biological Activities and Syntheses (NSBAS), Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Abou Bekr Belkaid University, Algeria.
- 2003: Diploma for Engineer of State in Analysis and Quality Control (AQC), Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Abou Bekr Belkaid University, Algeria.
- 1997: Baccalaureat in Natural Science and Life (NSL), College Yagmouracen, Tlemcen, Algeria.
📊 Research and Projects:
- 🗣 National Communications: 29
- 🌍 International Communications: 40
Selected Research Projects:
- 🧪 CNEPRU Project (2007-2009): “Study of the antioxidant power of plant extracts (essential oils and flavonoids) from the Tlemcen region” (Code: F 02020060040).
- 🌿 CNEPRU Project (2010-2013): “Characterization and identification of the constituents of medicinal and aromatic plant extracts from Western Algeria – Assessment of their nutritional and pharmaceutical antioxidant power” (Code: E02020090065).
- 🌊 CNEPRU Project (2016-2020): “Valorization of algae in Algerian marine and freshwater environments: Biological and pharmacological potential of their metabolites” (Code: D01N01UN130120150028).
- 🍃 PRFU Project (2020-2023): “Valorization of the Pistacia atlantica plant from Algeria: Research of the biological, pharmacological, and cosmetic potentialities of their metabolites” (Code: D01N01UN130120200006).
- ♻️ PRFU Project (2023): “Solve the problem linked to the pollution of the environment by liquid olive by-products: bio-therapeutic and cosmetological potential of bioactive compounds.”
✈️ Short-term Internships:
- 🇫🇷 November 2010: “Synthesis and Reactivity of Natural Substances” Laboratory, University of Poitiers, France.
- 🇫🇷 January 2015: “Organic Synthesis and Chemistry of Natural Substances” Laboratory, Chemistry of Natural Fungal Products team, National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France.
- 🇹🇷 October-November 2015: Food Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Benacali, Adana, Turkey.
📚 Courses Taught:
- 🔬 Biochemistry: Course and Practical Work.
- 🍃 Secondary Plant Metabolites: Course and Practical Work.
- 🧪 Analysis Techniques: Course and Practical Work.
- 🦠 Microbiology and Process Engineering: Course and Practical Work.
- 🥛 Dairy Technology: Course.
- 🛠 Instrumental Analysis and Investigation: Course.
🌱 Dr. Nabila BELYAGOUBI-BENHAMMOU is a dedicated researcher and educator, contributing significantly to the field of natural products and bioactive substances. As an editor and team leader, she continues to advance scientific knowledge and mentor the next generation of scientists. 🌱