Biopolymers and Polymer Sciences

Tasnim Kossentini Kallel is an associate professor in the Materials Engineering Department in the National School of Engineers of Sfax (Sfax University; Tunisia). In 1998-1999 she was Senior Safety Engineer at the Association of Health and Security at Work of Sfax "ASSETS" and in 2000-2003 she was a Researcher Member in the Laboratory of Macromolecular Materials INSA Lyon: Institute National des Sciences Appliqués de Lyon (France). In the Laboratory of Advanced Materials, she currently supervises a research team investigating the areas of advanced polymer blends and composite materials. She has been interested in various research areas including, polymer blends and composites designed for recycling, processing control of nano-composites and bio-composites via solvent casting method and reactive extrusion. She has planned, managed and completed projects under collaboration agreements with several foreign laboratories and industrial businesses. She has published a patent and 27 research articles.