Poziv na predavanje: Possibilities of collaborations and introduction of the Young Leadership Program – Balkans edition’.

We cordially invite you to the presentation that will take place on Wednesday, 18th September 2024, at 11:00 am, lecture room 4, at the University of Sarajevo – Faculty of Forestry by Prof. Dr. Magda Bou-Dagher Kharrat (European Forest Institute, Mediterranean Facility,  Barcelona, Spain; Laboratoire Biodiversité et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Faculté des Sciences, Université Saint-Joseph, Campus Sciences et Technologies, Beirut, Lebanon) on the topic ‘European Forest Institute: Possibilities of collaborations and introduction of the Young Leadership Program – Balkans edition’.

Prof. Dr. Magda Bou-Dagher Kharrat is a principal scientist at the Mediterranean Facility of the European Forest Institute. Before joining EFI in 2022, Magda started her career at Saint Joseph University of Beirut. As full professor, she chaired the Life and Earth Science Department and was the director of the Laboratory of Biodiversity and Functional Genomics. She also co-founded and managed an NGO versed in forest ecosystem restoration. Magda holds a PhD degree in Plant genetics from La Sorbonne University-Paris. She is a National Geographic explorer since 2019. Her main research interests are in the fields of conservation and valorisation of Mediterranean Natural and cultural heritages and Mediterranean forests resilience. Key topics: Forest genetics; Biodiversity conservation; Ecosystem restoration; Mediterranean genetic resources; Species distribution – Endemism. 

Visit of Prof. Dr. Magda Bou-Dagher Kharrat is supported by the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Youth of Canton Sarajevo within the project ‘Diversity of hybridization zones – forest habitats of unique scientific and conservation significance (HybDiv)’ coordinated by Prof. Dr. Alma Hajrudinović-Bogunić.