About ASCA
A global team of multi-disciplinary scientists connecting Sci-Tech researchers and entrepreneurs in Algeria.
Our Purpose
Three commitments that guide everything ASCA builds for the Algerian Sci-Tech diaspora.
Mission
Algerian Sci-Tech Scholars and Competences Abroad wants to promote excellence in Algerian Sci-Tech Research, Start-Up Collaboration, and Partnership.
Objective
A portal that enables users to:
- Search for Algerian Sci-Tech collaborators
- Submit ideas for collaboration and exchanges
- Dynamic announcement of worldwide Sci-Tech resources
- Navigate worldwide Sci-Tech networks and journals
Vision
- Be the Hub of Algerian Sci-Tech Exchange
- Facilitate resource exchange and collaboration
- Open opportunity to all contributors to Algeria Sci-Tech
- Attract investors and entrepreneurs to Algerian projects
Leadership
The researchers and clinicians behind ASCA’s global network.
Dr. Mohamed Boudjelal
Dr. Mohamed Boudjelal, Director of Drug Discovery and Chairman of Core Facility, KAIMRC, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Dr. Boudjelal is the inventor of a number of therapies, a few of which are marketed medicines. He is a member of a number of international research organizations: Member of the Algerian Science and Technology Council, Founding member of the Algerian Competences Association, Founding Member of the Science Edit For the Developing World.
Dr. Ahmed Chenna
Dr. Ahmed Chenna holds a Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, (UK), and worked as a postdoctoral researcher, at the Department of Pharmacological Sciences, School of Medicine, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, then as a staff Scientist in the University of Berkeley-Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and as a senior scientist and lab supervisor in the Advanced Technologies Group in ACLARA Biosciences. Dr. Chenna also worked as a principal scientist in the oncology group at Monogram Biosciences Inc and is currently in Laboratory Corporation of America, Oncology and Neurosciences research. Dr. Chenna authored over 90 technical publications & conference abstracts including 13 US patents and has over 30 years of experience in research, development, and supervision of scientists, research associates, and graduate students in academia and biotechnology companies.
Dr. Mohamed Belhocine
Mohamed Belhocine, Assistant Professor at the Molecular Medicine Department of the Jawhara Center and Arabian Gulf University of Bahrain. Mohamed holds an MSc in Microbiology from the University of Blida (Algeria), a bachelor’s Degree in cell and molecular biology, an MSc in bioinformatics, genomics and structural biochemistry, and a PhD. in Bioinformatics and Genomics from Luminy University (France). His research focuses on the application of large-scale genomic approaches to understand epigenetic mechanisms associated with the development of normal and leukemic lymphoid cells. Mohamed is a Senior Bioinformatician at Jawhara Center, supervising a clinical NGS analysis, and develops research training programs at several Algerian universities.
Dr. Djaouida Chenaf
Dr. Djaouida Chenaf is a full professor of civil engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada, and an adjunct professor in the department of CGM at Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal. She obtained her Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the University of Sciences and Technology of Algiers in 1988, an MSc in Soil Mechanics from Université de Moncton, and a Ph.D. in Hydrogeology and Environmental Studies from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal. Her research spans geotechnical engineering, groundwater control, and geo-hazard considerations for infrastructure design.
Dr. Faez Amokrane Nait Mohamed
Dr Faez Amokrane Nait Mohamed is currently a Research fellow in Immunology at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, and a research fellow in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, working on Influenza vaccines and antibody affinity maturation. He holds a BSc in Biochemistry, MSc in Pharmacology, and PhD in Immunology from USTHB, Algiers. Before Boston, he was an assistant professor in Cellular and Molecular Biology at USTHB. His hobbies are running, coffee, and optimizing the ergonomics of his lab bench.
Dr. Malika Aid-Boudries
Dr. Aid-Boudries is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research (CVVR). She received her Ph.D. in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics from the University of Montreal. Her research focuses on machine learning-based approaches to investigate OMICS signatures in disease pathogenesis, and post-vaccination predictor biomarkers of immunogenicity, with a keen interest in the epigenetics of HIV integration and latent reservoir persistence.
Dr. Asma Tchakal-Mesbahi
Dr. Asma Tchakal-Mesbahi is a postdoctoral research fellow in Nephrology at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She earned her degrees in Biotechnology and Health from USTHB, Algiers. Her research focuses on renal physiology, AQP2 trafficking, and Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus. She serves on the Trainee Steering Committee for the NIH-funded Harvard Nephrology/Urology/Hematology Training Program, and is a member of the American Society of Nephrology.