She completed her PhD in Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington investigating how environmental changes influence the nutritional quality and contamination of rice, a global staple crop and a main caloric source in many low-income countries. She completed a postdoc at the American University of Beirut, co-leading the Lebanese Team on an EU-sponsored project to implement Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem (WEFe) Nexus solutions in the Mediterranean. She works with Lebanese agricultural producers, businesses, and researchers to develop and assess solutions to boost local capacity while considering possible WEFe Nexus tradeoffs.
Yasmine started a SNF Swiss Postdoc Fellowship. Her research focuses on the effects of temperature and elevated CO2 levels on the uptake of toxic arsenic compounds in rice.
