Abbas MGHARBEL
Lecturer
School of Engineering of Beirut - South Lebanon Branch
07/731 284/5 abbas.mgharbel@usj.edu.lb
I hold a doctorate in "condensed matter physics" applied to cell
biology from Claude Bernard University of Lyon in France since 2009. I worked
on the design and development of an optomechanical force machine allowing the characterization of
multicellular materials; I contributed to the analysis of their
rheological and biological specificities and to the modeling of their fluid
behaviors. I pursued my career as a research engineer
at CNRS then at CEA Grenoble in France in 2010, where I participated in various
attractive and multidisciplinary projects, including the design and development
of patterned chips elasticity for cellular bioengineering. I contributed to the development of a new
rapid UV photopolymerization process in an aqueous medium (US Patent
20160002368 - 2016). I subsequently participated in the
transfer of this technology to a start-up by presenting a prototype to the CEA
“Technosanté” start-up incubation program. Currently, I work as a doctor-lecturer at
Saint Joseph University USJ where I was recently appointed as a member of the
Employability and Entrepreneurship Activity Center. At the same time, I maintain my teaching
and research activity in several other Lebanese universities.
Education
| Degree | University | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctorat - Physics | Université catholique de Lyon | France | 2009 |
| Master recherche - Physics | Université catholique de Lyon | France | 2006 |
| Master - Physics | Université Libanaise | Liban | 2005 |
Research themes
Physical and Rheological characterization of materials
Publications and communications
- Cells on Hydrogels with Micron-Scaled Stiffness Patterns Demonstrate Local Stiffness Sensing. Mgharbel, A.; Migdal, C.; Bouchonville, N.; Dupenloup, P.; Fuard, D.; Lopez-Soler, E.; Tomba, C.; Courçon, M.; Gulino-Debrac, D.; Delanoë-Ayari, H.; Nicolas, A. Nanomaterials [2022], 12, 648.- Patent-US 20160002368 A1: Method for preparing a Hydrogel Matrix by photopolymerzation: Biological applications. 2016- Fine Tuning of Tissues' Viscosity and Surface Tension through Contractility Suggests a New Role for α-Catenin. T.V. Stirbat, A. Mgharbel, S. Bodennec, K. Ferri, H.C. Mertani, J-P. Rieu, H. Delanoë-Ayari. PLoS ONE [2013] 8(2). - Measuring accurately liquid and tissue surface tension with a compression plate Tensiometer. A. Mgharbel, H. Delanoë-Ayari, J-P RIEU ; HFSP [2009] 3: 213–21.- Effective viscosity of cellular aggregates: role of fluctuations and stress.P. Marmottant, A. Mgharbel, J. Käfer, B. Audren, J-P. Rieu, J-C. Vial, B. van der Sanden, A.F.M. Marée, F. Graner, H. Delanoë-Ayari. PNAS [2009] 106: 17271.
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