Amin Shaban, Director of Research at National Council for Scientific Research

Amin Shaban, Director of Research at National Council for Scientific Research

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Dr. Amin Shaban is a Director of Researcher at the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS-L) & Professor at the Lebanese University. In addition, he has been nominated as a Consultant for several international entities (e.g. UN-ESCWA, UNESCO, IHP, ENPI-CBCMES-European Commission, etc.)

He has a Master degree from the American University of Beirut, Ph.D. from Bordeaux-I University, and he has achieved a Fulbright Program in the United States, at Boston University. He is specialized in the use of satellite images to study water resources including the monitoring of water resources, groundwater exploration, and watershed management, climate change impact on water and terrain surface processes.

Dr. Shaban is the representative for the National Hydrological Committee - IHP of Lebanon (Focal-point). He is also the CNRS-L representative of the National Committee for combating pollution in the Litani River and the Qaraaoun Reservoir. Moreover, he is a membership of several scientific assemblies, such as American Geophysical Union (AGU) and International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS). Dr. Shaban has been given several honorary awards, including the Award for Career Excellence in Scientific Research and Award of Distinguished Researchers . He has obtained three books on: phosphate deposits, shared water resources of Lebanon and on Litani River. In addition, he is an author in several book chapters. Dr. Shaban is the Principal Investigator for more than 15 research projects and participated in more than 25 projects. He has a teaching experience of more than 15 years, and supervised many Master and Ph.D. students.

Dr. Shaban has about 60 Publications in International Journals, as well as published in more than 50 International Processdings, and participated in a wide spectrum of seminars and workshops worldwide, plus many technical studies. He also participated in several workshops and scientific assemblies.

 

 

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Education: PhD

Seniority: VP, Exec VP, MD, Dean, General Manager, Business Unit Manager

Years of experience: 20 years or above

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