Education

2007: Lecturer & Post Herbarium curator. Biology Department, American University of Beirut- Lebanon.
2005- 2006: Instructor & Post Herbarium curator. Biology Department, American University of Beirut- Lebanon.
2005: Ph.D. Department of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, UK.
2001-2006: Pre- doctoral Fellow Laboratory of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, UK.
2001-2003: Training in herbarium curation in the University of Reading, British Museum, & Natural History Museum
2001: International Diploma in Herbarium Curation and management, Royal Botanical Gardens, KEW, UK.
1982: MS Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon ,                         
1980: B.S  Biology, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (February, 1980)

Professional Affiliations

Natural history Museum (London).
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
University of Reading Herbarium, Reading.
A member of the Natural History Museum committee (NHM) at AUB, Lebanon.
A member of a steering scientific committee for the biodiversity studies     
implementation in the North Lebanon Region, Akkar, Donniyeh (MADA), Lebanon.