Mission

The Office of Graduate Studies & Research (GSR) promotes graduate education at LAU. It is committed to quality standards, leads the university’s strategic graduate planning activities, and provides sustained support and services to interdisciplinary graduate education and research in the interest of preparing innovative and inspired graduates. It equips graduate applicants, students, faculty with the necessary resources and physical infrastructure to carry out successful, quality research programs at LAU.

Functions

Research

The GSR Office provides graduate students and faculty with the support and necessary resources and physical infrastructure to develop a diverse range of research programs. It guides students and faculty with internal and external funding opportunities. In order to foster responsible research, the office communicates compliance policies and regulatory issues regarding the protection of human and animal subjects as well as research ethics and intellectual property. Further, the GSR Office aids the university community in grant development and data analysis.

Graduate Studies

The GSR seeks to create uniquely transforming graduate programs in focused areas that establish LAU as a regionally and internationally recognized institution for graduate education. These programs have a positive impact on business and the industry in the region.

Institutional Review Board

The Office of GSR ensures through the Institutional Review Board (IRB) internal oversight on compliance relating to the performance and ethical conduct of human and animal research, conflict of interest, and scientific misconduct. It also ensures the necessary assistance to faculty in promoting novel discoveries and associated patents and copyrights.

Staff

Samer Saab, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering                      Dean
Walid Marrouch, Ph.D., Applied Economics; MA in Economics        Assistant Dean
Ralph Abi-Habib, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology       Director of Sponsored Programs
Joseph Stephan, Ph.D., Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology    Director of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Research Ethical Compliance / IRB Chair
Elma Nassar, Ph.D., Probability and Statistics  - Research Statistician
Gracia Zgheib, M.A., Business Communication; M.A., Journalism – Lead Program Officer
Karmen Baroudy, M.S., Molecular Biology – IRB Lead Program Manager

Contact Information

For more information, visit our website or contact:

Samer Saab
ssaab@lau.edu.lb
Ext. 2365

Walid Marrouch
walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
Ext. 1517

Ralph Abi-Habib
ralph.abihabib@lau.edu.lb

Joseph Stephan
joseph.stephan@lau.edu.lb

Elma Nassar
elma.nassar@lau.edu.lb
Ext. 3920

Gracia Zgheib
gracia.zgheibmahfoud@lau.edu.lb
Ext. 2547

Karmen Baroudy
karmen.baroudy@lau.edu.lb
Ext. 2546