CURRICULUM VITAE

Mohamed Amine Abdennour

Nantes, France
E-mail : abdennourmohamedamine@gmail.com
Phone: 0604195917

Doctor in Agronomy
Mohamed Amine Abdennour is a Young researcher. His research interest include irrigation,
groundwater quality, soil salinity, remote sensing, spatial analysis and kriging as well as the
application of machine learning in water and soil related systems.

Part A.1. PERSONAL INFORMATION

First name Mohamed Amine

Family name Abdennour
Gender (*) Male Date of Birth 19/10/1987
e-mail abdennourmohamedamine@gmail.com
Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) (*) 0000-0003-0308-5786

A.2. Education

PhD, Graduate Degree University/Country Year

PhD in Agronomy University of Biskra /Algeria 2021
Master in Water and Environment University of Chlef / Algeria 2016
Engineer in Agricultural
University of Chlef / Algeria 2015
Hydraulics
Degree in Commercial Science University of Chlef / Algeria 2009

Part B. CV SUMMARY
Mohamed Amine Abdennour has a PhD in Agronomy obtained in the University of Biskra
(Algeria) focuses on Hydro-Pedology. After an Engineering degree in Agricultural Hydraulics
at the Institute of Agronomy of Chlef, and a Master degree in Water and Environmental
science. My PhD in Agronomy is about soil salinity by applying geostatistics and Remote
Sensing entitled "Spatio-temporal variability of soil salinization in the irrigated perimeter of
Ziban (Biskra) - Contribution of geostatistics and remote sensing". I discussed publicly my
PhD thesis on 18 May 2021, with an honorable mention with unanimous congratulations of
the commission (Sobresaliente Cum Laude in Spanish).
I am now working on Environmental Sciences (Agronomy, Water, and Ecology) by using
Geographical Information Systems (GIS). This allows me to develop critical analysis and
synthesis skills. My wealth of knowledge encompasses a programming language (Python and
Google Earth Engine), artificial intelligence applied to environmental problems, predicting
and evaluating models.
I have published 12 peer-reviewed articles in Environmental Sciences as well as in Remote
Sensing, Geostatistics and GIS. I have reviewed articles for outstanding journals in
Cartography, Soil Science and Water Resources. I have also presented more than 8
contributions in relevant national and international thematic conferences in form of poster and
short communications. I have done internships and also a one-year scholarship in Spain.
During my training, I dealt with the classification of multi-source and multi-resolution
satellite images using both pixel and object-oriented approaches, validated by surveys and
field measurements. I also had to deal with big and complex data via GIS in very different
institutional and geographical contexts.

Part C. Scientific production

C.1. Publications

1. Abdennour, M.A., Douaoui, A., Barrena, J., Pulido, M., Bradaï, A., Bennacer, A.,
Piccini, C., Alfonso-Torreño, A., 2021. Geochemical characterization of the salinity of
irrigated soils in arid regions (Biskra, SE Algeria). Acta Geochimica 40: 234-250.
2. Abdennour, M.A., Douaoui, A., Piccini, C., Pulido, M., Bennacer, A., Bradaï, A.,
Barrena, J., Yahiaoui, I., 2020. Predictive mapping of soil electrical conductivity as a
Proxy of soil salinity in south-east of Algeria. Environmental and Sustainability
Indicators 8: 100087.
3. Abdennour, M.A., Douaoui, A., Bradai, A., Bennacer, A., Pulido Fernández, M.,
2019. Application of kriging techniques for assessing the salinity of irrigated soils: the
case of El Ghrous perimeter, Biskra, Algeria. Spanish Journal of Soil Science 9: 105-
124.
4. Abdennour, M.A., Douaoui, A., Bennacer, A., Pulido Fernandez, M., Bradai, A.,
2019. Detection soil salinity as a consequence of land cover changes at El Ghrous
(Algeria) irrigated area using satellite images. Agrobiologia 9: 1458-1470.
5. Abdennour, M.A., Bradaï, A., Douaoui, A., 2018. Contribution de la geostatistique
multiparamétrique pour cartographie l’aptitude des eaux souterraines a l’irrigation
(Cas du moyen Cheliff occidental). Algerian Journal of Arid Environment 8: 104-114.
6. Barrena-González, J., Lozano-Parra, J., Alfonso-Torreño, A., Lozano-Fondón, C.,
Abdennour, M.A., Cerdà, A., Pulido-Fernández, M., 2020. Soil erosion in
Mediterranean chestnut tree plantations at risk due to climate change and land
abandonment. Central European Forestry Journal 66: 85-96.
7. Abdennour, M.A., Douaoui, A., Barrena-González, J., Bradaï, A., Pulido-Fernández,
M., Bennacer, A., Aidat, T., 2020. Application of two different spatial interpolation
approaches to mapping the spatial variability of groundwater salinity and their effects
on the quality of irrigated soils in Biskra, SE Algeria. PONTE International Journal of
Science and Research 76: 29-50.
8. Amel, B., Cherif, H.S., Eswayah, A.A., Abdennour, M.A., Oliveira, I.V., 2021.
Evaluation of the anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and healing effects of walnut
leaves Juglans regia L. aqueous extract. Arabian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic
Plants 7: 123-140.
9. Pulido, M., Alfonso-Torreño, A., Barrena-González, J., Robina-Ramírez, R.,
Abdennour, M.A., 2020. Identifying problems in watering ponds with different
purposes. Environments 7: 63.
10. Yahiaoui, I., Bradaï, A., Douaoui, A., Abdennour, M.A., 2021. Performance of
random forest and buffer analysis of Sentinel-2 data for modelling soil salinity in the
Lower-Cheliff plain (Algeria). International Journal of Remote Sensing 42: 148-171.

