Dr. Yassin’s research interests lie in the broad field of electro-active materials, organic semiconductors, hybrid organic/inorganic systems and Nanoparticles, polymer chemistry and the study of structure-properties relationships. Applications span from renewable energy resources to biomedical, optical and electronic devices, water treatment and climate action.

He is the author and co-author of more than 20 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals with many international conferences and delivered talks in the US, China, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Croatia, among others. Additionally, Dr. Yassin holds a BA in law and is passionate about public policies, international law, and institutional and non-governmental organizations. 

Dr. Ali Yassin conducts research relevant to the following SDGs:

1. I. Hnid, A. Yassin, J. Cornil, P. Blanchard, D. Vuillaume et al., Nano Letters, 2024, 24, 8, 2553–2560. Molecular Junctions for Terahertz Switches and Detectors.
2. A. Yassin, et al., BMC Chemistry, 2022, 16, 1-12. Synthesis of lanthanide tag and experimental studies on paramagnetically induced residual dipolar couplings.
3. T. Ghanem, P. Simón Marqués, A. Yassin, J. Roncali, C. Cabanetos et al., Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 7456. Synthesis of push-pull triarylamine dyes containing 5,6-difluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazole units by direct arylation and their evaluation as active material for organic photovoltaics.
4. T. Zhang, D. Guérin, A. Yassin, J. Roncali, D. Vuillaume, et al, Nanoscale Adv. 2019, 1, 2718. Physical Mechanisms Involved in the Formation and Operation of Memory Devices Based on a Monolayer of Gold Nanoparticles-Polythiophene Hybrid Materials.
5. G. Chedid, and A. Yassin, Nanomaterials, 2018, 8, 916. Recent Trends in Covalent and Metal Organic Frameworks for Biomedical Applications.
6. A. Yassin, M. Trunk, A. Thomas, et al., Advanced Functional Materials, 2017, 27, 1700233. Structure – Thermodynamic-property Relationships in Cyanovinyl-based Microporous Polymer Networks for the Future Design of Advanced Carbon Capture Materials.
7. A. Yassin, J. Roncali, D. Guyomard, J. Gaubicher, et al., Chemistry of Materials 2015, 27, 4057. Engineered electronic contacts for composite electrodes in Li batteries using thiophene-based molecular junctions.
8. E. Jacques, A. Yassin, J. R.-Berthelot, C. Poriel, et al., J. Mater. Chem. C, 2014, 2, 3292. An Electron Deficient Dicyanovinylene-ladder-type Pentaphenylene Derivative for N-type Organic Field Effect Transistors
9. A. Yassin, P. Blanchard, J. Roncali, et al., ChemElectroChem, 2014, 1, 1312. Synthesis of hybrid electroactive materials by electropolymerization of gold Nanoparticles with tailored EDOT-thiophene precursors.
10. A. Yassin, P. Leriche, J. Roncali, et al., Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2011, 95, 462. Evaluation of Dis-dicyanovinyl Short-chain Conjugated Systems as Donor Materials for Organic Solar Cells.

1. Invited Talk: A Terahertz Molecular Switch, CNRS Moltech, Angers (France), June 2023.
2. Invited Talk: Donghua University International forum for Talented Scholars, Shanghai (China), Jan 2018.
3. Education management in developing countries, Zhejiang (China), July-August 2016.
4. 3rd MOF Young Investigator Symposium, Berlin (Germany), October 2015.
5. Functional nanomaterials symposium 2015, Prague (Czech Republic), June 2015.
6. Freiburg Macromolecular Colloquium 2015, Freiburg (Germany), February 2015.
7. 2014 MRS Spring meeting and exhibit, San Francisco CA (U.S.A), April 2014.
8. 44th World Chemistry Congress IUPAC 2013, Istanbul (Turkey), August 2013.
9. 6th Euro summer school on electrochemical engineering ESSEE6, Zadar (Croatia), September 2012.
10. Conjugated materials and nanostructures MNPC11, Strasbourg (France), October 2011.

• PhD in Organic Materials, University of Angers, France, 2011.
• MSc in Catalysis, Université de Rennes I, France, 2008.
• BSc Chemistry, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 2007.
• BA in Law, Lebanese University, Lebanon, 2019.