As of September 2022, Dounia Chlyeh is a PhD candidate under the supervision of both Prof. Dr. Alexander Himme and Prof. Dr. Hanno Friedrich at Kühne Logistics University. Her main research area focuses on designing an internal performance measurement system to support environmental sustainability strategies in the food supply chain sector as well as linking non-financial metrics related to environmental sustainability to financial metrics of these companies.

Dounia holds a Bachelor of Science in energy systems engineering from Gazi University in Ankara, a Master of Arts in management from Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul and a second master's degree in REAP (Resource Efficiency in Architecture & Planning) from HafenCity University in Hamburg.  

During her bachelor's degree, Dounia gained field experience in Solar energy when she worked at different companies. As a research assistant, while doing her first master's degree, she published her first article in a top-tier journal. Before joining KLU, Dounia worked as a PV consultant and project manager at PVI GmbH alongside her second master's degree.