professeur - PhD, HDR
(+961) 1 421 000 ext 3366 richard.maroun@usj.edu.lb
Prof. Richard G. Maroun obtained a Master degree in
Microbiology-Virology at University Paris VII and Pasteur Institute in Paris, France in 1995. He achieved his
PhD in 1998 on the discovery of anti-HIV molecules and earned a PhD diploma
from University Paris VII. After a one-year post doc in France, he returned to
Lebanon in 1999 and was in charge of Biochemistry and Virology courses in
different local universities. In 2001 he was recruited as Assistant Professor at
the Faculty of Sciences (FS) of Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (USJ). In
2004 he obtained an Habilitation à Diriger les Recherches (HDR) diploma in Sciences from University
Paris VII. In 2010 he was promoted to a full Professor position. In 2014, he
completed a food safety training and obtained a certificate in "Advanced
course in HACCP " from Campden BRI Institute in Great Britain. Since his recruitment
at USJ, he was in charge of several administrative positions. In July 2015 he was
elected Dean of FS. Pr. Maroun is currently the Head of the research team
“Characterization of Bioactive Molecules” at FS. He published more than 110 scientific articles in international journals and more than 50 papers in
international conferences, as well as several book chapters and patents. Since
2011 he is sworn expert in epidemiology and microbiology in Lebanese courts.
048CMGBM3 Corporate Management
048BCMBL5 Biochimie métabolique
048BHCBM2 Biotechnology and Medical Devices Industry
048RGCBM3 Regulation of gene expression
048BAVBL6 Bactériologie et virologie
048BCCCM2 Biochimie cellulaire
048EFMBL4 Enzymologie Fondamentale et Moléculaire
048VDACM3 Voies de valorisation des déchets agroalimentaire
• Lauréat du programme LIRA “Lebanese Industrial Research Achievements”: Innovative Academic-Industrial Applied Research Projects, 2016
• Lauréat du programme LIRA “Lebanese Industrial Research Achievements”: Innovative Academic-Industrial Applied Research Projects, 2017
• Lauréat du programme LIRA “Lebanese Industrial Research Achievements”: BERYTECH incubation and business support prize for LIRA project, 2018
• Prix de l’Innovation du Centre de l’Innovation et de la Technologie (CIT) de l’Institut de la Recherche Industrielle (IRI), Liban, 2013
• Lauréat du programme IRALeb “Industrial Research Achievements Lebanon”: Innovative Academic-Industrial Applied Research Projects, 2022
• Prix de la meilleure contribution scientifique