Prof. Kharrat is a Plant Geneticist with special interests in endemic species conservation and in conifer genetics. She employs genomic tools to investigate tree populations and flowering plants in order to understand their phylogeny, phylogeography and their historical evolutionary processes.
The results of her research have allowed her to define conservation policies and forest ecosystem restoration strategies that are optimizing the survival of tree populations in the face of climate change. She is the co-founder and vice-president of “Jouzour Loubnan”, an NGO dealing with reforestation in Lebanon since 2008.
Her work on restoration and rehabilitation of degraded mountain ecosystems and genetic investigation and conservation of the Lebanese flora is recognized at national and international levels.
She was awarded in 2008 by UNESCO-L’Oréal for “Women in Science” for her work on valorization and conservation of native Lebanese flora and for launching its first online data base. In 2012 she was nominated by the Program of U.S. Embassies and Consulates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) as “Outstanding Woman Scientist, Women in Science 2011-2012”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sites web:
http://fs.usj.edu.lb/profs/magda_boudagher-kharrat.htm
http://www.lebanon-flora.org
http://biodiversite-liban.blogs.usj.edu.lb/
http://www.jouzourloubnan.org
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Magda_Bou_dagher_kharrat