Oral Presentations:
20. Jul 2023, OoPS (Ohio Photochemical Society Meeting “PHOTONS FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD”. Invited talk
“Tuning the properties of Ruthenium(II) diimine complexes for use in photoactivatable chemotherapy”
19. Jun 2021, URaD (Undergraduate Research and Discovery Program) Lebanese American University
“Harvesting Energy from Light for Solar Fuels, Cancer Therapy, and Sensors Applications”
18. Apr 2021, SoAS (School of Arts and Sciences) Research Seminars, Lebanese American University
“Photochemotherapy: Blue light at the end of the tunnel”
17. Aug 2019, 258th ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA
“Photophysical evaluation of biologically active strained ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes”
16. Mar 2018, 255th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA
“Photodynamic therapy of cancer using a long-lived Cu(I) bis-phenanthroline sensitizer”
15. Oct 2017, Invited Speaker, 254th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Washington, DC
“Harvesting triplet excited states in Ru(II) and Cu(I) complexes for photodynamic therapy of cancer”
14. April 2017, 253rd ACS National Meeting in San Francisco, California
“Rational design of ruthenium(II) chromophores: Towards efficient photocatalytic proton reduction”
13. Nov 2016, LAU, Research Trends in Chemistry and Materials, Lebanon
“Artificial Photosynthesis Using Molecular Compositions”
12. Dec 2015, Pacifichem 2015 meeting, Honolulu, USA
“Parallelization of water splitting photocatalysis”
11. Apr 2015, 21th LAAS International Science Conference, USJ, Lebanon
“Combinatorial Approaches to Photochemical Reactions”
10. Apr 2014, Invited Speaker for the Lebanese University Nanomaterials Symposium, Fanar Lebanon
“Economic Usage of Noble Metal Nanoparticles in Photocatalysis”
9. Mar 2014, Invited Speaker at the 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas, TX
“Optimizing the photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction in water”
8. Oct 2013, Invited Speaker for the American University of Beirut Seminar Series, Beirut Lebanon
“Powering the Planet Via Photocatalysis”
7. Apr 2013, Materials Research Society Spring 2013 meeting, San Francisco CA
“Water Splitting Catalysis on the Surface of Titanium Dioxide: From Molecules to Heterogeneous Catalysts”
6. Apr 2013, Materials Research Society Spring 2013 meeting, San Francisco CA
“High Efficiency Low-Power Photon Upconversion and its Application in Solar Energy Storage”
5. Apr 2012, Shanklin Award for Research Excellence, Bowling Green State University, OH
“Increasing the Efficiency of Solar Cells using Non-Coherent Pumped Upconversion Photochemistry”
4. Apr 2012, Department of Chemistry seminar at Bowling Green State University, OH
“Upconversion-Powered Photoelectrochemistry: Insights into Efficiency and Device Application”
3. Mar 2012, American Chemical Society Spring 2012 meeting, San Diego CA
“Upconversion-Powered Photoelectrochemistry: Insights into Efficiency and Device Application”
2. Aug 2011, American Chemical Society Fall 2011 meeting, Denver CO
“Photo-assisted Catalyst Growth and Water Splitting at the Metal Oxide/Molecule Interface”
1. Apr 2011, Charles E. Shanklin Graduate Research Colloquium, Bowling Green State University “Making Hydrogen Fuel Catalytically from Water”