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Prof. Joseph Bechara

Branch 2

Born in Dekwaneh, 1954

Scientific Qualifications

PhD in Comparative Literature from the Sorbonne University, Paris in 1980;
BA and Merit in French Language & Literature from the Faculty of Pedagogy at the Lebanese University.

Professional Career

Lecturer at the Lebanese University in 1995 between the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Public Health;
Director of the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 2) between 2015-2018;
Director of the Optical & Laser Analysis Laboratory at the Lebanese University between 1995-2006;
Member of the Curriculum Development Committee at the Faculty of Science between 1997-2013;
Head of the Physics Department at the Faculty of Science (Branch 2) in 2004, 2005, 2011 and 2013;
Coordinator of the University Committee for the Evaluation of Scientific Research at the Presidency of the Lebanese University between 2013-2014;
Rapporteur of the University Committee for the Administration of Scientific Research at the Presidency of the Lebanese University between 2012-2016;
Visiting researcher at the Canadian Institute for Research for Atmospheric Chemistry (CIRAC) in Toronto between 1990-1993;
Research Associate at the Institute of Physical Chemistry atmospheric at Wuppertal Universitaet in West Germany between 1986-1990;
Author of dozens of researches published in international peer-reviewed scientific journals on energy, radiology, oil, chemistry and gas.