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I am a dedicated and dynamic PhD graduate in Chemistry, having successfully completed my doctoral studies in 2021. With a profound commitment to excellence, I am eager to leverage my extensive knowledge and skills towards contributing to the advancement of tools for assessing the sources of microplastics (MPs) in soil, water, and air. My goal is to elucidate the intricate cycle of MP contamination and devise innovative strategies to control and mitigate their impact on the environment, particularly in researching the ecotoxicological effects of MPs on marine organisms.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Khawla chouchene
Date of birth
1992/01/24
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • chouchene, Khawla

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
621D-7500-47EC
ORCID iD
0009-0007-3560-003X

Email addresses

  • chouchene.khawla23@gmail.com (Professional)
  • chouchene.khawla@ua.pt (Professional)

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • (216) 23872174 (Personal)
  • 931917482 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Route de la Soukra km 4 - Po. Box n° 1175 - 3038 Sfax, Tunisia., 3038, sfax, Sfax, Tunisia (Professional)
  • Rua Sao Martinho n 64, 1° DTO SL, 3810-182, Aveiro District, Aveiro, Portugal (Personal)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Arab (Mother tongue)
French Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Italian Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2017 - 2021/12/30
Concluded
Chemistry (Doktor (PhD))
Université de Sfax Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Tunisia
"Microplastic pollution in the coastal marine areas of Sfax in Tunisia and Aveiro in Portugal: Monitoring and Characterization" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014 - 2016
Concluded
Master of Organic Chemistry (Master Universitario)
Université de Sfax Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Tunisia
"Synthèse de nouveaux inhibiteurs peptidiques Rhodesaine pour le traitement de la Trypanosomiase Humaine Africaine (THA)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014
Concluded
Fundamental Licence of General Chemistry (Licence)
Université de Sfax Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Tunisia
2011
Concluded
Baccalaureate in Mathematics (Bachelor)
Université de Sfax, Tunisia
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2024/01/02 - 2025/12/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2022/05/01 - 2023/12/15 Postdoc (Research) Centre de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Tunisia
Université de Sfax Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Tunisia
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Chouchene, Khawla; Rocha-Santos, Teresa; Ksibi, Mohamed. "Microplastic (MP) Pollution in Sidi Youssef Harbor of the Kerkennah Islands, Sfax (Tunisia)". In Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition), 2083-2088. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_326
Journal article
  1. Mansouri, Fatma; Chouchene, Khawla; Wali, Ahmed; Labille, Jerome; Roche, Nicolas; Ksibi, Mohamed. "Adsorption of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs traces in water on clay minerals". Chemosphere (2024): 141469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141469.
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141469
  2. chouchene, Khawla; da Costa, Joao Pinto; Chamkha, Mohamed; Ksibi, Mohamed; Sayadi, Sami. "Effects of microplastics’ physical and chemical properties on aquatic organisms: State-of-the-art and future research trends". TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 166 (2023): 117192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2023.117192.
    10.1016/j.trac.2023.117192
  3. Jallouli, Sameh; Chouchene, Khawla; Ben Hmida, Mohamed; Ksibi, Mohamed. "Application of Sequential Combination of Electro-Coagulation/Electro-Oxidation and Adsorption for the Treatment of Hemodialysis Wastewater for Possible Reuse". Sustainability 14 15 (2022): 9597. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14159597.
    10.3390/su14159597
  4. Mansouri, Fatma; Chouchene, Khawla; Roche, Nicolas; Ksibi, Mohamed. "Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Water by Adsorption and Advanced Oxidation Processes: State of the Art and Trends". Applied Sciences 11 14 (2021): 6659. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11146659.
    10.3390/app11146659
  5. Chouchene, Khawla; Prata, Joana C.; da Costa, João; Duarte, Armando C.; Rocha-Santos, Teresa; Ksibi, Mohamed. "Microplastics on Barra beach sediments in Aveiro, Portugal". Marine Pollution Bulletin 167 (2021): 112264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112264.
    10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112264
  6. Chouchene, Khawla; Ksibi, Mohamed. "Microplastics as an emerging hazard to terrestrial and marine ecosystems: Sources, Occurrence and Analytical Methods". E3S Web of Conferences 265 (2021): 05003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202126505003.
    10.1051/e3sconf/202126505003
  7. chouchene, khawla; Nacci, Tommaso; Modugno, Francesca; Castelvetro, Valter; Ksibi, Mohamed. "Soil Contamination by Microplastics in Relation to Local Agricultural Development as Revealed by FTIR, ICP-MS and Pyrolysis-GC/MS". SSRN Electronic Journal (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3924945.
    10.2139/ssrn.3924945
  8. Chouchene, Khawla; Rocha-Santos, Teresa; Ksibi, Mohamed. "Types, occurrence, and distribution of microplastics and metals contamination in sediments from south west of Kerkennah archipelago, Tunisia". Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28 34 (2020): 46477-46487. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09938-z.
    10.1007/s11356-020-09938-z
  9. Chouchene, Khawla; da Costa, João Pinto; Wali, Ahmed; Girão, Ana V.; Hentati, Olfa; Duarte, Armando C.; Rocha-Santos, Teresa; Ksibi, Mohamed. "Microplastic pollution in the sediments of Sidi Mansour Harbor in Southeast Tunisia". Marine Pollution Bulletin 146 (2019): 92-99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.004.
  10. Previti, Santo; Ettari, Roberta; Cosconati, Sandro; Amendola, Giorgio; Chouchene, Khawla; Wagner, Annika; Hellmich, Ute A.; et al. "Development of Novel Peptide-Based Michael Acceptors Targeting Rhodesain and Falcipain-2 for the Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 60 16 (2017): 6911-6923. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00405.
    10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00405
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/23 Environmental Microplastic: Degradation Leaching Products: A Potential Threat to Coastline Plants”. "For the Sustainable Development of Civilization: Cooperation, Science, Education, Technology (Africa's Pathway to 17 SDGs: an Integrated Approach)
University of Moscow, Russia (Moscow, Russia)
2021/04/06 Microplastics as an emerging hazard to terrestrial and marine ecosystems: Sources, Occurrence and Analytical Methods. APEEM, E3S Web of Conferences
Actual Problems of Ecology and Environmental Management (Moscow , Russia)
2019 Microplastic (MP) Pollution in Sidi Youssef Harbor of the Kerkennah Islands, Sfax (Tunisia). Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI)
(Sousse , Tunisia)
2017/03 Green procedure and methods of no-conventional activation in synthesis organic.
Society of Green Chemistry (Sfax, Tunisia)

