Education and Professional Experience

2007-present Assistant professor, Biology Department, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
2005-2007 Post-doctoral fellow, Laboratory of Insect Immunogenomics, Imperial College     London, UK
2002-2005 Post-doctoral fellow, Laboratory of Insect Immunogenomics, European Molecular
Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
1999-2003 PhD Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universit Montpellier II, France
1998-1999 DEA Biologie Sant, Universit Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon, (in collaboration with the Universities Montpellier I and II in France)
1995-1998 Msc, Microbiology and Immunology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
1992-1995 BSc, Biology, Amercian University of Beirut, Lebanon