Roula Abdel-Massih
Professor
University of Balamand
Lebanon
Biography
Abdel-Massih Roula is a Professor in the Faculty of Sciences, University of Balamand, Lebanon. She served as a Chairperson of the Department of Biology, from 2008-2011. She received her Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, University of Glasgow (UK) and her MSc and BSc from the American University of Beirut (Lebanon). Her primary research focus is on the structural characterization of plant cell wall complex carbohydrates and the identification of biologically active plant components (antibacterial and anti-proliferative activity) . She received different grants from local and international agencies. She is a member in different Professional Scientific Societies such as OWSD, APUA/ Lebanese Chapter, ASFFBC and others. She was elected as a TWAS Young Affiliate from 2011 to 2015. She has published more than 26 papers in international reputed journals and has conference proceedings in around 46 International conferences. Roula was selected by The New York Academy of Sciences and the STS to participate in the 2015 Future Leaders program in Japan and was elected as an education fellow in the US National Academies in the Life Sciences (2015-2016). She obtained a Certificate of Completion for the APLD Program (May 2016) at Harvard.
Research Interest
Biological Sciences