I'm an assistant professor in the renewable energy engineering program, department of mechanical engineering at Beirut Arab University. I worked as postdoctoral research associate (PDRA) in the electronic and interface materials group in the department of materials at University of Oxford, UK where I designed a new solar cell called Charged Oxide Inversion Layer (COIL) solar cell. I hold a PhD in electrical and electronics engineering and a MSc in renewable energy (top student award) from the University of Manchester, UK. I established several international collaborations and worked with top industry partners (like Trina Solar and Longi Solar). I have published papers in top journals.

Defects in semiconductors materials, silicon solar cells, interface engineering and hydrogen dynamics in different layers of solar cells, efficiency degradation mechanisms of solar cell efficiency, silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells, electrical and optical semiconductor characterization methods like deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) and photoluminescence (PL), wind energy, biomass and biofuel properties.

PhD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Thesis title: "Degradation Mechanism in Silicon Solar Cell Materials", University of Manchester, UK MSc, Renewable Energy and Clean Technology, University of Manchester, UK BE, Mechanical Engineering, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon

Solid state physics, Renewable energy technologies including solar, wind and biofuel energies, Fundamental mechanical engineering subjects like thermodynamics and heat transfer, Mathematics

Departmental success scholarship to fund my PhD Top student award during my MSc BE degree with GPA 3.95 Best poster and best presentation award at several conferences