Ghassan M Matar is currently a Professor in the Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology & Microbiology and Laboratory Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research at the Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut (AUB). He received his PhD in Basic Medical Sciences (Microbiology) from AUB and was a Post-doctoral Fellow (Fulbright) at the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was then appointed as Research Microbiologist at the Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, CDC. He was also appointed as Assistant Dean at the Faculty of Health Science, AUB. In addition, he currently serves in WHO as advisor in the Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Agents (AGISAR), and as American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Ambassador to Lebanon. His Laboratory is a PulseNet Laboratory certified by CDC. He has published 90 articles in peer reviewed international journals and presented 115 papers in international, regional and local conferences. He received funding from various extramural sources such as: CDC, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), WHO/AGISAR, PulseNet (CDC, WHO, MOPH) and others. His research interests include: 1) Molecular mechanisms of resistance to antimicrobial agents in pathogenic bacteria, 2) Potential Treatment of E. coli O157:H7 and O104:H4 infections, 3) Biofilm production in P. aeruginosa and potential inhibition of biofilm formation, 4) Expression levels of virulence factors in bacterial agents in relation to disease production, 5) Molecular epidemiology of foodborne diseases and nosocomial infections. Ghassan M Matar is currently a Professor in the Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology & Microbiology and Laboratory Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research at the Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut (AUB). He received his PhD in Basic Medical Sciences (Microbiology) from AUB and was a Post-doctoral Fellow (Fulbright) at the Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He was then appointed as Research Microbiologist at the Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, CDC. He was also appointed as Assistant Dean at the Faculty of Health Science, AUB. In addition, he currently serves in WHO as advisor in the Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Agents (AGISAR), and as American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Ambassador to Lebanon. His Laboratory is a PulseNet Laboratory certified by CDC. He has published 90 articles in peer reviewed international journals and presented 115 papers in international, regional and local conferences. He received funding from various extramural sources such as: CDC, U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), WHO/AGISAR, PulseNet (CDC, WHO, MOPH) and others. His research interests include: 1) Molecular mechanisms of resistance to antimicrobial agents in pathogenic bacteria, 2) Potential Treatment of E. coli O157:H7 and O104:H4 infections, 3) Biofilm production in P. aeruginosa and potential inhibition of biofilm formation, 4) Expression levels of virulence factors in bacterial agents in relation to disease production, 5) Molecular epidemiology of foodborne diseases and nosocomial infections.

Bacteriology,virology