He graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemistry and Biology Minor in 2007, and with a M.Sc. in 2009 under the supervision of Prof. H. El-Rassy at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He earned his Ph.D. in 2013, supported by a DAAD scholarship, under the supervision of Prof. U. Kortz at Jacobs University (Bremen, Germany). Then he was awarded an ITM-CNR Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct his postdoctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. M.Bonchio at the University of Padova, Italy. His research interests are mainly focused on the synthesis and structural characterization of novel inorganic nano-materials and their use in water treatment, corrosion control, protein crystallization, biological and medicinal applications, as well as homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.