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Rank
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Degree
PhD -
Specialization
Bacteriology -
Major
Medical & Food Microbiology -
Research Field
Medical and food microbiology – Medical fungi – Antibiotic resistance in bacteria – Diagnosis of microbial diseases – Water and food quality control
Born in Tripoli, 1959
Scientific Qualifications
- PhD in Medical & Food Microbiology from the University of Lille 2 - France in 1989.
- Master in Life & Health Sciences from Lille 1 University of Science and Technology - France in 1986.
- Bachelor in Microbiology from King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia in 1985.
Professional Career
- Lecturer at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 3) of the Lebanese University in 1991.
- Head of the Department of Laboratory Sciences at the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 3) of the Lebanese University and participated in a number of academic committees affiliated with the faculty.
- Director of the Microbiology, Health and Environment Laboratory (LMSE) of the Doctoral School of Science & Technology and the Faculty of Public Health of the Lebanese University between 2009-2023.
- Representative of the Teaching Staff of the Faculty of Public Health (Branch 3) at the Lebanese University between 2002-2003 and 2007-2011.
- Supervisor and rapporteur of dozens of scientific researches, master theses and doctoral dissertations between Lebanon and France.
- Representative of the French Society for Microbiology (SFM) in Lebanon since 1995.
- Member of the Pasteur Institute of Lille in France.
- Member of the Arab Society of Chemotherapy, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, and an associate member of the Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (LSIDCM).
- General coordinator of a number of research projects, including within the CEDRE program and Mérieux Foundation.
- Author of a group of literature and publications on antibiotics, microbiology and fungi, and has several participations in scientific publications published globally and local and international conferences within his field of competence.