Campus Director
Public Health

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Phone: +961 28 531 131

Mailing Address:
Rashaya

Dr. Azzam, Firas

Campus Director

Public Health

Education

  • Chemistry and physical chemistry of polymers, Joseph Fourier universityGrenoble France, Ph.D
  • Master 2 degree in « polymers for advanced technology », Joseph Fourieruniversity Grenoble France, MSc
  • Bachelor in general chemistry, Lebanese university faculty of sciences IIFanar Lebanon, BS

Awards

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Short Bio

Firas Azzam is a lecturer at the Modern University for Business and ScienceMUBS as well as the academic coordinator of Rashaya campus. He earneda PhD in polymer chemistry from Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble,France. He pursued his research career and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute for Agronomical Research INRA andthen at the Materials Institute Jean Rouxel IMN in Nantes, France.

Dr. Firasis currently part of different projects implemented by MUBS and its NationalWellness Network NWN in Rashaya and Hasbaya regions.

Publications

  • Hage Boutros, P., Hachem, S., Bou Serhal, R., Yazbeck, N., Azzam, F., & Atallah, B. (2025). Prevalence and predictors of food insecurity in conflict zones among displaced families in Lebanon during the war: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1648552. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1648552
  • Azzam, F., Frka-Petesic, B., Semeraro, E. F., Cousin, F., & Jean, B. (2020). Small-angle neutron scattering reveals the structural details of thermosensitive polymer-grafted cellulose nanocrystal suspensions. Langmuir, 36(29), 8511–8519. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01103
  • Azzam, F., Chaunier, L., Moreau, C., Lourdin, D., Bertoncini, P., & Cathala, B. (2017). Relationship between Young’s modulus and film architecture in cellulose nanofibril-based multilayered thin films. Langmuir, 33(17), 4138–4145. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00049
  • Azzam, F., Heux, L., & Jean, B. (2016). Adjustment of the chiral nematic phase properties of cellulose nanocrystals by polymer grafting. Langmuir, 32(17), 4305–4312. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00690
  • Azzam, F., Siqueira, E., Fort, S., Hassaini, R., Pignon, F., Travelet, C., Putaux, J.-L., & Jean, B. (2016). Tunable aggregation and gelation of thermoresponsive suspensions of polymer-grafted cellulose nanocrystals. Biomacromolecules, 17(6), 2112–2119. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.6b00344
  • Azzam, F., Moreau, C., Cousin, F., Menelle, A., Bizot, H., & Cathala, B. (2015). Reversible modification of structure and properties of cellulose nanofibril-based multilayered thin films induced by postassembly acid treatment. Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, 31(9), 2800–2807. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00211
  • Dammak, A., Moreau, C., Azzam, F., Jean, B., Cousin, F., & Cathala, B. (2015). Influence of cellulose nanocrystals concentration and ionic strength on the elaboration of cellulose nanocrystals-xyloglucan multilayered thin films. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 460, 214–220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2015.08.048
  • Azzam, F., Galliot, M., Putaux, J. L., et al. (2015). Surface peeling of cellulose nanocrystals resulting from periodate oxidation and reductive amination with water-soluble polymers. Cellulose, 22, 3701–3714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-015-0785-x
  • Azzam, F., Moreau, C., Cousin, F., Menelle, A., Bizot, H., & Cathala, B. (2014). Cellulose nanofibril-based multilayered thin films: effect of ionic strength on porosity, swelling, and optical properties. Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, 30(27), 8091–8100. https://doi.org/10.1021/la501408r
  • Azzam, F., Heux, L., Putaux, J. L., & Jean, B. (2010). Preparation by grafting onto, characterization, and properties of thermally responsive polymer-decorated cellulose nanocrystals. Biomacromolecules, 11(12), 3652–3659. https://doi.org/10.1021/bm101106c