Overview

Over the last decade, the department of natural sciences at LAU has witnessed remarkable growth in teaching and research. Besides courses intrinsic to its curricula, the department fulfills the university’s Liberal Arts and Sciences in scientific literacy and provides several courses tailored to LAU’s pharmacy and engineering programs. Our programs emphasize integrated laboratory experiences through which students learn modern experimental techniques using the latest tools.

Graduates may opt to join graduate or professional programs, or they may pursue careers in teaching, medicine, industry (chemical engineering, food processing, cosmetics…), biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and related fields. LAU also has collaboration agreements with distinguished European universities for joint Ph.D. programs in molecular biology and biotechnology. Candidates perform their experimental work at LAU and register for graduate courses at both LAU and the partner university. More than 50% of our graduate students have joined Ph.D. programs in reputable universities in France, Belgium, Germany, England, Canada and the U.S.

Degrees and Minors Offered

• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Chemistry
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Nutrition
• Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Nutrition & Dietetics Coordinated Program
• Master of Science (M.S.) in Biological Sciences
• Minor in Biology
• Minor in Chemistry
• Minor in Environmental Science
• Minor in Food Science & Management
• Minor in Nutrition
• Dietetic Internship Program

Faculty and Staff

Professors

• Costantine Daher, Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences
• Sima Tokajian, Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Biology/Microbiology

Associate Professors

• Ralph Abi-Habib, Ph.D.,  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Maya Bassil, Ph.D., Human Nutrition
• Mirvat El-Sibai, Ph.D., Molecular Pharmacology
• Hussein Hassan, Ph.D., Food Science & Agriculture Chemistry
• Ahmad Houri, Ph.D., Organic Chemistry
• Roy Khalaf, Ph.D., Molecular Biology
• Christian Khalil, Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology & Health
• Rony Khnayzer, Ph.D., Photochemical Chemistry
• Samira Korfali, Ph.D., Environmental Geochemistry
• Lama Mattar, Ph.D., Human Nutrition
• Sandra Rizk, Ph.D., Biochemistry   
• Sama Sleiman, Ph.D., Biochemistry
• Robin Taleb, Ph.D., Organic Chemistry
• Brigitte Wex, Ph.D., Photochemistry      Chair
• Nadine Zeeni, Ph.D., Human Nutrition

Assistant Professors

• Jomana Al Aridi, Ph.D., Organic Chemistry
• Dan Georgess, Ph.D., Cell Biology
• Nelly Mouawad, Ph.D., Astronomy
• Jimmy Romanos, Ph.D., Physics

Senior Instructors

• Ghada Naous, M.S., Organic Chemistry

Instructor

• Joelle Abi Kharma, M.S., Nutrition

Staff

• Helena Bou Farah, Senior Lab Supervisor, Biology   Byblos
• Maya Farah, Senior Lab Supervisor, Biology   Byblos
• Rana El-Ghorayeb, Lead Lab Supervisor, Chemistry  Byblos
• Sawsan Jabi, Senior Lab Supervisor, Biology   Beirut
• Hanan Naccash, Senior Academic Assistant   Beirut
• Narine Setrak Mardirossian, Science Lab Assistant Chemistry/Nutrition Beirut
• Jinane Tannous, Science Lab Assistant Physics/Nutrition Byblos
• Lara Salloum, Academic Assistant  Byblos
• Marwan Wehbe, Lab Supervisor, Chemistry   Beirut

Contact Information

Beirut

• Phone number: Extension 1114
• Address: Sage Hall 107
• Website

Byblos

• Phone number: Extension 2320
• Address: Block A, Room 821
• Website