Ammar Olabi, Chairperson and Associate Professor  (link to CV)
Specialization: Sensory Evaluation and Product Development
Research interests
- Food acceptability and its influencing factors
- Sensory methodology
- Sensory evaluation of dairy products
- The role of hedonics in obesity research
Email: ao01@aub.edu.lb
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| Mohamad Abiad, Assistant Professor (link to CV)
Specialization: Food Processing and Packaging
Research interests
- Packaging of traditional and local foods
- Food packaging design and development
- Active packaging systems
- Biodegradation and recycling of agro-food wastes and food processing by-products
- Rheology of polymers, foods, and biomaterials
- Food labeling and health claims as relates to consumer perception and willingness-to-pay
- Consumer research on safe foods
Email: ma192@aub.edu.lb
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| Hala Ghattas, Assistant Professor (link to CV)
Specialization: Public Health Nutrition
Research interests:
- Household food security in marginalized populations
- Poverty and food security in Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
- Household food security and nutritional status of Bedouin populations
- Nutritional regulation of host defenses in infectious diseases
- The effect of micronutrient deficiencies on immunity, morbidity and survival, particularly in pregnancy and infancy
- Safety and efficacy of iron interventions in malaria-endemic countries
Email: hg15@aub.edu.lb
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Nahla Hwalla, Dean of FAFS & Professor (link to CV)
Specialization: Human Nutrition
Research interests:
- epidemiology of obesity
- appetite hormones and diet composition
- nutrition strategic planning nationally and internationally
Email: nahla@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4400
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| Zeina Kassaify, Associate Professor (link to CV)
Specialization: Food Microbiology
Research interests
- Detection and prevention of food borne pathogens in dairy foods, meats, poultry and vegetables
- Determination of the preservation techniques against major pathogens in our traditional foods (dairy based, pastries and meat).
- Identification and prevention of toxic residues in food (pathogenic toxins, aflatoxins, pesticides, antibiotics)
- Shelf Life Extension of local and regional Food Products
Email: zk18@aub.edu.lb
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| Farah Naja, Assistant Professor (link to CV)
Specialization: Nutritional Sciences
Research interests
- Investigation of the role of various dietary factors in the etiology of chronic diseases
- Assessment of dietary patterns as a new method to evaluate diet-disease association
- Assessment of prevalence and determinants of use of complementary and alternative medicine
Email: fn14@aub.edu.lb
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| Lara Nasreddine, Assistant Professor (link to CV)
Specialization: Nutrition and Food Toxicology
Research interests:
- Paediatric obesity: prevalence, determinants and association with cardio-metabolic risk factors
- Body composition assessment in children and adolescents
- Assessment and characterization of food consumption patterns
- Evaluation of the population’s dietary exposure to xenobiotic substances including heavy metals and pesticide residues
Email: ln10@aub.edu.lb
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| Omar Obeid, Professor (link to CV)
Specialization: Human Nutrition and Metabolism
Research interests:
- Hepatic metabolism and food intake control.
- Hormonal regulation of appetite
- Diet and meal pattern
- Micronutrients in health and disease
Email: oo01@aub.edu.lb
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Imad Toufeili, Professor (link to CV)
Specialization: Food Chemistry
Research interests
- Food analysis
- Traditional foods indigenous to the Middle East
- Consumer Behavior
Email: toufeili@aub.edu.lb
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| Mari-Claire Chamieh, Full-time Instructor (link to CV)
Specialization: Nutritional Sciences
Email: mc31@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4484
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| Basma Hamadeh, Full-time Instructor (link to CV)
Specialization: Food Analysis & Food Processing
Email: bd00@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4550
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Nadine Mikati, Full-time Instructor (link to CV)
Specialization: Clinical Nutrition
Email: nm76@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4585
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Samson Atamian, Pilot Plant Supervisor
Email: sa115@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4592
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Arsine Derboghassian, Technician
Email: ad16@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4553
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Tania Ghannam, Secretary
Email: tg01@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4540
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Samir Touma, Senior Technician
Email: st17@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4591
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Monia Hamdan
Email: mh37@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4554
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Ghina Kaddour
Email: gk23@aub.edu.lb
Extension: 4558
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