Najat Saliba
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Dr. Najat Saliba
Member of the Lebanese Parliament
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Najat Aoun Saliba is a Professor of Analytical Chemistry and an atmospheric chemist at the American University of Beirut (AUB). She was the Director of AUB's Nature Conservation Center from 2013 till 2020. Saliba is also the co-founder and director of Khaddit Beirut (an initiative launched after Beirut's 2020 explosion) and the founder and director of the Environment Academy (an initiative created with the support of the World Health Organization). She was appointed a laureate of the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program in 2019. In 2022 she was elected to the Lebanese parliament.
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Education
Education:
- 1994 - 1999: Ph.D. Physical Science, University of Southern California, CA.
- 1992 - 1994: M.S. Analytical Chemistry, California State University, Long Beach, CA.
- 1982 - 1986: B.S. Chemistry , Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Work history
Previous Professions:
- 2022 - Present: People's Representative, The Lebanese Parliament, Lebanon.
- 2019 - Present: Director, Enviroment Academy, Amercian University of Beirut.
- 2011 - Present: Professor, American University of Beirut.
- 2006 - 2011: Associate Professor, American University of Beirut.
- 2001 - 2006: Assistant Professor, American University of Beirut.
- 2020 - 2022: Co-Chied Executive Director, Khaddit Beirut.
- 1999 - 2001: Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Irvine, Orange County, California.
Accomplishments
Awards:
- 2021: 100 Most Influenctial People in Gender Policy, Issued by Apolitical.
- 2021: 12 Most Influential People in Climate Justice, Issued by Apolitical.
- 2019: 100 Best Inluential Women for the Year 2019, Issued by BBC.
- 2019: L'Oreal-UNESCO International Award for Women in Science for the Middle East and the African Region.
- 2019: Paul Harris Fellow Pin from the Rotary Club Beirut Cedars.
- 2019: The Honorary Cedar Shield from the Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon.
- 2019: The National Order of the Cedar from the President of the Lebanese Republic.
- 2016: The Lebanese Council for Scientific Research, Annual Research Excellence Award.