Prof ameenah gurib fakim biography

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was the first female president of Mauritius, serving from 2015 to 2018. Prior to the presidency, she was the Managing Director of the Centre International de Développement Pharmaceutique (CIDP) Research and Innovation as well as Professor of Organic Chemistry with an endowed chair at the University of Mauritius.

Since 2001, she has served successively as Dean of the Faculty of Science and Pro Vice Chancellor (2004-2010).

Prof ameenah gurib fakim biography

She has also worked at the Mauritius Research Council as Manager for Research (1995-1997).

Mrs. Gurib-Fakim earned a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Surrey, UK (1983), and a PhD from the University of Exeter (1987), at which time she began working at the University of Mauritius.

Between 1987 and 1992, she served as Project Leader for the first Regional Research Project on the Inventory and Study of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the Indian Ocean funded by the European Development Fund under the aegis of