Pr. BENHIDA is the program lead of CBS department. He co-directed the Nice Institute of Chemistry from 2008 to 2016 and currently heads the Chemistry of Bioactive Molecules team. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Paris XI, Orsay, after research work carried out at the Institute of Chemistry of Natural Substances in Gif sur Yvette, the ICSN. R. BENHIDA is a full member of the National Academy of Pharmacy, Co-founder and President of the Moroccan Society of Chemistry (SMCT). He is strongly involved in the promotion of research-entrepreneurship as well as in the transmission of knowledge-teaching at the international level. This work takes place mainly in the chemical and biochemical sciences, at the interfaces of several disciplines, relying on international collaborations