Wehbeh FARAH
Directeur unité de recherche - Environnement, Génomique et Protéomique (EGP)
Coordinateur cursus master - PCI et RPM
Enseignant Cadré - Professeur - HDR, PhD, MSc
Faculty of Science (FS)Research Unit: Environment, Functional Genomics, and Proteomics (UR-EGP)
(+961) 1 421 000 ext 3374 wehbeh.farah@usj.edu.lb
2015 HDR diploma (Accreditation to Supervise Research) in Dense Media Materials, in Meteorology, Oceanography, Environmental Physics from the University of Western Brittany, France 1997 Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Montpellier II, France 1994 Masters Degree in Physics (DEA) from the University of Montpellier II, France 1992 Bachelors Degree in Physics from the Lebanese University, Lebanon
+ Degrees
• HDR diploma (Accreditation to Supervise Research)
• PhD in physics
• Post-graduate diploma in condensed Matter
• Master in physics
+ Teaching experience outside USJ
+ Professionnal experience outside USJ
+ Expertise field
Engineering and Technology, Sciences
+ Research topics
Air quality monitoring in Beirut: Continuous sampling real-time results. Installation of air quality monitoring stations. Analysis of time series data. Development of air quality forecasting tools. Greenhouse gas inventory. Impact of pollution on human health (eco-epidemiological time series study). Development of new sensors based on magnetic nanomaterials. Diluted magnetic semiconductor (magneto-optical magnetic properties). Time-resolved spectroscopy (luminescence, reflectivity, transient photoreflectance).
+ Publications and communications
1- Assessment of the exposure to PM2.5 in different Lebanese microenvironments at different temporal scales. Ali Faour, Maher Abboud, Georges Germanos & Wehbeh Farah. Environmental Monitoring Assessment volume 195, Article number: 21 (2023) 2- Exposure to fine particulate matter urticaria: an eco-epidemiological time-series analysis in Beirut. Myriam Mrad-Nakhlé, Wehbeh Farah, Nelly Ziade, Maher Abboud, Elias Chalhoub, Elie Ghabi, Nicole Dib & Isabella Annesi-Maesano. Toxicology and Environmental Health Sciences (2021) 10.1007/s13530-021-00078-6 3- Development of a Resonant Microwave Sensor for Sediment Density Characterization. R. Mansour, S. Rioual, B. Lescop, P. Talbot, M. Abboud, W. Farah, G. Tanné. Sensors (2020), https://doi.org/10.3390/s20041058 4- The impact of magnetite nanoparticles on the physicochemical and adsorption properties of magnetic alginate beads. G. Germanos, S. Youssef, W. Farah, B. Lescop, S. Rioual, M. Abboud. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering Volume 8, Issue 5, October 2020. 5- Analysis of the continuous measurements of PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations in Beirut, Lebanon. Farah, W., Nakhlé, M.M., Abboud, M., Ziade, N., Annesi-Maesano, I., Zaarour, R., Saliba, N.,Germanos, G., Saliba, N.A., Shihadeh, A.L., Gerard, J. (2018) Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 17 (7), pp. 1693-1700.
+ Awards and recognition
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