Andre EL KHOURY holds a PhD in Environmental and Process Engineering, section Microbial Engineering, from the Polytechnic National Institute of Toulouse (INP), France and a PhD in Chemistry from the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon. He also holds an Agriculture Engineering diploma from the Lebanese University, a Master degree in Food Chemistry, a Master’s in Physiology and a Bachelor in Life and earth Sciences from the Faculty of Sciences of the Saint-Joseph University of Beirut. Currently, he is an Associate Professor filling a full time Faculty position (teaching and research), within the Life and Earth Sciences - Biochemistry Department, at the Faculty of Sciences of Saint-Joseph University of Beirut. He acts as chair of the master Program “Food Chemistry” since 2010 and since 2014 as head of the research laboratory of “Mycotoxicology and Food Safety”, within the same faculty. In addition, he acts as a guest editor at Frontiers in Nutrition and Frontiers in Fungal Biology journals, as well as reviewer for many scientific journals. His research interests focus on Mycotoxicology, Environmental impact of filamentous fungi and their related mycotoxins,Bioaerosols, Antimicrobial resistance, Biofilms, Food Control, Food Toxicology, Food Microbiology, Food Contaminants and Food Analysis topics. Dr. El Khoury is member of the International Network of Biotechnology (INB) and member of the project 18 of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Unit, working under the Umbrella of The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and covering subject areas of Biosafety, Biosecurity, Bioethics and responsible Life Sciences. He is also a member of the Food Safety committee founded by the Lebanese ministry of Public health in 2021 and member of the expert committee designated to evaluate the health impact due to the moldy and fermented grains of the Lebanese silos after the blast of the port of Beirut in 2020, and member of the Global Food Regulatory Science Society GFoRSS. He followed various trainings on an international level covering different scientific disciplines and collaborated with the UNICRI as a trainer on the malicious use of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic.