Mrs. Laila MANDI is currently Professor of Water & Environmental Sciences at Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech (Morocco). In 2001, she was nominated as a National coordinator of the Pole of competences on “water and Environment” (PC2E). In 2008, she was nominated as a Director of the National Centre for Studies and Research on Water and Energy at Cadi Ayyad University. She has coordinated several funded research projects at different levels: i) National ii) bilateral cooperation with different countries (Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, Japan, Jordan, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, etc.) and iii) European Projects. Within the research projects, she supervised more than 30 PhD theses. Has published more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific papers and book chapters. Since 2014, she becomes a member of the college of qualified personalities at the France Water Academy. In 2015, she has been awarded the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) prize for Women’s Contribution to Development in recognition of her outstanding research work and contribution to the Water Resources Management. In 2017, she becomes member of the network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC).