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Maher ABBOUD

Maher ABBOUD

Professor

School of Engineering of Beirut
Chargé de Cours

Faculty of Dental Medicine
Chargé de Cours

Faculty of Science
Doyen FS

+961 (1) 421 000 ext 3366 maher.abboud@usj.edu.lb

Maher Abboud, born in 1970, is a full professor of chemistry at the Faculty of Science at Saint Joseph University (USJ) in Lebanon. He obtained his engineering diploma in Physical and Chemical Materials in 1994 and his PhD in Material Chemistry in 1998 from the University of Bordeaux I, France, with a thesis focused on the design of hybrid materials based on polymers encapsulated by minerals for medical applications. In 2015, he received his Habilitation to Lead Research (HDR) from the University of Bretagne Occidentale.Abboud has held several significant roles, including head of the Chemistry Department at USJ from 2000 to 2006, director of the CAR Analysis and Research Center from 2006 to 2010, director of the Environment, Genomics, and Proteomics (EGP) Research Unit from 2016 to 2023, and since 2023, dean of the Faculty of Science at USJ. His research interests include developing functional hybrid materials, synthesizing polymer and mineral-based nanoparticles, creating sensors using magnetic nano-objects, and engineering composite materials with high chemical and mechanical resistance. His work has applications in environmental monitoring, air quality, and health fields.

Areas of expertise

Engineering and Technology, Sciences

Publications and communications

  • • Publications dans lesrevues internationales à comité de lecture : 53 dont 42 scopus

    • Publication dans descongrès internationaux à comité de lecture : 82

    • Le nombrede citations : 747 – h-index : 14 scopus                               1114– h-index 17 google scholar


  • 1 - Breathing New Life into Air Pollution Research: Examining the LinkBetween Air Pollution and Adverse Birth Outcomes in the Eastern MediterraneanRegion (EMR), E Whaibeh, G Abi Tayeh, W Farah, M Abboud, M Mrad Nakhlé, HumanReproduction, Volume 38, Issue Supplement_1, June 2023, dead093.259,https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dead093.259 Published:22 June 2023, (2023)
  • 2 -“Optimization of a molecularly imprinted polymer synthesis for a rapiddetection of caffeic acid in wine”, Marie Elhachem, Elias Bou-Maroun, MaherAbboud, Richard G. Maroun, Philippe Cayot, Foods 2023, 12(8), 1660;https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12081660 16 Apr 2023 (2023)
  • 3 - "Assessment of the exposure to PM2.5 in different Lebanesemicroenvironments at different temporal scales.", Ali FAOUR, Maher ABBOUD,Georges Germanos, Wehbeh FARAH, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, doi :10.1007/s10661-022-10607-6, EMAS-D-22-02010R1 195, 21 (2023)
  • 4 - Combination of screen-printed carbon electrode and molecularlyimprinted polymers for the selective determination of caffeic acid in wine”,Marie Elhachem, Elias Bou-Maroun, Maher Abboud, Richard G. Maroun, PhilippeCayot, Antioxidants 2022, 11,2036.https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox11102036,https://www.mdpi.com/journal/antioxidants,Published: 15 October 2022 (2022)
  • 5 - “AtmosphericDispersion Modelling of Gaseous Emissions from Beirut—International AirportActivities", to Environmental Monitoring and Assessment”. TharwatMokalled; Stéphane Le Calvé; Nada Badaro-Saliba; Maher Abboud; Rita Zaarour;Wehbeh Farah; Jocelyne Adjizian-Gérard, AIMS Environmental Science AIMSEnvironmental Science, 9(Issue): Volume 9, Issue 5: 553-572. doi:10.3934/environsci.2022033 DOI: 10.3934/environsci.2022, (2022)
  • 6 - " Air Pollution and Perinatal Health in the Eastern MediterraneanRegion: Challenges, Limitations, and the Potential of Epigenetics”, EmileWhaibeh, Georges Abi Tayeh, Wehbeh Farah, Maher Abboud, Samantha El Awar,Hadiya Leya Affara, Elias Chalhoub, Myriam Mrad, Current Environmental HealthReports, Early Life Environmental Health, Accepted: 26 December 2021, publishedon line : 26 January 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-022-00337-9 (2022)
  • 7 – “AnAssessment of Indoor Air Quality in the Arrivals Hall of Beirut-Rafic HaririInternational Airport: Monitoring of VOCs and NO2”, Mokalled, T., AdjizianGérard, J., Abboud, M., Liaud, C., Nasreddine, R., Le Calvé, S., Atmosphere, v12, p. 400, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12030400, Received: 23 February2021, accepted 17 March 2021, Manuscript ID: atmosphere-1140112 VOC Sensing andMeasurements Abstract: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/3/400, PDF Version: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/12/3/400/pdf, (2021)
  • 8 – “The Importance of Developing Electrochemical Sensors based onMolecularly Imprinted Polymers for a Rapid Detection of Antioxidants”, MarieElhachem , Philippe Cayot , Maher Abboud , Nicolas Louka , Richard Maroun ,Elias Bou-Maroun, Antioxidants, Antioxidants 2021, 10, 382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ antiox10030382, (2021)
  • 9 - “Towards polymeric nanoparticles with multiple magnetic patches”,Elham Yammine, Laurent Adumeau, Maher Abboud, Stéphane Mornet, Michel Nakhl,Etienne Duguet, Nanomaterials, Volume 11, Issue 1, 147;https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11010147, Received: 21 December 2020 / Revised: 5January 2021 / Accepted: 6 January 2021 / Published: 9 January 2021 (2021)
  • Sites web et réseaux sociaux
  • https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uDXzGtEAAAAJ&hl=en
  • https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maher-Abboud
  • https://www.scopus.com/inward/authorDetails.uri?authorID=16642138600&partnerID=5ESL7QZV&md5=7956a9807105eeda2373d1f4d375a7ef