Samir Al-Medawar | Lebanese University

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Prof. Samir Al-Medawar

Main Branch

Born in Ajaltoun, 1956

Scientific Qualifications

PhD in Agricultural Sciences/Plant Diseases from Pierre and Marie Curie University in 1987;
Degree in Project & Corporate Management from the Association for the Employment of Executives (APEC) in France in 1989;
Postgraduate Diploma in Agricultural Sciences from the Paris Nanterre University in 1984;
Merit in Life Sciences from the Faculty of Science (Branch 2) at the Lebanese University in 1981.

Professional Career

Lecturer at the Faculty of Agronomy at the Lebanese University in 2002 and Dean between 2013-2020;
Expert with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) since 2003;
Member of the Euro-Mediterranean Negotiations Committee at Euromed, emanating from the Barcelona Agreements in 2007;
Director of "DEA agroalimentaire" program at the Francophone University Agency (AUF) in cooperation with the National Institute of Agriculture in France (l’INA-PG) and the Francophone universities in Beirut between 2000-2003;
Expert with the UN FAO and the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture within the program "Agricultural Development in the Baalbek-Hermel Region" in 2002;
President of the Lebanese Institute for Social & Economic Development (ILDES) in 2015 after being a member between 1998-2015;
Member of the UNDP Expert Mission (TOKTEN) and Technical Advisor to the Minister of Economy & Trade in Lebanon in 1996;
Former lecturer in the University of Balamand, the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik, and Alexandria University in Egypt;
Worked in a number of French and Swiss companies specialized in the fields of financial, engineering and food industrial studies between 1988-1995;
Author of research papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals on rural development, the economy of mountainous areas, reducing rural migration and sericulture in Lebanon.