Doctoral Thesis Project
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of arrhythmia initiation, interactions with the cardiac substrate and electrophysiological dynamics


Doctoral Thesis Committee

• Luther, Stefan, Prof. Dr. - Biomedical Physics (MPI-ds)


• Bodenschatz, Eberhard, Prof. Dr. - Fluid Dynamics, Pattern Formation and Nanobiocomplexity (MPI-ds, Uni-Phy)


• Lehnart, Stephan E., Prof. Dr. - extern

Homepage Department/Research Group

http://www.bmp.ds.mpg.de



University Education

• 02/2010-present Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization / University of Göttingen / GGNB program Physics of Biological and Complex Systems


• 09/2005-06/2009 University of Balamand, Ashrafieh, Lebanon, M.D., Medicine


• 09/2002-06/2005 American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Bachelor, Physics

Publications

• Petitprez S, Zmoos AF, Ogrodnik J, Balse E, Raad N, El-Haou S, Albesa M, Bittihn P, Luther S, Lehnart SE, Hatem SN, Coulombe A, Abriel H. SAP97 and Dystrophin Macromolecular Complexes Determine Two Pools of Cardiac Sodium Channels Nav1.5 in Cardiomyocytes. Circ Res. 2011 Feb 4;108(3):294-304.

Fellowships, Awards, Memberships

• 02/2010-present stipend of the Max Planck Society dedicated to Max Planck PhD students


• since 09/2009: Member in the Syndicate of Doctors in Lebanon