Dr. Tarhini is a lecturer at Rafik Hariri University, College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of physics at Lebanese University, faculty of sciences. He obtained a PhD in theoretical physics from Claude Bernard University of Lyon, France in 2013.

He did a postdoc at King Abdullah University of Sciences and Technology (KAUST) in the geophysics group.

Ever since 2010 he's been teaching different courses in Physics at Lyon University (2010 - 2013), Lebanese University at faculty of sciences (2015 till present) and RafiK Hariri University (2023 till present).

The courses taught covered a wide range of topics in physics, including, but not limited to: Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Physics, Solid State Physics, Waves and Vibrations, Mechanics, Optics, Electricity and Magnetism, Plasma Physics, Circuits....

In addition he taught some math courses: Differential Equations, Calculus and Group Theory. Dr Tarhini has 13 publications in well-known international journals.

EDUCATION

• PhD in theoretical particle physics from Ecole Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France, 2013
• MSc in fundamental physics from Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France, 2010
• BSc in Physics from the Lebanese University, Faculty of Science (Branch V), Nabatieh, Lebanon, 2008

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Particle Physics
• Cosmology
• Dark Matter
• Black Holes
• SuperSymmetry
• Quarks
• Higgs boson
• Neutrino
• Large Hadron Collider
• Acoustic and Elastic Wave Propagation
• Inverse Problem Solution
• PDE
• Optimization Methods.