Afwa Thameur (Arabic: عفوا ثامر; born c. 1982) is a Tunisian plant biologist and agronomist who specialises in drought tolerance in cereal crops.
Thameur studied for a PhD in Biology at Tunis El Manar University, graduating in 2012, aged thirty.
[3] Her research project was entitled 'Enhancement of Bioactive Compound Production in Chinaberry, Melia azadirach, and Monk's Pepper, Vitex agnus castus'.
[4] From 2016 to 2019, she worked with Walid Sadok of the University of Minnesota on a partnership programme funded by the International Centre for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA) and CRDF Global to enhance and stabilise wheat production in Tunisia.
[6] As of 2020, she was a research scientist at the Ministry of Agriculture (IRESA) and Assistant Professor at the University of Gabes.