My CV

1. CURRICULUM VITAE
IDENTITY
Last name : OUESLATI.
First name : Oussama
Nationality : Tunisian.
Address : BP 18 - CP 7100 Le Kef.
 : (97) 344 793
 : oussamaoueslati@yahoo.fr
EDUCATION AND DIPLOMA
Certificate of primary studies, 1980/ 81 Primary school. Av. Bourguiba,
Jendouba/ Tunisia.
General Certificate of Secondary 1987/88 High school of Kef/ Tunisia.
Education (Option: Math-Sciences).
Bachelor of Science (Natural Sciences) 1992/93 Faculty of Sciences of Tunis/
Tunisia.
Master’s degree (Cellular Physiology 1998/99 Faculty of Sciences of Tunis
-Option: Plant Biotechnology) and High Agriculture School
of Kef/ Tunisia.
Doctor of Science 11/12/2010 Faculty of Sciences of Tunis
and High Agricultural School
of Kef/ Tunisia.
MASTER DEGREE
Mise en évidence de l’allélopathie chez la variété d’orge ‘Rihane’ (Hordeum Vulgare L.).
[Screening of barley allelopathy, Rihane var.].
Advisors: Professor Mohamed Habib GHORBAL and Doctor Moncef BEN-HAMMOUDA.
PhD SUBJECT
Etude du pouvoir allélopathique chez l’orge. [Study of the allelopathic potential of barley].
Advisors: Professor Amel Salhi HANNACHI and Doctor Moncef BEN-HAMMOUDA.
POST-DOCTORAL WORK
Agronomy and allelopathy of some crops (barley, durum wheat, bread wheat, canola, sorghum).
[Agronomie et allélopathie de quelques cultures (orge, blé dur, blé tendre, colza, sorgho)].
Hobbies
Scientific and literary readings, playing football, listening to music, walking, internet and
traveling.

2. WORK EXPERIENCE
RESPONSABILITIES
Sales representative 1993 Babay establishment for selling
Books. Tunis/ Tunisia.
Natural Sciences teacher 1994/95 High School of Chebbi,Tejroiun
Kef/ Tunisia.
Natural Sciences teacher 1998/99 High School of Ibn Khaldoun
Kef/ Tunisia.
Attached as a researcher to 2000/01 High Agriculture School of Kef/
Agriculture and Water Resources Tunisia.
Ministry.
Assistant in Biology. 2005/06 Faculty of Sciences of Gabes/
Tunisia.
Assistant Professor in Biology. 2011/12 Faculty of Sciences of Gabes/
Tunisia.
Assistant Professor in Biology. 2016/17 High Agriculture School of Kef/
Tunisia.
PERSONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
Languages: Arabic (mother tongue), French (speaking, writing, understanding), English
(speaking, writing, understanding).
Computer skills: Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and training on internet and
intranet by Arab Soft Society.
TEACHING
High Agriculture School of Kef/Tunisia:
From 2000/01 to 2004/05
- Course & Practical of Plant Biology (Senior Technician).
- Practical of Plant Physiology (Senior Technician, Engineer cycle).
Faculty of Sciences of Gabes/Tunisia:
From 2005/06 to 2014/15
- Course of Plant Biology and Botany.
- Practical of: Plant Biology, Plant Physiology, Biology of Plant Reproduction, Cell Biology and
Regulation of Plant Development.

3. - Tutorial: Plant Systematics.
High Agriculture School of Kef/Tunisia:
From 2015/16 to 2017/18
- Tutorial: Experimental design (Engineer cycle).
- Plant Physiology: Production and Stress (Engineer cycle).
ADVISORING
Master Thesis of Senior Technician at High Agriculture School of Kef/Tunisia:
2001/02
Subject 1. Effect of preceding crop of four barley varieties on growth of ‘Manel’ (barely).
Subject 2. Durum wheat auto- toxicity.
2002/03
Subject. Allelopathic effect of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.), Supergraze II on four durum
wheat varieties.
2004/05
Subject 1. Durum wheat allelopathy.
Subject 2. Barley allelopathy.
Master Thesis of Senior Ingineers at High Agriculture School of Kef/Tunisia:
2015/16
Subject. Varietal behaviour of three cereal species (Durum-wheat, Bread-wheat, Barley) at the
experimental station of ESAK.
2016/17
Subject 1. Valuation of three aromatic plants (rosemary, sage, thymes): insecticidal and
allelopathic effects.
Subject2. Agro-climatic characterization of three production sites (ESAK, Krib/Siliana,
Tinja/Bizerte) conducted in conservation agriculture.
2017/18
Sujet. Allelopathic potential of faba bean (var. Bachar) as cover crop for durum-wheat in
Conservation Agriculture (CA).

