Amira Zaïri – Bioactive molecules – Best Researcher Award
Assoc Prof Dr. Amira Zairi distinguished academic and researcher in the field Bioactive molecules.

Educations📚📚📚
Amira Zaïri has an extensive academic background. In 2022, she earned a Certificate of Complementary Studies in Medical Pedagogy, and in 2020, she obtained a Certificate of Complementary Studies in Medical English. In 2019, she was awarded a Certificate of Academic Accreditation to Supervise Research in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology. She completed a Diploma of Microbiology at the Institute of Pasteur in Paris, France, in 2008. Amira earned her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology from the High Institute of Biotechnology (ISBM) of Monastir, Tunisia, in 2007. Prior to that, in 2003, she achieved a Degree of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Immunology and Biotechnology from the Faculty of Pharmacy in Monastir, Tunisia. She holds a Master’s Degree in Biological Sciences with a specialization in Molecular Biology, which she received in 2000 from the Faculty of Sciences in Monastir, Tunisia. Her academic journey began with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biochemistry (DEUG) from the Faculty of Sciences in Monastir, Tunisia, in 1998, following her Post High School Technical Degree in Mathematics from Lycée Jeune Fille in Kairouan, Tunisia, in 1996.
Positions and Honors
Amira Zaïri has been an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Sousse since 2013. She serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Research in Biological Sciences (JRBS) and is a member of the Research Laboratory of Bioresources: Integrative Biology and Valorization (BIOIBVAL), “LR14-ES06,” at the University of Monastir in Tunisia. She is the head of the Students’ Committee at the Faculty of Medicine of Sousse and a member of the committee on Techniques of Information and Communications at the same institution. Additionally, Amira has organized several congresses and workshops. She is also recognized as an expert on Biosafety and Biosecurity by Sandia Laboratories in New Mexico, USA.
Experience
From 2008 to 2013, Amira Zaïri worked as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Science of Gafsa in Tunisia. During this time, she also served as the General Secretary of the African Association of Microbiology and Food Hygiene.
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Evaluation of the antiviral activity of new dermaseptin analogs against Zika virus
Biochemistry and Biophysics ReportsThis link is disabled., 2024, 39, 101747
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Evaluation of the Antibacterial Activity of New Dermaseptin Derivatives against Acinetobacter baumannii
PharmaceuticalsThis link is disabled., 2024, 17(2), 171
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HPLC-DAD Analysis and Investigation of Biological Properties of the Leaves of Globularia alypum (L.), Infusion Extract
PharmaceuticalsThis link is disabled., 2023, 16(12), 1726
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Analysis of Pathogens of Urinary Tract Infections Associated with Indwelling Double-J Stents and Their Susceptibility to Globularia alypum
PharmaceuticsThis link is disabled., 2023, 15(10), 2496
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Phytochemical Analysis and Evaluation of the Antioxidant, Antiproliferative, Antibacterial, and Antibiofilm Effects of Globularia alypum (L.) Leaves
MoleculesThis link is disabled., 2023, 28(10), 4019
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Chemical characterization and nutritional quality investigations of healthy extra virgin olive oil flavored with chili pepper
Environmental Science and Pollution ResearchThis link is disabled., 2022, 29(11), pp. 16392–16403
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Phytochemical profile, cytotoxic, antioxidant, and allelopathic potentials of aqueous leaf extracts of Olea europaea
Food Science and NutritionThis link is disabled., 2020, 8(9), pp. 4805–4813
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Phytochemical analysis and assessment of biological properties of essential oils obtained from thyme and rosmarinus species
Current Pharmaceutical BiotechnologyThis link is disabled., 2020, 21(5), pp. 414–424
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Chemical composition, Fatty acids profile and Biological properties of Thymus capitatus (L.) Hoffmanns, essential Oil
Scientific ReportsThis link is disabled., 2019, 9(1), 20134
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Antioxidant, antimicrobial and the phenolic content of infusion, decoction and methanolic extracts of thyme and rosmarinus species
Current Pharmaceutical BiotechnologyThis link is disabled., 2018, 19(7), pp. 590–599