Country of Residence
Discipline(s)
Institution
IÉSEG School of Management
Executive MBA student
Parvis de la Défense, 92800 Puteaux
Research Interests
Green Solvents, Circular Economy, Sustainability, Antioxidants, Cosmetics, Food, Natural compounds, biological activities, Anti-Aging, Process Engineering, Polyphenol Extraction, Bioactive Compounds, Agricultural Byproducts, Pulsed Electric Fields, High Voltage Electrical Discharges, Infrared Technology, Sustainable Practices, Valorization, Environmental-friendly Extraction, Grape Byproducts, Citrus Fruits, Pomegranate Peels, Grapefruit Peels, Orange Peels, Vine Shoots, Food Fraud Detection, Skin Treatment Applications, Health Effects, Microbiota, Metabolism, Innovative Food Processing.
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
Biography
Winner of L’Oréal UNESCO for Women in Science Young Talent 2021, and recipient of the entrepreneurship Agrytech Grants award 2021, ACT Smart Innovation Hub, Berytech, Hiba N. Rajha is an AGYA member and technical staff in the Bestmedgrape, ENI CBC Med European project.
Throughout her 8 years of experience as a faculty member, Hiba N. Rajha gained, next to teaching abilities in the fields of Process Engineering and Biochemistry, significant skills in leadership/entrepreneurship, and interdisciplinary knowledge in research and industrial expertise.
She participated in 26+ international and national conferences where she presented her research topics and received many prizes. Her research interest is mainly focused on the recovery of bioactive molecules from food wastes, using emerging technologies such as pulsed electric fields, ultrasounds, high-voltage electrical discharges, ultrasounds, infrared, etc. Biomolecules are then nano-encapsulated and studied for skin diseases and cancer. She published more than 40 papers in international peer-reviewed journals (h-index 24; citations 1900), contributed in authoring 4 book chapters, and co-invented 6 patents regarding innovative technologies for extraction of sensitive bioactive constituents from biological matrices.
Her process engineering know-how allowed her to closely work with many industries on the development of new products, waste management strategy, quality control of the products, and process optimization to improve quality and productivity while lowering production costs. Her proficiency also encompasses industrial consultancy in terms of incubation and initiation to entrepreneurship, from laboratory to market. She is the holder of three Lebanese Industrial Research Achievements LIRA awards (2016 and 2022) for the industrial application of her research.
Hiba N. Rajha has a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry, a Master’s degree in Genetics and proteomics. She got her PhD in 2015 from Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne UTC (France) and Saint-Joseph University of Beirut (Lebanon) in both Process Engineering and Biochemistry. She also studied Process Engineering at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, CNAM (2019). She is currently doing an Executive MBA at IÉSEG School of Management, Paris.
Awards
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Levant Regional Young talents program 2021
First Professional Prize in the LIRA 12 Forum of Technology and Industrial Innovation
IP Valorization Entrepreneurship Grants Program under the ACT Smart Innovation Hub
Innovation Prize at the 18th ISANH Middle East World Congress on Antioxidants