Professor Jalal FERAHTIA held the position of Director of the Earth Physics Laboratory from 2018 to 2021. He graduated as a State Engineer in Geophysics from the Institut National des Hydrocarbures et de la Chimie (INHC) in 1996, and continued his post-graduate studies to obtain a Magistère in 2001, followed by a PhD in 2009. He subsequently obtained his Habilitation in 2011. Author of several international publications, he has also participated in a dozen international conferences in the fields of geophysics and applied mathematics. His research topics are non-linear filtering techniques and artificial intelligence. Professor FERAHTIA currently teaches the structural seismic interpretation, petroleum reservoir characterization and inversion modules.