Fouad Haj Hassan El

Professor Fouad El Haj Hassan received the Ph.D. degree in 2000 in condensed matter Physics, from Metz University, France. He joined the Lebanese University-Faculty of Sciences (I) in 2001 as a Professor of Physics and condensed matter. Prof. El Haj Hassan was the director of Platform for Research and Analysis in Environmental Sciences (PRASE – EDST - UL) between October 2015 and September 2023. Coordinator of the Faculty of Sciences 4 - annex Baalbek between 2009 and 2013. He is actually the Dean of scientific research and Innovation at Al Maaref University.

Prof. El Haj Hassan is a holder of a Lebanese Research Chair in computational Physics; he is the founder and TPC of several international conferences such as the MEDGREEN-LB 2011, ICM2013 IEEE, ICM2015 IEE, and ICM2021 IEE. He is a plenary speaker at many international conferences and is on the editor board of "Condensed Matter Physics" and "the scientific world journal". He is the referee for more than 12 international journals. Prof El Haj Hassan published 117 peer-reviewed journal papers with about 1917 citations and one book chapter. He is the author of the “Electronic and Vibrational Theory of Crystals” lecture in English and French. His research is presently focused on semiconductor and solar cell research.

Prof. El Haj Hassan is the winner of the price of Best Paper published by a Lebanese scientist in 2005 which was supported by UNESCO as a world Physics year and organized in Lebanon by CNRS, the French Embassy, and St esprit University. He received an award from the rector of the Lebanese University Dr. Zouhair Choker in 2006 for his research efforts. He is the Winner of the CNRS Research Excellence Award 2016 in Energy & efficient energy use technology. Winner of the LAAS Award 2017 for Career Excellence in Scientific Research.

Prof. El Haj Hassan was a Lebanese Associate member of the ICTP (International Center for Theoretical Physics), Trieste-Italy (2006-2014). He has been invited professor more than 18 times at French, Greek, Italian Universities and also to other countries. He is invited speaker for a plenary talk at many international conferences.