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Najat Mokhtar, PhD / Post Doctorate (she/her/hers)

Deputy Director General; Head, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna, Wien, Austria

Dr Najat Mokhtar was appointed Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of
Nuclear Sciences and Applications at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 1
January 2019. Prior to her appointment, she was Director of the Division for Asia and the
Pacific in the Department of Technical Cooperation at the IAEA.
From 2012 to 2014, Ms Mokhtar was the Section Head of the Nutrition and Health related
Environmental Studies, Human Health Division. From 2010 to 2012, she was the Director of
Science and Technology at the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology in Morocco,
where she coordinated the national strategy on Education and Research. She worked as
University Professor and Research Director at the University Ibn Tofail in Morocco for more
than 20 years. Ms Mokhtar was a Technical Officer at the IAEA from 2001 to2007.
Ms Mokhtar holds a PhD in Nutrition and Endocrinology from Laval University in Canada and
has a doctorate in food sciences from the University of Dijon in France. She has done her
postdoctoral training as a Fulbright fellow at Johns Hopkins University in the United States of
America.
Throughout her professional career, she has contributed to the publication of several books
and peer reviewed publications and she worked as a consultant for various organizations and
national and international institutions (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, WFP, USAID,
WHO, UNICEF, FAO). She was mandated by the Moroccan government as national
coordinator to develop "National Nutrition Strategy in Morocco 2011-2019", including
training, education and research. In March 2011, she was elected President of the Moroccan
Society of Nutrition.
Ms Mokhtar is currently serving as the UN-Nutrition Chair until 2025.

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