Ezzeddine Mahmoudi is a Professor in Ecology and Biology at University of Carthage (Sciences Faculty of Bizerte, Tunisia). He is doing research in Meiofauna Taxonomy and Ecology, Ecology and Ecotoxicology. He is a founding member of the Tunisian – French International Joint Laboratory (LMI COSYS-MED: Contaminants and Ecosystems of South Mediterranean Sea). His research program investigates topics at the impacts of contaminants on biodiversity, reproduction, biochemistry of benthic animals (Meiofauna and/or molluscs).