Touria Bounnit is currently a Research Associate at the Centre for Sustainable Development, Qatar University. Mrs. Bounnit joined Qatar University in 2011 as Research Assistant in the Biofuel project, funded by Qatar Airways, QSTP, and Qatar University. Within this project, she had a key role in investigating the potential of local isolates for Biofuel production. From 2015 until present, she is active as a Research associate in the center, where she is conducting research in several, individual and collaborative, projects related to (a) Bioenergy, (b) Health and (c) Environment using Qatar local isolates. Tasks are mainly to optimize and develop research protocols for separation processes and conversion methods from biomass to bioenergy and other high-valuable products for an economically viable and environmentally sustainable process. Perform data analysis and prepare presentations to report findings in national and international conferences. Publishing the research outcomes in key peer-reviewed journals. Participating in workshops, conferences and deliver trainings for student, national and international researchers. Parallelly, she provides team members and other university department with analytical services. She is also member of the safety committee within the center to ensure proper working environment in compliance with safety, health and quality standards. As of September 2022, she has published number of peer-reviewed papers, conference papers, in the fields of sustainable algal production for biofuel application, high valuable products, aquaculture and impact of nanoparticles on the algal growth in addition to one book chapters related to date palm biotechnology.