About

Ali Yassin

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Dr. Yassin completed his graduate studies in 2008 at the University of Rennes’ Institute of Chemical Sciences (ISCR), France, with an International Master in Catalysis and Molecular Chemistry. He worked with Dr. Cyril Poriel on new derivatives as Blue-light emitters in OLEDs. He obtained a PhD in Organic Materials under Dr. Jean Roncali from the University of Angers in 2011. After his thesis, Dr. Yassin joined the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) as a postdoc until 2014, after which he moved to the Berlin Institute of Technology (TUB) in Germany and remained as a senior scientist for two years.

Returning to Lebanon, he joined the Lebanese University (LU) in Beirut while continuing to be a visiting scholar at both the University of Angers and the University of Nantes in France with frequent research stays for continued collaborative projects. In 2022, Dr. Yassin joined LAU as a full-time assistant professor of materials chemistry at the Department of Physical Sciences. 

Research Interests

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. 

SDGs Research Mapping

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

 

Selected Publications

  1. A. Jaber, L. Saadeh, N. Hayeck, W. Faour, A. Yassin* et al., Chemical & Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2026. Hydrodistillation enhances yield and bioactivity of cineole-rich EOs from Lavandula x allardii: An industrially promising hybrid Lavender. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40538-026-01014-x
  2. M. Farhat, Z. Bitar, A. Yassin, N. Yaacoub, W. Malaeb et al., Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2026. Magnetic hardening and optical bandgap stability in cobalt (Fe, Er) co-doped spinel ferrites. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2026.190176
  3. H. Arnous, N. Joudi, A. Jaber, R. Younes, A. Yassin* Chemistry Teacher International 2026. Disparities in academic enrollment and achievement: An empirical and literature-informed study of undergraduate organic chemistry in Lebanese higher education. https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2025-0090
  4. A. Jaber, L. Bitar, M. Mazloum, L. Ghannam, W. Malaeb, A. Houri, A. Yassin,* Scientific Reports 2026. Sustainable biosorption of Methylene Blue using highly-efficient activated Mediterranean macroalgae: a comparative mechanistic study. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-65458-9
  5. M. Farhat, A. Srour, A. Yassin, Z. Harajli, S. Isber, W. Malaeb, Surfaces and Interfaces 2026. Engineering synergistic charge separation in Ni-Zn-Co ferrite nano spinels for ultra-fast photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange. just accepted.
  6. A. Jaber, H. Rahal, A. Dhaini, Z. Harajli, W. Malaeb, A. Yassin* Discover Applied Sciences 2026. Exploiting the Alkaloid Extract from Waste material of Nicotiana tabacum as efficient Biomass Inhibitor for Mild Steel Corrosion in Acidic Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-026-08854-0
  7. A. Jaber, H. Arnous, E. Cheble, G. Ibrahim, A. Yassin* Asian journal of Green Chemistry 2026. Chromatographic quantification of DPPH Radical scavenging activity by HPLC–DAD: application to the colored Berberis Libanotica extract. https://doi.org/10.48309/ajgc.2026.577291.1944
  8. A. Srour, Z. Harajli, L. Saadeh, A. Yassin, S. Isber, M. Haidar, W. Malaeb, Ceramics International 2026. Tailoring the multifunctional properties of Samarium Iron Garnet Nanoparticles through dual doping with Ni and metal ions at the Fe site. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2026.02.345
  9. H. El Karout, A. Migalska-Zalas, B. Sahraoui, P. Blanchard, A. Yassin* et al. Synthetic Metals 2025. Tailoring hybridization of the anthracene core in π-extended triarylamine conjugated molecules for nonlinear optical properties: Prominence of the dipole moment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2025.117920
  10. H. Arnous, N. Joudi, A. Jaber, R. Bahous, A. Yassin* Journal of Chemical Education 2025. A war-responsive blended teaching modality for undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory courses: comparative analysis of students’ performance. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00188
  11. F. Haydous, J. Rebehmed, A. Yassin, M. Wazne, E. Akoury et al., Scientific Reports 2025. Unraveling the levels of emerging contaminants along the eastern Mediterranean Sea. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-89027-8
  12. A. Srour, A. Jaber, A. Yassin, W. Malaeb, et al., Journal of Materials Research 2025. Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanoparticles for dental applications: Improving the mechanical properties of the temporary dental filling materials. https://doi.org/10.1557/s43578-025-01525-7
  13. I. Hnid, A. Yassin, J. Cornil, P. Blanchard, D. Vuillaume et al., Nano Letters 2024. Molecular junctions for Terahertz switches and detectors. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04602
  14. J. El Hajj, A. Jaber, P.H. Kobeissy, J.-N. Ibrahim, A. Yassin* et al., Molecules 2024. Evaluation of antiproliferative potentials associated with the volatile compounds of Lantana Camara flowers: A selective in vitro activity. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29225431
  15. T. Ghanem, A. Gasonoo, A. Yassin, G. Welch, C. Cabanetos, et al., ChemistrySelect 2024. Synthesis of accessible triphenylamine end-capped oligothiophene emitters for solution processed and printed OLEDs. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202403115
  16. A. Yassin, B. Nehmeh, S. El Kantar, Y. Al Kazzaz, E. Akoury, BMC Chemistry 2022. Synthesis of lanthanide tag and experimental studies on paramagnetically induced residual dipolar couplings. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13065-022-00847-5
  17. S. El Kantar, A. Yassin, A. Hirko, S. Caballero, E. Monck, A. Garcia-Maruniak et al., Scientific Reports 2022. Deciphering the therapeutical potentials of Rosmarinic acid. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19735-y
  18. T. Ghanem, P. Simón Marqués, S. Abidi, A. Yassin, J. Roncali, C. Cabanetos et al., Materials Advances 2021. 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. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ma00798j
  19. T. Zhang, D. Guérin, A. Yassin, J. Roncali, D. Vuillaume, et al., Nanoscale Advances 2019. Physical mechanisms involved in the formation and operation of memory devices based on a monolayer of gold nanoparticles-polythiophene hybrid materials. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9na00285e
  20. G. Chedid, and A. Yassin* Nanomaterials 2018. Recent trends in covalent and metal organic frameworks for biomedical applications. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano8110916
  21. A. Yassin*, M. Trunk, A. Thomas, et al., Advanced Functional Materials 2017. Structure-thermodynamic-property relationships in cyanovinyl-based microporous polymer networks for the future design of advanced carbon capture materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201700233
  22. T. Zhang, D. Vuillaume, S. Lenfant, A. Yassin, J. Roncali, et al., J. Phys. Chem. C 2017. Negative differential resistance, memory and reconfigurable logic functions based on monolayer devices derived from gold nanoparticles functionalized with electropolymerizable thiophene-EDOT units. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b00056

Selected International Conference Talks

  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.

Academic Degrees

  • 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.