Rouaa Daou

Dr. Rouaa Daou is a food safety researcher and university instructor specializing in food mycology, mycotoxin contamination, dietary exposure assessment, food toxicology, and public health risk assessment. She holds a Ph.D. through a joint doctoral program between Saint Joseph University of Beirut and the Lebanese University, specializing in Life Sciences and Public Health, respectively. She also holds an M.S. in Food Technology and a B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics from the American University of Beirut. She has further strengthened her expertise through specialized training at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, completing courses in Toxicology and Risk Assessment of Avoidable Chemicals in Food and Toxicology and Risk Assessment of Unavoidable Chemicals in Food. Her research focuses on the occurrence, dietary exposure, and associated health risks of major mycotoxins, particularly aflatoxins and ochratoxin A, in various food commodities. Her work also extends to t