Fouad Maalouf

Biography:

Fouad Maalouf is a senior scientist working at ICARDA since 2007. He holds PhD and Post-doc on faba bean breeding at Cordoba University-Spain on the development synthetic varieties in faba bean under Drs. Jose Ignacio Cubero and Maria Jose Suso. He coordinated Lebanese component of EU project on “Durum wheat water use efficiency” at LARI and was teaching botany and Genetics at Saint Joseph (1997-2007) and Lebanese Universities (2003-2007). His current research focus is the faba bean Improvement. He has supervised 19 students, including 3 PhD, 10 Master and 6 undergraduate students on different aspects of faba bean breeding. He authored or co-authored more than 39 research publications, including 32 referenced journal articles. He contributed to the release of 12 faba bean varieties with NARS partners