Dr. Sonda Laroussi Mezghani is an Industrial Biological Engineer and holds a PhD in Biological Engineering, Chemical Analysis and Chemometrics from the University of Sfax (Tunisia) and Aix-Marseille University (France).<\/p>\n
She is an international expert in the sensory analysis of virgin olive oils and table olives, with nearly twenty years of experience in sensory evaluation, panel management, research and professional training. Throughout her career, she has promoted excellence in sensory analysis and supported the implementation of international quality standards within the olive sector.<\/p>\n
Her professional path has been closely linked to the International Olive Council (IOC). She completed the IOC Advanced Training Course in the Sensory Evaluation of Virgin Olive Oil in 2006, obtained the official qualification as an olive oil taster in Italy in 2011, and completed the III International Course for Panel Leaders on the Sensory Analysis of Table Olives at the IOC headquarters in Madrid in 2015.<\/p>\n
Since 2014, Dr. Laroussi has led the first private IOC-recognized sensory panel in Tunisia. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Olea Conseils, an independent centre specialising in sensory analysis, laboratory development, consultancy and professional training for the olive oil sector, supporting laboratories and institutions in implementing IOC methods and ISO\/IEC 17025 requirements.<\/p>\n
She currently serves as an Instructor at O.N.A.O.O. (Organizzazione Nazionale Assaggiatori Olio di Oliva), where she teaches courses on the sensory analysis of table olives as part of the organisation’s international training programme.<\/p>\n
An internationally recognised olive oil judge, she has served on the jury of numerous prestigious competitions, including the IOC Mario Solinas Quality Award, and is the author and co-author of several scientific publications on olive oil quality, sensory science and chemometrics.<\/p>\n
In addition to her scientific and educational activities, she is Co-founder and General Director of FUDS (Farmers Union for Development and Sustainability), an organisation dedicated to promoting premium Tunisian extra virgin olive oils on international markets through quality, traceability and sustainability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12971,"template":"","format":"standard","nazione":[162],"class_list":["post-12988","docenti","type-docenti","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","nazione-tunisie"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onaoo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docenti\/12988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onaoo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docenti"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onaoo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docenti"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onaoo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docenti\/12988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12989,"href":"https:\/\/onaoo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docenti\/12988\/revisions\/12989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onaoo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onaoo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"nazione","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onaoo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nazione?post=12988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}