Ammar A. Olabi - American University of Beirut

Service to the Community /Service to the Profession
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Qatrah Beverage Product Innovation Competition 20009-present. P.I: Ammar Olabi, NFSC, Co-
P.I.: Zeina Kassaify, NFSC. Co-Investigators: Imad Toufeili, Mohamad Abiad, NFSC, Ali
Chalak, AGSC. Developed guidelines rules and procedures for the Beverage Innovations and
Development Competition for the nonalcoholic beverages industry in the other Arab countries
(Qatrah Annual Competition) and served on the judging panel.
Member of the Lebanese “Food Constitution/Codex Alimentarius” Committee (AY 07-present).
Member of the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture Committee for Milk and Milk Products
(December 2009-present).
Member of the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture Committee for Food Industries (AY 09present).
Member of the Food Security and Policy in the Middle East Program (April 2010-present).
Reviewer for the Journal of Food Science
Reviewer for the Journal of Dairy Science
Member of the Institute of Food Technologists (Sensory and Quality Assurance divisions).
Member of the American Dairy Science Association.
Member of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences.
Member of the Lebanese Association for Food Science and Nutrition.
Consultancies
Iraq PM Public Officials Advancement Workshop. Acted as the workshop departmental
coordinator with REP and taught/trained for 1 day on two occasions: March 15 and April 20,
2012.
Development of condiments using pomegranate concentrate. P.I.: Ammar Olabi, Co-P.I.: Imad
Toufeili, NFSC, March 16, 2012-January, 2013.
Qatrah Beverage Product Innovation Competition 20009-present. P.I: Ammar Olabi, NFSC, Co-
P.I.: Zeina Kassaify, NFSC. Co-Investigators: Imad Toufeili, Mohamad Abiad, NFSC, Ali
Chalak, AGSC. Developed guidelines rules and procedures for the Beverage Innovations and
Development Competition for the nonalcoholic beverages industry in the other Arab countries
(Qatrah Annual Competition) and served on the judging panel.
Worked as a collaborator in a consulting project for the development of a new sports beverage
with better performance results for Inalco Pharmaceuticals, (San Luis Obispo, August 15-
September 15, 2008).
Gave a Sensory Evaluation of Food Short Course. A 2-day course given in January-February 07
to food industry professionals of Vitech Inc., as part of the activities of the Action for Sustainable
Agro-Industry in Lebanon (ASAIL).
Media Appearances
Gave a short television interview about canned foods for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation
(LBC) nightly News (June 10, 2011).
Gave a short television interview about canned foods for the “Before You” consumer awareness
program on Future News Television (December 19, 2008).