Jelel Ezzine is presently a Full Professor of Systems Theory and Control at the University of Tunis El Manar (UTM). He has almost forty years of experience in Higher Education and Research. He taught and carried out research in several countries. He is the founding Chairholder of the UNESCO Chair on Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STIP), and Advisory Board Member of the UNESCO Science Report 2020. He founded and directed UTM’s Master Program on Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy. He is listed in Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who in Science and Engineering.