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 11. Benslama,A., Khanchoul,K., Benbrahim,F., Boubehziz,S., Chikhi,F.,
Abdennour,M.A., Tourki, M., Navarro-Pedreño,J., 2021. Spatial Dynamics of Soil
Salinity in an Arid Palmetree Cultivation System in Algeria. Ecology, Environment
and Conservation 27(4):1524-1534
12. Bradaï, A., Yahiaoui, I., Douaoui, A., Abdennour, M.A, Gulakhmadov, A., Chen, X.,
2022. Combination of Multivariate statistical method and geostatistical modeling for
assessing Sustenance of irrigation groundwater: Case study in the North African plain
of the Western Middle-Cheliff (Algeria). Water.

C.2. Congresses
1. Application of multiparametric geostatistics for mapping the suitability of
groundwater in the western Moyen-Chéliff plain for irrigation. Conference: 4th
National Seminar on: Water and Environment At: Chlef. Date: 16/09/2021. Type of
presentation: Poster
2. Soil erosion in an endangered chestnut tree farm of rural areas (Navezuelas, Cáceres,
Spain). Conference: TerraenVision 2019. Date: 05/12/2016. Type of presentation:
Oral communication
3. Evaluation of salinity by the application of ordinary Kriging (case of the Ziban).
Conference: international agriculture seminar. Date: 01/10/2018. Type of
presentation: Oral communication
4. Mapping the salinity of groundwater used for irrigation in the El Ghrous area.
Conference: 1st Maghreb seminar on water and environment in arid zones. Date:
05/04/2018. Type of presentation: Oral communication
5. Geochemical characterization of the limestone water table in the Tolga region (Biskra,
Algeria)". Conference: AGROSEM II International Conference 2018. Date:
23/12/2019. Type of presentation: Poster
6. Analysis of the normalized vegetation index (NDVI) for land cover monitoring using
Landsat images in the area of Elghrous in Biskra. Conference: 1st International
Seminar on Food Security and Sustainable Development in Semi-Arid Regions
Conference 2019. Date: 19/12/2019. Type of presentation: Poster
7. Managing groundwater irrigation salinity using non parametric kriging method. 5th
International Seminar on Water and the Environment Conference 2018. Date:
20/11/2018. Type of presentation: Oral communication
C.3. Research projects

 D04N01UNO20120180003 -Study of the effectiveness, technical and economic

efficiency of the irrigation systems at the perimeter of the lower Chéliff. Algerian
Ministry of High Education: 01/01/2018 – 01/01/2022

 IB20036 - Los recursos hídricos en fincas de ganadería extensiva: Estado actual,

riesgos emergentes y propuestas de gestión (GANAWA). Junta de Extremadura.
Duration: 17/06/2021 – 16/06/2024. Amount: 128,069.70 EUR. IP: Manuel Pulido
Fernández

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D. Mobility and internationalization

 A scholarship for 1 academic year at the University of Extremadura, Spain in order to

finalize the doctoral thesis, funded by the Algerian Ministry of High Education.
 International Scientific Stage of 15 days in the GeoEnvironmental Research Group,
Cáceres, Spain.

E. Computer software

 E.1. Irrigation water management: CROPWAT, CLIMWAT, Water Software Quality

Hydrochemistry (Diagramme)
 E.2. Geographic information system (GIS): ARCGIS, QGIS, Python
 E.3. Remote sensing: ENVI, Google Earth Engine
 E.4. Statistics: SPSS and Python
 E.5. Office software: Office package