Nancy Fayad, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Fayad is an Assistant Professor of Microbial Genomics in the department of pharmaceutical Sciences of the Lebanese American University School of Pharmacy since August 2023. She first the Multi-Omics Laboratory of the School of Pharmacy at the Lebanese American University in February 2021 as a research faculty / postdoctoral research fellow.
Education and Training
- Ph.D. in Biology from Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon (Highest distinction);
- Ph.D. in Agronomic Sciences and Biological Engineering from Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium (Highest distinction);
- M.S. in Functional Genomics and Proteomics from Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon (Honors; Highest distinction);
- B.S. in Earth and Life Sciences – Biochemistry from Saint-Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon (Honors; Highest distinction)
Honors and Awards
- L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Sciences – Young Talents Levant Program – 2022
- Teacher of the year award for didactic teaching – 2023; School of Pharmacy, Lebanese American University
- Fellow of the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS-L)
- Fellow of the International Actions Council of the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Scholarly Interests
- The natural and pathogenic respiratory tract microbiota
- Clinical and environmental microbiology
- The genomics of anti-microbial resistance
- Bioproduction: microbial byproducts (example: biopesticides; bioactive molecules….)