Pr. Abdelaziz Nilahyane is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University-African Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute in Laayoune, Morocco. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Agronomy from Department of Plant Sciences at University of Wyoming, USA and agricultural engineering degree (M.S in Agronomy) with an emphasis in plant pathology and bio-pesticides from Hassan II Institute of Agronomy and Veterinary Sciences in Morocco. After his Ph.D., he worked as a Forage Research Assistant at University of Wyoming and as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Montana State University and New Mexico State University, USA. His research interests focus on irrigation, soil fertility, abiotic stress, crop physiology and phenotyping, crop modeling and quality of forage crops. In his current role, much of his work has been on advancing the understanding of crop responses (annuals and perennials) to drought and salinity in the desertic-arid regions. In parallel, Dr. Nilahyane works on introducing new alternative crops tolerant to drought and salinity in marginal zones. Dr. Nilahyane has published several peer-reviewed research articles about agronomy and crop science, irrigation, fertilization and crop modeling. He also led and contributed in several funded research projects and he has supervised postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students, and agricultural technicians. He is an active member of several professional organizations including the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Dr. Nilahyane has also a passion for teaching. Currently, he is teaching Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition course and he is involved in the Executive Education Program for graduate students at the UM6P-ESAFE school in Benguerir, Morocco.