Dr. Ghani Chehbouni has been nominated as the new representative of IRD Egypt

Dr. Ghani Chehbouni has been nominated as the new representative of IRD Egypt, started from September 2008 but he will take up officially his post on the 1er of January 2009. He is a doctor in hydrology and remote detection, and has cleverness to steer researches. Recruited by the institute in 1992, he integrates the team of bioclimatology then is affected in Niger and in Morocco. Co-director of the international program Salsa and responsible for the space hydrology team within the UMR Cesbio, he is at present a representative of the institute in Mexico and responsible for the program Medmex. G. Chehbouni has also authority on all activities of the IRD in Jordan, Syria, Libya and Lebanon.