Roger MATTA

École supérieure d'ingénieurs de Beyrouth – Chargé de cours

+961 (1) 421 000 roger.matta@usj.edu.lb

Enseignant Profile

Roger Matta is a chemist specializing in environmental chemistry, with a focus on soil water treatment. His career includes roles as a post-doctoral researcher in France, and as a Ph.D. researcher exploring chemical oxidation for pollutant removal. His industry experience spans roles in water treatment, where he contributed to developing chemical solutions for industrial processes across Europe and Africa. In academia, he has taught courses ranging from general chemistry to environmental chemistry and mentored numerous master’s students on advanced oxidation processes for water treatment.


Education

Diplôme Université Pays Année
Doctorat - chimie & Environnement Aix-Marseille Université France 2009
pH.D in Chemistry and Environment Aix-Marseille Université France 2009
Master II recherche Chimie et Environnement Aix-Marseille Université France 2005
Master - chimie Aix-Marseille Université France 2005
Master I in General Chemistry Aix-Marseille Université France 2002
Maitrise - chimie Generale Université Libanaise (UL) Liban 2002

Enseignement à l'USJ

Enseignement universitaire hors USJ

Enseignement universitaire hors USJ Pays Etablissement Date début Date fin
Mi-temps, Chef Departement Sciences et Genie Chimique Liban Universite La Sagesse-Polytech Beyrouth 29/09/2017 29/09/2023
Enseignant vacataire Liban Université Saint-Esprit- Kaslik (USEK) 29/09/2014 29/10/2024

Expérience professionnelle hors USJ

Expérience professionnelle Organisation Date début Date fin
Specialiste Traitement des Eaux et R&D Societe ALOES 29/07/2010 29/08/2014
Post-doctorat Aix Marseille Universite 29/04/2009 29/06/2010

Domaine d’expertise

Enseignant Discipline
Ingénierie et technologie; Sciences

Thématiques de recherche

Enseignant Thematique

Advanced oxidation of Organic Pollutants in Water Soils.

Publications et communications

Enseignant Publi and Com

1. Abou-Khalil, R., Matta, R. El-Hayek, E. (2023). Binding Parameters of Glucose to Human Serum Albumin in the Presence of Cinnamaldehyde Cinnamic Acid from Cinnamon Bark (Cinnamomum verum). Croatica Chemica Acta, 96 (3), P1-P7. 2. Kayssar Eid, Kassandra Fares, Roger Matta, Elissar El-Hayek & Rony Abou-Khalil. Apple waste management: a study on polyphenol oxidase activity, Spectroscopy Letters, 2023, 56:5, 263-272, 3. Roger Matta, Hicham Younes, Rita Hanna, Joseph Saab, Rony Abou-Khalil. Sulfate Radicals Mediated Oxidation of Amoxicillin: Optimization of Key Parameters, Journal of Environmental Management, June 2019. volume 245, pages 375-383. 4. Roger Matta, Serge Chiron. « Oxidative degradation of pentachlorophenol by permanganate for ISCO application». Environmental Technology, March 2017, volume 18, pages 1-19. 5. Roger Matta, Sabrine Tlili, , Serge Chiron, Stéphane Barbati. Removal of Carbamazepine upon Sulfate radical oxidation from Urban Wastewater. Journal of “Environmental Chemistry Letters”, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2011, pages 347–3536. Roger Matta, Khalil Hanna and Serge Chiron. « Oxidation of phenol by green rust and hydrogen peroxide at neutral pH» Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 61, Issue 3, 15 July 2008, Pages 442-4467. Roger Matta, Khalil Hanna and Serge Chiron. «Oxidation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene in the presence of different iron bearing minerals at neutral pH. » Journal of Chemical engineering. Volume 144, Issue 3, 1 November 2008, Pages 453-458 8. Roger Matta, Khalil Hanna and Serge Chiron. « Fenton-like oxidation of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene using different ironminerals» Science of The Total Environment, Volume 385, Issues 1-3, 15 October 2007, Pages 242-251

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