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Timothy A. Bouley
Managing Director for Biological Solutions, Food, and Agriculture, Sustainability Accelerator
BioTimothy A. Bouley, MD, MSc, MA is Managing Director for Biological Solutions, Food, and Agriculture at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. He is responsible for leading the strategy and implementation of life science-related ‘Flagship Destinations,’ accelerating Stanford research into scalable technology and policy solutions.
Dr. Bouley has spent more than 20 years working across biotechnology, agriculture, and finance. In 2020, he founded and served as CEO of BioFeyn, a life science company based at Harvard, translating biomedical innovation in nanoparticle and stability science to improve the financial, health, and environmental sustainability farmed Norwegian salmon. In recent years he has worked to develop and launch bioengineering innovations across sector: industrial biomanufacturing, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, food, conservation, others.
From 2011 – 2018, Timothy was at the World Bank where he established several of the first ever programs in Planetary Health: serving as the originating author for the international framework on One Health, launching the new field of Climate-Smart Healthcare, and leading teams of academics, policy makers, and economists to establish foundational programming for global investment. Geographically, this work focused on Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, deploying technology-focused innovation and finance in environment, infectious disease, and agriculture.
He is an advisor to investment funds, international organizations, governments, industry, and start-ups. He has held fellowships with the US National Academy of Sciences, Rockefeller Foundation, University of Exeter, and University of Edinburgh. He holds degrees in biology, bioethics, geography, and medicine. -
Touria Boumehdi
Advanced Lecturer, Language Ctr
BioDr. Touria Boumehdi Tomasi serves on the faculty of the Language Center at Stanford University. She teaches all levels of undergraduate and graduate courses in Modern Standard Arabic and Spanish, including accelerated and intensive offerings. Also, in Spring 2016, she will teach a new course in the Department of Languages Cultures and Literatures (DLCL), “Aljamía language and literature through the study and analyze of aljamiado manuscripts.”
With over 31 years of professional and academic experiences, Dr. Boumehdi has worked as Co-Director of the Spanish Department at the University of Rabat and Professor of Spanish and Arabic in Spain and France at the University of Toulouse le Mirail, the Toulouse School of Business, IAAE Oviedo and ECLAP Valladolid. She completed her Doctorate with a joint Ph.D. and highest honors in Spanish and Arabic at the University of Toulouse, a Master’s degree in Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Mohammed V in Rabat, and an In-Depth Studies Diploma (DEA) including five post-undergraduate years of study in Oriental Languages, Literature, and Civilizations from the University of Paris III in New Sorbonne. Dr. Boumehdi also holds an MBA in International Marketing and Commerce from E S C Toulouse School of Business and hold 6 years experiences as a Export Manager in 3 French technology firms.
Included among her recent book and other publications are several articles and her doctoral dissertation published in Spain in 2012 on the topic of Aljamiado (15th and 16th century Spanish manuscripts written in Arabic) language and literature.
Dr. Boumehdi has been teaching at Stanford since July 2012 where she is a certified ACTFL OPI and WPT Tester of Arabic.
