Mohamed KOUBAA
Dr. Mohamed Koubaa (PhD) is an Associate Professor at the « École Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale » (ESCOM Chimie) in Compiègne, France, since 2016. He obtained his PhD in Biotechnology in 2012 and his HDR (Habilitation to Supervise Research) in Process Engineering in 2021 from the « Université de Technologie de Compiègne » (UTC). He also completed several postdoctoral research stays, including as a Research Assistant in the Department of Industrial Process Engineering at UTC (France), in the Department of Biological Engineering at the National Engineering School of Sfax (Tunisia), and in the Department of Molecular Genetics at Ohio State University, Columbus (USA).
His research focuses on non-conventional processing technologies (such as pulsed electric fields, ultrasound, and microwaves) for extracting bioactive compounds and improving fermentation processes. The main objective of his work is to valorize agro-industrial by-products and waste streams into high-value-added compounds. Dr. Koubaa has coordinated several research projects, including PREBIOL (Coupled Extraction Processes for Biolipids from Oleaginous Yeasts, 2016–2018), funded by the ITE P.I.V.E.R.T (GENESYS program, ANR-001-01) with total funding of €1,201,654; YaLiOl (Yarrowia lipolytica Oleochemicals Based on Odd-Chain Fatty Acids, 2020–2023), funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) (ANR-20-CE43-0007) with total funding of €541,350; and more recently, YaLiGreen (Multifunctional Fabrics Based on Yarrowia lipolytica Yeast Dyes), funded under the AAPG 2024 (CE43-3691-01) with total funding of €410,788.
Dr. Koubaa has authored over 150 publications, including research articles, review articles, and book chapters in peer-reviewed international journals. He has also co-edited three books on food processing and fermentation (ISBNs: 9780128110317, 978-3-030-18190-1, and 9781119505853). He has supervised five PhD students, more than 25 master’s and engineering students, and has presented his work at numerous international conferences. With an H-index of 49, he is recognized among the top 2% of the most highly cited researchers worldwide, according to Elsevier and Stanford University.
His research focuses on non-conventional processing technologies (such as pulsed electric fields, ultrasound, and microwaves) for extracting bioactive compounds and improving fermentation processes. The main objective of his work is to valorize agro-industrial by-products and waste streams into high-value-added compounds. Dr. Koubaa has coordinated several research projects, including PREBIOL (Coupled Extraction Processes for Biolipids from Oleaginous Yeasts, 2016–2018), funded by the ITE P.I.V.E.R.T (GENESYS program, ANR-001-01) with total funding of €1,201,654; YaLiOl (Yarrowia lipolytica Oleochemicals Based on Odd-Chain Fatty Acids, 2020–2023), funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) (ANR-20-CE43-0007) with total funding of €541,350; and more recently, YaLiGreen (Multifunctional Fabrics Based on Yarrowia lipolytica Yeast Dyes), funded under the AAPG 2024 (CE43-3691-01) with total funding of €410,788.
Dr. Koubaa has authored over 150 publications, including research articles, review articles, and book chapters in peer-reviewed international journals. He has also co-edited three books on food processing and fermentation (ISBNs: 9780128110317, 978-3-030-18190-1, and 9781119505853). He has supervised five PhD students, more than 25 master’s and engineering students, and has presented his work at numerous international conferences. With an H-index of 49, he is recognized among the top 2% of the most highly cited researchers worldwide, according to Elsevier and Stanford University.
