Dr. Noura Ziadi, Past President

Dr. Noura Ziadi, Past President

Noura is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Quebec City. She holds a B.Sc. (Agronomy) from Tunisia and a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. (Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition) from Laval University, Quebec, Canada. Noura is an adjunct professor at Laval University, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science (Beijing, China), and Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
Noura has a distinguished career in soil science especially soil fertility and plant nutrition and she’s conducting her research on national (from Coast to Coast) and international scales (France, China, Switzerland, Finland, Tunisia) in multi-disciplinary teams including government and university researchers and industry partners. Her research includes training of post-doctoral fellows and graduate and undergraduate students (+30). Noura published more than 130 papers, five reviews and 11 book chapters. These publications were in collaboration with 50 Canadian researchers and 25 international researchers. Noura joined the CSSS in 1994 and has served as the Eastern Councillor and associate editor. She was been recognized for her contributions to soil science and to the CSSS with a Fellow Award in 2015.