Houda Babah – Minister of Education and Educational Reform
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Houda Babah Sid M’hamed Minister of Education and the Reform of the Education System.
Born: 21 October 1982 in Nouakchott
Nationality: Mauritanian
Married, 3 children
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Currently:
On 6 August, she was appointed Minister in charge of Education and the Reform of the Education System.
* Advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of National Education, Education
Higher Education and Scientific Research
* Lecturer and researcher at the University of Nouakchott, Faculty of Sciences and
Techniques (Department of Physics)
* Representative of North Africa in the Women in GMES & Africa Program
2020 – 2022
* Director of the University Center for Cartography and Remote Sensing, University of
Nouakchott Al Aasriya (UNA)
2015 – 2022
* Member of the Executive Board of the High Council for Youth
2012 – 2015 :
* Project manager and head of Geomatics at Green Project.
2010 – 2012 :
Consultant Project Manager at “Maadin Natural Resources” and “Lusitania Mauritania” (Elaboration of Geological, Geophysical, Topographical and Topographical Maps
satellite)
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
* 24-30-2021 Laureate of the RAISA program for women’s leadership in Africa
* 16-11-2009: L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
* 30-07-2005 : Prize of the Minister of National Education for the best average
of the FST of the University of Nouakchott.
FORMATION
* 2006-2010: PhD in Physics from the University of Rennes1, with the distinction of
(section: Milieus, danses et Matériaux).
* 2005-2006: Master II, University of Rennes 1, Physics and Interfaces (Fairly good)
* 2004-2005: Master’s degree in Physics, University of Nouakchott (Very good).
* 2003-2004: Bachelor’s degree in Physics, University of Nouakchott (Fairly good)
* 2001: Obtaining the Baccalaureate diploma, Mathematics series.
MASTERED SOFTWARE
– Geographic Information System
ArcGis 9, 10 – ArcView
Database, Calculation, Writing and Presentation, Image Processing
– TeX, ORIGIN, Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Image, AdobIllustrator
LANGUAGES
Arabic: Mother tongue
French: Read, written and spoken
English: Scientific English
CONGRESSES WORKS AND PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS
* Louge M., Mint Babah H., Valance A., Moreau-Trouvé J., Ould Ahmedou D, Ould
El- Moctar A., Dupont P. Seepage-induced penetration of water vapour and dust
beneath ripples and dunes. Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol. 115, F02002, 14pp.,
2010.
* Mint Babah H., Valance A., Ould Ahmedou D. “Experimental study on the
determination of the neutral angle of a granular pile”
•Oral communication: Tunis Geospatial Conference, Tunis, May 2015. Subject: Tea
contribution of the remote sensing under investigation of natural surfaces in
Mauritania
* Oral communication: Khartoum, Sudan, June 2015. Topic: Use of News
technologies for the assessment of natural disasters and their impact in Mauritania.
* Oral communication: Regional Meeting for the Development of Networks
Smart Grid, Cape Verde, March 2013.
•Oral communication: Meetings of the Research Group (GdR) « Transport
Solide Naturel”, Roscoff, November 2009. Subject: Stratigraphic study of the fraction
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and water content of the Aeolian dunes.
http://transnat.univ-
rennes1.fr/themes/Programme/Roscoff2009/
•POSTER: International Conference “European Geosciences Union” (Vienna,
Austria) April 2008. Subject: Dielectric stratigraphy of density and humidity at a
Barchan Sand Dune.
http://meetings.copernicus.org/www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU2008/08455/EGU2008
-A- 08455.pdf
Oral communication: Meetings of the Research Group (GdR) “Milieux
Divised”, (Carry-Le-Rouet, France), April 2007. Subject: Granular flow on a
stacking.
•POSTER: Day of doctoral students from the doctoral schools of Rennes. Subject: The
dielectric properties of granular media” Rennes, France 2008.