Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Joelle Abi Kharma
Senior Instructor of Nutrition
ACEND Coordinator
Marwa Fadlallah
Instructor of Nutrition
Hussein F. Hassan
Professor of Food Science and Technology
Director of Academic Compliance (Office of the Provost)
Academic Director of MEPI-TLG Program (International Services and Programs Office)
Jana Jabbour
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
Lama Mattar
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Program Coordinator, Honors, Beirut
Rana Rizk
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
Chairperson, Department of Nutrition and Food Science
Marie Stephan
Instructor of Nutrition
Nadine Zeeni
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Program Coordinator, Liberal Arts and Sciences and Freshman
Staff
Jinane Tannous
Physics Lab Supervisor, Byblos
Lorita Hanna
Academic Assistant, Beirut and Byblos
Department of Nutrition and Food Science
Part-Time Faculty
Beirut
Nutrition
- Ms. Hiba Hamdan (hiba.hamdan@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition, 2008, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Murielle Abou Samra (murielle.abousamra@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition and Dietetics, 2014, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Nour Wehbe (nour.wehbe@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition, 2019, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Ruba Al Halaby (ruba.alhalaby@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition, 2010, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Suzan Haidar (suzan.haidar@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Nutrition/Public Health, 2019, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
- Dr. Cynthia El Hajj (cynthia.elhajj@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Human Nutrition, 2019, Université Clermont Auvergne, France.
- Ms. Rindala Berro (rindala.berro@lau.edu.lb), MS in Public Health Nutrition, 2007, Southampton University, UK.
- Ms. Nabiha Ramadan (nabiha.ramadan@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition, 2008, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Dr. Ali Hamieh (ali.hamieh05@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Chemistry, 2017, Lebanese American University, Lebanon.
- Ms. Marie Rose Samaha (marierose.samaha@lau.edu.lb), MS in Nutrition and Dietetics, 2011, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Dr. Nivine Bachir (nivine.bachir@lau.edu.lb), Dual International PhD, 2023, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Lebanese University, Spain and Lebanon.
Health Sciences
- Omar Jamal (omar. Jamal01@lau.edu.lb), MD in Internal Medicine, 2025, Lebanese American University, Lebanon.
Byblos
Nutrition
- Ms. Hill Skaff (hill.skaff@lau.edu.lb), MS in Food Technology, 2018, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
- Ms. Suzan Haidar (suzan.haidar@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Nutrition/Public Health, 2019, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
- Ms. Eliana Edward Haidar (eliana.haidar@lau.edu.lb), MS in Environmental Chemistry, 2014, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
- Dr. Christelle Salameh (christelle.salameh@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Food Processing and Biotechnology, 2016, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France.
- Dr. Sally Sawaya (sally.sawaya@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Biomedical Sciences, 2020, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. Diana Moubarak (diana.moubarak@lau.edu.lb), MS in Food Technology, 2007, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
- Ms. May Sakr (may.sakr@lau.edu.lb), Master of Public Health (MPH), 2014, Lebanese American University, Lebanon.
Health Sciences
- Dr. Sandrella Bou Malhab (sandrella.boumalhab@lau.edu.lb), PhD in Pharmaceutical Science, 2020, collaborative program between Lebanese and St Joseph University, Lebanon.