4. CO-ADVISORING
Two Masters in collaboration with High Agriculture School of Kef:
2006/07
Subject1. Allélopathie du sorgho fourrager sur le blé dur, le blé tendre et l’Orge: Agronomie
de production, agro physiologie et allélopathie.
[Sorghum allelopathy on durum, bread wheats and barley].
Presented by Leila ABIDI, the 27/06/2007, with magna cum laude.
2007/08
Subject2. Stress Hydrique et Allélopathie chez le Sorgho Fourrager ‘Super Graze II’ sur la
variété d’orge ‘Manel’.
[Allelopathy and Water Drought in Sorghum].
Presented by Mr Mounir BECHARGUI, the 05/07/2008, with cum laude.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Research action under the Direct-Sowing project (conservation Agriculture)
From 2001/02 to 2003/04
Régions of El Kef and Siliana located north/west of Tunisia in the semi-arid zone. Thematic:
Allelopathy/phytotoxicity of crop residues and cover crops. Objectives: i) testing different crop
sequences to identify those with lowest risk of phytotoxicity and ii) identify cover crops with the
less phytotoxicity.
2007/08 and 2008/09
Second phase of the Direct-Sowing project.
Research action in case of conservation agriculture project AC/P (PAPS-Valorization)
2016/17 and 2017/18
Field: Agro-climatic characterization of seven production sites (ESAK, Krib/Siliana,
Tinja/Bizerte) conducted in conservation agriculture.

5. Research action in ADAC (Conservation Agriculture) project
2016/17
Field: Characterization of the relation allélopathy*mycorhization (Conversation Agriculture VS
Conventional).
Field: Agro-climatic characterization of seven production sites conducted in conservation
agriculture VS conventional.
Field: Allelopathic potentiel of fenugreek.
Field: Allelopathic potentiel of orobanche.
Development and diffusion of research results
Participation in the 7th National days on agronomic research results. Nabeul, Tunisia, from 23 to
24 November 2000.
Participation in the 9th National days on agronomic research results. Nabeul, Tunisia, from 12 to
13 December 2002.
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
Participation in the Summer school organized by Ministry of education. University campus of
Nabeul/ Tunisia from 07 to 12 August 1995.
Proofreading of competitive examination to get to engineer school cycle; session 2004 (Writing
and oral).
Proofreading of competitive examination to get to engineer school cycle; session 2005.
A long experience in secondary and higher education.
BOOKS
Oueslati, O. and Ben-Hammouda, M. 2014. Etude du Pouvoir Allélopathique de l’Orge. Presse
Académique Francophone (ISBN: 978-3-8381-4157-2).
Oueslati, O., Gley, E. and Ben-Hammouda, M. 2018. Allélopathi du Sorgho: Potentiel Pour
Contrôler Deux Mauvaises Herbes. Edition Universitaire Européenne (ISBN 978-3-8416-
6069-5).
Manual of tutorials in Crop Production Physiology of 1st
year Engineer Cycle.
Manual of Laboratory Work in Stress Physiology of 1st
year Engineer Cycle.

6. INTERNATIONAL COURSES
1/ R without fear: applied R for biologist from 21 to 25 September 2015 at Els Hostalets de
Pierola. Barcelona. Spain.
2/ Regional statistics course from 05 to 10 February 2017 at Hammamet. Tunisia.
TRAINING
1/ Successfully write a scientific article, 08 April 2017 in Sousse. Tunisia.
2/ Biostatistics, use of SPSS software from 28 to 29 April 2017 in Sousse. Tunisia.
3/ Use of High Performance Liquid Chromatography from 14 to 15 July 2017 à l'ESA-Kef.
Tunisia.
4/ Setting up of a project H2020 from 26 to 27 September 2017 in Tabarka. Tunisia.
5/ Workshop of training entitled "Preparation and conception of a course in agronomic high
education" from 31 October to 3 November 2017 at Sidi Thabet. Tunisia.
6/ Workshop entitled "Design and management of an online course" from 18 to 20 December
2017 at IRESA. Tunisia.
7/ Workshop on participatory learning and entrepreneurship methods in Biological and
Biological Sciences, organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the
Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education, from 07 to 08 April 218 at Monastir. Tunisia.
8/ Training “Springer Link“, organized by CNUDST and the editor Springer, 23 April 2018 at
Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et de Gestion of Jendouba. Tunisia.
CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC INFLUENCE
1/ Active member of the Red Croissant of Kef/Tunisia, since 2017.
2/ Member of Tunisian Association of Biotechnology & Valorisation of Bio-Resources (AT-
BVBR), since 2018.
COMMUNICATIONS
1/ Oral presentation (Co-author) at the 2nd
International Allelopathy Congress, held at Thunder
Bay, Ontario, Canada from 08 to 13 August 1999. Entitled: Autotoxicity of barley.
2/ Oral Presentation at 12ième
Journées de l’A. T. S. B, held at Hammamet, Tunisia, from 19 to 21
March 2001. Entitled: Effet allélopathiques des extraits d’orge sur la germination et la croissance
des jeunes plantes de blé tendre et de blé dur.
3/ Poster at 1ière
Journées de l’A. T. B, held at Sousse, Tunisia, from 09 to 11 February 2001.
Entitled: ‘Bioassays’ de germination pour tester le potentiel allélopathique de l’orge.

