Roger LTEIF

Centre Jacques Loiselet de génétique et de génomique médicales – Professeur

Faculté des sciences – Professeur

Pôle technologie santé – Professeur

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 6682 roger.lteif@usj.edu.lb

Enseignant Profile

Roger LTEIF was born in Lebanon on March 15, 1969. In 1994, he obtained his Master's degree in general chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences II, Lebanese University. In 1995, he obtained his Advanced Studies Diploma, DEA in Applied Chemistry and Industrial Process Engineering from Pierre and Marie Curie University-Paris VI.During his preparation of his doctoral thesis between 1995 and 1998, in Process Engineering - Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Functional Polymers at Paris Val de Marne University-Paris XII, he was a part-time teacher and then Temporary Teaching and Research Associate-ATER.In 1998, he was a quality manager in the industry PETCHEM - Zouk Mosbeh (Lebanon) and a part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences of Saint Joseph University in Beirut. In 1999, he also held the position of part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences of the Lebanese University, section II.In 2000, he joined the Faculty of Sciences of Saint Joseph University in Beirut as a lecturer and in 2008 he was promoted to the position of Associate Professor. During the period from 2002 to 2005, he took charge of the Master's degree in Industrial Technology and set up and directed the Master's degree in Food Chemistry. Between 2006 and 2012, he was Director of the Chemistry Department at the Faculty of Sciences of Saint Joseph University in Beirut.Since joining the Faculty of Sciences at Saint Joseph University in Beirut, he has formed the research team “Kinetic Studies in Heterogeneous Media” where he has supervised several doctoral theses in collaboration with several universities in France. His main research areas are food chemistry, cement chemistry and cosmetics.He is the author of around sixty scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals and has participated in several national and international conferences.In 2011, he obtained the Diploma of Habilitation to Direct Research (HDR) in “Process and Environmental Engineering” at the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse (INPT).In 2012, he was appointed Professor at Saint Joseph University in Beirut. During the same year, he became a sworn chemist expert before the courts in Lebanon.In September 2013, he was appointed Executive Director of the Health Technology Pole (PTS) of Saint Joseph University in Beirut and member of the executive committee of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Sciences (LAAS).In September 2014, he was appointed Coordinator of the scientific commission at the Science and Technology Campus of the Research Council of Saint Joseph University in Beirut.In November 2015, he was awarded the Excellence in Scientific Research Award, 2015 (5th edition), for his research work in the field of “Development and safety of the food industry”. This event was organized by the National Council for Scientific Research in Lebanon (CNRS), under the patronage of the Lebanese Prime Minister, Mr. Tamam Salam.In 2023, he was appointed member of the Scientific Orientation Council-COS of the School of Industrial Biology (EBI), Cergy-France.


Education

Diplôme Université Pays Année
HDR diploma (Accreditation to Supervise Research) in Process Engineering and Environment Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse INPT France 2011
PHD in Process Engineering, Chemistry and Electrochemistry of Functional Polymers Université Paris XII-Val-de-Marne France 1998
Post-graduate diploma in Applied Chemistry and Industrial Process Engineering Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) France 1995
Master 1 of chemistry Université Libanaise (UL) Lebanon 1994

Teaching at USJ

Enseignant Ens a USJ
048CSCCL1Chimie des solutions048ICHCL1Introduction à la chimie de la matière048CHICL2Chimie inorganique048CINCL3Cinétique chimique048ATOCL6Atomistique048DC2CM2Domaines de la chimie industrielle

University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ Pays Institution Start date End date
Lecturer-Chemical thermodynamics Lebanon Université Libanaise (UL) 01/11/1999 31/07/2000
Lecturer - General chemistry, Physical chemistry analysis France Université Paris XII-Val-de-Marne 01/09/1995 31/07/1998

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience Organisation Start date End date
Member of the Scientific Orientation Council-COS École de Biologie Industrielle (EBI), Cergy 07/07/2023
Member of the evaluation committee for the industrial chair of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, in “Ecodesign of food production lines” Université de Laval 10/11/2015 11/11/2015
Member of the executive committee of the Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Sciences (LAAS) Lebanese Association for the Advancement of Sciences (LAAS) 01/09/2013
Sworn chemist expert 01/07/2012
Quality control manager PETCHEM-Sulfonic acid industry 01/09/1998 30/09/1999

Areas of expertise

Enseignant Discipline
Engineering and Technology, Sciences

Research themes

Enseignant Thematique

1- Les membranes échangeuses d’ions et leurs applications 2- Les procédés fermentaires3- L’extraction des huiles essentielles et des extraits végétaux et leurs application en cosmétique4- La chimie du ciment et de la céramique

Publications and communications

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Awards and distinctions

Enseignant Prix Dist
Prix d’excellence dans la recherche scientifique, 2015 (5ème édition), pour mes travaux de recherche dans le domaine « Développement et sécurité de l'industrie alimentaire ». Cet évènement, organisé par le Conseil National pour la Recherche Scientifique au Liban (CNRS), a eu lieu au Grand Sérail de Beyrouth, sous le patronage du Premier Ministre Libanais, M. Tamam Salam.