Imen Jeridi Bachellerie (MSc) coordinates the Science & Technology program at the Gulf Research Center. She holds a degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering from Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieurs of Tunis (Tunisia), a Master of Science in Mechanics from Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan (France) and a Master of Science in Epistemology and History of Science and Scientific Institutions from Universite Denis Diderot-Paris VII (France). From 2005 till 2008, she was a project manager in the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF), where she took part in the design and coordination of many science development initiatives. For instance, she coordinated the first Pan-Arab Industry University Linkage Competition Made in the Arab World and was in charge of ASTF affiliate Networks. Prior to that, from 2002 till 2004, she was a consultant researcher and contributed to reports for UNDP and UNOPS on the Arab world. From 1996 till 2000, she was a project manager at Association Nationale les Petits Debrouillards (ANPD) and MILSET, French NGOs for Science Education where she developed training programs for science instructors in France and Lebanon. She coordinated the planning and implementation of the Lebanese ANPD sister organization.