Chemistry Labs

Besides all the basic equipment, these labs house advanced instruments used for chemistry research and learning serving students in all health and natural sciences disciplines.

Beirut Campus

Teaching Labs

The two chemistry teaching labs in Beirut are equipped for practical course work by students in the various health and natural sciences disciplines. The labs accommodate up to 50 students of all levels and support experiments ranging from freshman-level to those requiring advanced analysis and techniques. Both teaching labs are equipped with Audio Visual systems for continuous demonstration and experimental purposes.

Chemistry Lab I (Sage 403)

The equipment within this lab include balances, pH meters, water baths, UV-visible spectrophotometers, rotary evaporator and a fume hood

Chemistry Lab II (Sage 404)

This lab contains a fat extractor, a fiber analyzer, a muffle furnace and a fume hood, in addition to basic equipment such as balances and pH-meters.

Research Labs

Chemistry Core Lab (Sage 206)

The lab is mainly designed for chemical analysis. The main equipment includes an Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy for the quantitative determination of metals in food and water samples and a High-Performance Liquid chromatography coupled to a diode array detector and fluorescence detector. In addition, this lab includes a total organic carbon and NCHS elemental analyzer system, a gas-chromatography system, a Thermogravimetric analysis system and a polarimeter. A ductless fume hood is also available in this lab for sample preparation before analysis. This lab includes PC-controlled viscosity meters, a UV-Vis spectrophotometer, an IR spectrophotometer, osmometers, BOD analyzers, a sieve shaker and a grinder.

Chemistry Research Lab (Sage 401)

This research laboratory is dedicated to environmental sampling and experiments necessitating dark conditions. It is equipped with a UV-Vis spectrophotometer and a spectrofluorometer for fluorescence measurement. An annexed room to this lab contains a microwave digestion system used to completely break down samples (metals, pharmaceuticals, plants, soil, or food) prior to elemental analysis.

Atmospheric and Environmental Lab (Sage 402)

This research in this lab is mainly focused on environmental and atmospheric research. The lab is equipped with a fume hood, a nitrogen evaporation system, a pH meter, portable gas analyzers, and equipment for atmospheric sampling and volatile organic compounds extraction.

Materials Science Lab (Sage 405)

Research in this lab is dedicated for the chemistry of materials, mainly focusing on hybrid nanomaterials, nanoparticles, and organic semiconductors synthesis, properties and applications. Equipment located in Sage 405 includes a modern Potentiostat, Galvanostat, and Zero Resistance Ammeter with an integrated Frequency Response Analyser and Sweep Generator for AC Impedance (EIS) and standard DC tests. In addition, the lab includes two high-duty Muffle Furnaces, with one capable of reaching temperatures beyond 1000 Celsius. A fume hood equipped with a double-ramp Schlenk line is available for advanced chemical synthesis under controlled media and helium atmospheres. The lab has all the needed glassware and apparatus for the synthesis of high-purity organic and inorganic compounds and the preparation of composite hybrid materials.

Chemistry Research Lab (Sage 407)

This laboratory is home to the Biophysical Chemistry Research Group and is equipped with advanced instrumentation for molecular and protein studies. Key facilities include: a Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) instrument for real-time measurement of molecular interactions; an incubator shaker for the over-expression of 15N/13C-labeled proteins; a Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography (FPLC) system for high-precision protein purification and a NanoPhotometer for accurate protein and DNA quantification and analysis.

Chemistry Research Lab (Sage 408)

This laboratory serves as the wet lab of the Biophysical Chemistry Research Group and is designed for a range of experimental applications, including drug discovery and molecular analysis. The lab features an extraction system for isolating bioactive molecules; a Schlenk line setup for advanced organic synthesis, particularly for drug discovery, and various techniques for protein and DNA assays, supporting comprehensive biochemical and molecular studies.

Byblos Campus

Teaching Lab

Chemistry Lab (Sci 508)

This lab facility is for undergraduate, teaching lab, includes adjacent storage room Sci 508B for glassware and another reagent stock room in Sci 510. The chemistry lab houses several general equipment, oven, undergraduate rotary evaporator, fume hoods, a large water purification system type I and type II + also all kind of basic instruments used in teaching (Melting point apparatus, ph. Meters, barometer, centrifuge…).

Research Labs

Optoelectronic Material Lab (Sci 508C)

This lab located next to the chemistry-teaching lab, contains several equipment used in research work, such as CEM microwave synthesizer, sublimation system, rotary evaporator, UV-VIS spectrometer, and electrochemical workstation.

Instrumental Lab (Sci 503)

The instrumental lab in sci.503 contains three main equipment Nuclear Magnetic resonance NMR 300 –Varian, Gas chromatography Agilent, and GC-MS (gas analyzer) Shimadzu.

Proteomics Lab (Sci 309)

The Proteomics lab, Sci309, is equipped with a Nano-LC system and a proteomic analyzer (MALDI TOF/TOF Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometer) with proteomics bioinformatics analysis software.

Research Lab (Sci 304B)

This lab is equipped with High performance Liquid chromatography HPLC preparative, Spectro Carry 60 spectrophotometer, freeze drier, vacuum dessicator, fiber/fat extraction instrument and soxhlet extractor.

Instrumental Lab (Sci 105)

This newly added facility in Sci.105 is equipped with the following systems; ICPMS MS- Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, GC-MS/MS -Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, FTIR - Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, electrochemical workstation, spectrofluorometer and LCMS/MS liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry an Absorption spectrometer.