7. 4/ Poster at 14ième
Journées de l’A. T. S. B, held at Hammamet, Tunisia, from 20 to 24 march
2003. Entitled: Effet du précédant cultural d’une variété d’orge ‘Manel’.
5/ Oral presentation at 14ième
Journées de l’A. T. S. B, held at Hammamet, Tunisia, from 20 to
24 march 2003. Entitled: Potentiel allélopathiques de deux variétés de blé dur (Triticum
aestivum L.).
6/ Oral Presentation (Co-author) at the 2nd
World Congress on Conservation Agriculture from
11 to 15 August 2003 held at Iguassu falls. Parana. Brazil. Entitled: Persistence of the
allelopathic potential of durum wheat residues.
7/ Oral presentation at Deuxième Rencontre Méditerranéennes sur le Semis Direct, held at
Tabarka, Tunisia, from 19 to 22 January 2004. Entitled: Potentiel allélopathique des résidus du
blé dur: une contrainte a la pratique du semis direct ? (Allelopathic potential of durum wheat
residues: is it a constraint to direct sowing practice?)
8/ Oral presentation (Co-author) at the 3rd World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, held
at Nairobi, Kenya, from 3 to 7 October 2005. Entitled: Auto-toxicity of barley residues in direct
sowing.
9/ Poster at the 1st
Séminaire Méditerranéen sur les Céréales Irriguées, held at Kef, Tunisia, from
23 to 26 May 2006. Entitled: Two irrigated cereals per year, conducted under direct sowing/
Bioassays to choose two cereals succession.
10/ Poster at the Troisièmes Rencontres Méditerranéennes sur le Semis Direct, held at Saragossa,
Spain, from 23 to 25 March 2006. Entitled: A stimulatory potential of rapeseed residues to barley
seedling growth.
11/ Poster at the 4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture, held at New Delhi, India,
from 4 to 7 February 2009. Entitled: Understanding barley autotoxicity to better apply direct
drilling in monoculture.
12/ Poster at the 6th World Congress on Allelopathy, held at Guangzhou, China, from 15 to 19
December 2011. Entitled: Differential auto-toxicity of soils cultivated with four barley varieties.
13/ Oral communication at 2nd
Africa-International Allelopathy Congress, from 16 to 19
November 2016 at Sousse. Tunisia. Entitled: Allelopathi effect of a sorghum hybrid on four
barley varieties.

8. 14/ Oral communication (Co-author) at 2nd
Africa-International Allelopathy Congress, from 16
to 19 November 2016 at Sousse. Tunisia. Entitled: Role of phenolics in the auto-toxicity
potential of durum-wheat.
15/ Oral communication at VIth Congress of Biotechnology and Valorisation of Bio-ressources,
from 20 to 23 Mars 2018 at Tabarka. Tunisia. Entitled Allelopathy of sorghum for management
of brome and thistle.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Ben-Hammouda, M., Oueslati, O. 1999. A Germination Bioassay to Test the Allelopathic
Potential of Barley. Rachis. 18: 51-54.
2. Ben-Hammouda, M., Ghorbal, H., Kremer, R. J., Oueslati, O. 2001. Allelopathic effects
of barley extracts on germination and seedlings growth of bread and durum wheats.
Agronomie. 21: 65-71.
3. Ben-Hammouda, M., Ghorbal, H., Kremer, R. J., Oueslati, O. 2002. Autotoxicity of
barley. J. Plant Nutrition. 25: 1155-1161.
4. Oueslati, O., 2003. Allelopathy in two durum wheat (Triticum durum L.) varieties.
Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 96, 161-163.
5. Oueslati, O., Ben-Hammouda, M., Ghorbal, H., Gazzeh, M., KREMER, R. J. 2005. Barley
autotoxicity as influenced by varietal and seasonal variation. Journal of Agronomy and
Crop Science. 191: 249-254.
6. Oueslati, O., Ben-Hammouda, M. 2006. Stimulatory potential of rapeseed residues for
barley seedling growth. New Medit. 69: 137-141.
7. Oueslati, O., Ben-Hammouda, M., Ghorbal, H., Gazzeh, M., KREMER, R. J. 2009. Role of
phenolic acids in expression of barley autotoxicity. Allelopathy Journal. 23: 157-166.
8. Oueslati, O., Ben-Hammouda, 2016. Differential autotoxicity of five cropped barley
varieties. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection. 11: 179-189.
9. Oueslati, O., Ben-Hammouda. 2017. A laboratory approach to investigate auto-toxicity of
soils cultivated with barley. Journal of Allelochemical Interactions. 3: 9-14.
10. Oueslati, O., Ben-Hammouda. 2018. Differential allelopathic potentiel of three cereal
species. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection. 12: 109-120.