Dr. Houssam Salami is the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Rafik Hariri University (RHU) and an Associate Professor of Physics. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Lyon 1 (Claude Bernard) – France in 2007, his Master’s degree from the Nuclear Institute of Lyon (IPNL) in 2003, and his Maîtrise diploma from the Lebanese University in 2002.

Dr. Salami served as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at Stony Brook University, New York (2007–2009). He also taught at the University of Lyon 1 as a Teaching Assistant (ATER) from 2006 to 2007, and later in Lebanon as a part-time instructor from 2009 to 2011.

His research focuses on High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, particularly absorption and laser-induced fluorescence techniques. He specializes in using continuous-wave lasers to selectively excite diatomic and triatomic molecules in the gas phase and record fluorescence using Fourier Transform Spectroscopy. His work has contributed to understanding complex cases of mixing between molecular potential energy curves.

EDUCATION

• 2025 Professional Graduate Diploma in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science – American University of Beirut.
• 2007 PhD in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics – Lyon University, France
• 2003 MSc in Subatomic Physics – Nuclear Institute of Lyon, France
• 2002 Maîtrise in General Physics – Lebanese University, Beirut - Lebanon

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy
• Laser Induced Fluorescence coupled to Fourier Transform spectrometer
• Atomic and Molecular Energy Levels, Potential Energy Curves
• Spin-Orbit Interactions, hyperfine structure
• Intra-Cavity Optics
• Ultra-Cold Atoms and Molecules
• Artificial Intelligence
• Magnetohydrodynamics
• Quantum Physics

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Sabbah, H. Salami, J. Kozaily, Rami Al Khatib, "3D model of Blood flow for Magnetohydrodynamics study", BIOCOM 2018 – Biomedical Engineering and Computational Intelligence conference. Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics book series published by Springer LNCVB Series (ISSN: 2212-9391), Pages 35-50, October 30-31, 2018.
• Harker, P. Crozet, A. J. Ross, K. Richter, J. Jones, C. Faust, J. Huennekens, A. V. Stolyarov, H. Salami and T. Bergeman. “Experimental and theoretical studies of the Coupled A ¹S⁺and b ³P States of NaK”. Physical Review A. 92, 012506, (2015).
• Bergeman, H. Harker, A. Ross, K. Richter, J. Jones, C. Faust, J. Huennekens, A. Stolyarov and H. Salami. “Further Progress in Data Acquisition and Analysis on the A 1S+ and b 3P states of NaK”. 46^thAnnual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP), Columbus, Ohio USA, June 8-12, 2015.
• Abdallah and H. Salami, "Overview of the Oil and Gas Exploration in Lebanon", 1^st International Conference of Mediterranean Gas and Oil, Beirut, Lebanon, IEEE Proceedings, DOI: 10.1109/MedGO.2015.7330329, April 16-18, 2015.
• Bergeman, H. Salami, K. Richter, J. Jones and A. Ross. “New Spectroscopic Data and Analysis of Existing Data on the A 1S+ and b 3P states of NaK”. 45^thAnnual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP), Madison, Wisconsin USA, June 2-6, 2014.
• Bergeman, H. Salami, and A. Ross. “Analysis of data on the B ¹P and c ³S states of NaK”. 45^thAnnual Meeting of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP), Madison, Wisconsin USA, June 2-6, 2014.
• H Harker, R. Girod, G. Wannous, A. Ross, K. Richter, J. Jones, C. Faust, J. Huennekens, H. Salami and T. Bergeman. “Collisional energy transfer and spin-orbit mixing in the A¹Σ⁺state of NaK”. French Physical Society/Molecular Spectroscopy meeting: PAMO-JSM conference, Reims, France, July 07-10, 2014
• Bai, E. H. Ahmed, B. Beser, Y. Guan, S. Kotochigova, A. M. Lyyra, S. Ashman, C. M. Wolfe, J. Huennekens, Feng Xie, Dan Li, Li Li, M. Tamanis, R. Ferber, A. Drozdova, E. Pazyuk, A. V. Stolyarov, J. G. Danzl, H. C. Nagerl, N. Bouloufa, O. Dulieu, C. Amiot, H. Salami and T. Bergeman. “Global Analysis of Data on the Spin-Orbit-Coupled A ¹S⁺and b ³P_u States of Cs₂”. Physical Review A. 83, 032514 (2011).
• Salami, T. Bergeman, B. Beser, J. Bai, E. Ahmed, S. Kotochigova, M. Lyyra, J. Huennekens, C. Lisdat, A. Stolyarov, O. Dulieu, P. Crozet, A. Ross. “Spectroscopic Observations, Spin-Orbit Functions, and Coupled-Channel Deperturbation analysis of data on the A ¹S⁺and b ³P_u States of Rb₂”.
  Physical Review A. 80, 022515 (2009).
• Tiemann, H. Knöckel, P. Kowalczyk, W. Jastrzebski, A. Pashov, H. Salami, A. Ross. “Molecular Potentials of a ³S⁺and X ¹S⁺ of KLi and Born-Oppenheimer Corrections”. Physical Review A. 79, 042716 (2009).
• Mark, J. Danzl, E. Haller, M. Gustavsson, N. Bouloufa, O. Dulieu, H. Salami, T. Bergeman, H. Ritch, R. Hart, H. Nagerl. “Dark Resonances for Ground State Transfer”. Applied physics B. 95 (2), 219-225 (2009).