Background
Khalid was born in El Jadida, Morocco.
Khalid was born in El Jadida, Morocco.
Doctor of Philosophy, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1999.
Khalid Moumanis obtained MSc degree in 1995 from Saint Petersburg State University (Russia) and PhD in physics of semiconductors and dielectrics (1999) from A.F.Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Saint Petersburg (Russia). He worked as a research associate (2001-2003) at Université Paris XI, National Centre for Scientific Research (France). He completed postdoctoral studies (2004-2006) in optical spectroscopy of the functionalized semiconductor surfaces for bio-detection at Université de Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada). Then he moved to industry as a project manager in research and development (2006-2008) in Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada). In 2009, he joined the Faculty of Engineering of the Université de Sherbrooke where he is continuing his research carrier as a research associate and laboratory manager. His main areas of research include detection of bacteria, chemistry of semiconductors surface, biophysics, infrared spectroscopy and technology of lasers. Since 2010, he is a member of the Mediterranean Institute of Fundamental Physics (Rome, Italy).
Khalid married to Heling Bai. They have two daughters: Nora Moumanis and Ibtissame Moumanis.