Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun | |
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| سفيان كمون | |
Kamoun in 2018 | |
| Born | 8 December 1965 |
| Alma mater | Pierre and Marie Curie University (BSc) University of California, Davis (PhD) |
| Awards | Daiwa Adrian Prize (2010) EMBO Member (2015) Linnean Medal (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Plant pathology |
| Institutions | Sainsbury Laboratory University of East Anglia John Innes Centre Wageningen University and Research Ohio State University |
| Thesis | Genetic analysis of pathogenicity of Xanthomonas campestris (1991) |
| Website | kamounlab |
Sophien Kamoun (Arabic: سفيان كمون; born 8 December 1965) is a Tunisian biologist. He is a senior scientist at The Sainsbury Laboratory and professor of biology at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Kamoun is known for contributions to our understanding of plant diseases and plant immunity.