New Trustee Joins the Board

The CREF Board of Trustees has welcomed Noura Bakr to join the board.  Noura is appointed as Associate Professor in Soil and Water Use Department, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt. She holds B.S. and M.S. in Soil and Water Sciences. She obtained her Ph.D. in Plant, Environmental Management, and Soil Sciences from Louisiana State University. Her Ph.D. focused on using geoinformatics technology and compost applications for sustainable natural resource management.  The Board of Trustees are happy to have Noura bring to the board her wealth of scientific knowledge on compost as well as her international experience, being the only current trustee living out of the United States.