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2018 - Current Health and security of work in Laboratories JSSTL, provides health and safety guidance for managers, health and safety officers and employees in clinical pathology laboratories.
Seminar
Health and security of work in Laboratories JSSTL
Université de Sfax Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Tunisia
2017 - Current Forum of Education of Sfax – Pedagogy at University and Formation focussed on the topic of Pedagogy in University and the training of teachers.
Seminar
Forum of Education of Sfax – Pedagogy at University and Formation
Université de Sfax Faculté des Sciences de Sfax, Tunisia

Committee member

Activity description
Role
Institution / Organization
2022/11/01 - 2022/11/04 help as a member of the organizing committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-22) and successful management of Springer stand alongside the conference.
Member

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2019/07/01 - 2019/09/30 contribution to innovative environmental projects, particularly focusing on separating and identifying microplastics in consumer products. This work was essential to maintaining the purity and safety of the salt that the company of COTUSAL in Tunisia, produced for both domestic and international markets

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/03/01 - Current Extraction, Seperation and Identification of contaminants in Water pollution, Management and Technology Extraction of cotaminants from water pollution (Master Universitario) Université de Sfax Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie de Sfax, Tunisia
2021/08 - Current It is offered to expand quality management borders in construction, transferring its principles to urban systems as economic systems of higher level, which qualitative characteristics are substantially defined by quality of construction product University of Rudn, Russia
2021 - Current Earth Skills is a company that focuses on re-connecting people with nature again, through earth skills and nature education. English Earth Skills University of Rudn, Russia
2022/10/11 - 2022/12/15 Certificate of participation in the Human Development Strategy