Najat A. Saliba
Najat A. Saliba | |
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| نجاة عون صليبا | |
Najat Saliba, 2023 | |
| Member of the Lebanese Parliament | |
| Assumed office 17 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mario Aoun |
| Constituency | Chouf District |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 Damour, Lebanon |
| Political party | Taqaddom |
| Education | Lebanese University (BSc) California State University, Long Beach (MSc) University of Southern California (PhD) |
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| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Analytical chemistry; Atmospheric aerosol chemistry |
| Institutions | University of California, Irvine American University of Beirut |
Najat Aoun Saliba (Arabic: نجاة عون صليبا; Najat Khattar Aoun) 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.