# Zakaria Kambris — AUB professor > Zakaria Kambris teaches 20 courses at American University of Beirut, with 12 student reviews. Source: https://studiety.com/aub/professor/6097-zakaria-kambris Retrieved: 2026-09-16 ## Teaching in Fall 2026-2027 - [BIOL 201 — General Biology I](https://studiety.com/aub/course/487): Lecture L2 (full) - [BIOL 291 — Undergraduate Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2040): Tutorial 1 (full) - [BIOL 292 — Undergraduate Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2553): Tutorial 5 (full) - [BIOL 391 — Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2556): Tutorial 5 (full) - [BIOL 392 — Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2557): Tutorial 5 (full) - [BIOL 399 — Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2052): Thesis 11 (full) - [BIOL 480 — Qualifying Exam I:Comprehensive Exam](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2056): Comprehensive Exam 1 (5 seats left) - [BIOL 481 — Qualifying Exam II:Defense Thesis Prop](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2057): Defense of Thesis Proposal 1 (3 seats left) - [BIOL 484 — PhD Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2058): PhD Thesis 1 (full) - [BIOL 491 — Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2062): Tutorial 4 (full) - [BIOL 492 — Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2558): Tutorial 4 (full) - [BIOL 395A — Comprehensive Exam](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2051): Comprehensive Exam 1 - [BIOL 399A — Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2053): Thesis 1 (full) - [BIOL 399B — Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2054): Thesis 4 (full) - [BIOL 399C — Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2055): Thesis 4 (full) - [BIOL 484A — PH. D Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2059): PhD Thesis 4 (full) - [BIOL 484B — PhD Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2060): PhD Thesis 6 (full) - [BIOL 484C — PhD Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2061): PhD Thesis Defense 4 (full) ## Courses taught - [BIOL 201 — General Biology I](https://studiety.com/aub/course/487) - [BIOL 223 — Genetics](https://studiety.com/aub/course/506) - [BIOL 291 — Undergraduate Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2040) - [BIOL 292 — Undergraduate Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2553) - [BIOL 293 — Undergraduate Seminar](https://studiety.com/aub/course/501) - [BIOL 391 — Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2556) - [BIOL 392 — Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2557) - [BIOL 399 — M.S. Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2052) - [BIOL 484 — PhD Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2058) - [BIOL 491 — Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2062) - [BIOL 492 — Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2558) - [BIOL 291A — Undergraduate Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2041) - [BIOL 391A — Tutorial](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2049) - [BIOL 399A — M.S. Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2053) - [BIOL 399B — M.S. Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2054) - [BIOL 399C — M.S. Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2055) - [BIOL 484A — PH. D Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2059) - [BIOL 484B — PhD Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2060) - [BIOL 484C — PhD Thesis](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2061) - [CAA 101 — Course Academic Accommodations](https://studiety.com/aub/course/2860) ## Student ratings - Overall: 4.3/5 from 4 ratings ## What students said Reviews are shown without their authors' names. - **BIOL 201 · 4/5 · 2023-06** — Zakaria Kambris is recommended over Noel Ghanem for BIOL 201. - **BIOL 201 · 4/5 · 2022-08** — Zakaria is recommended for BIOL 201 over Noel since he's a more lenient grader. - **BIOL 201 · 5/5 · 2022-08** — Zakaria is strongly recommended for BIOL 201 over Noel — students say to go with Zak all the way. - **BIOL 201 · 4/5 · 2022-08** — Dr. Zakaria Kambris is recommended as the best instructor for Biology 201. - **CAA 101 · 2023-01** — Removed questions instead of giving extra time, which is *not* a valid accommodation. This led to a lower grade obviously. After communicating the issue, he gave extra time, and all the required accommodations which boosted performance. Overall fine. - **BIOL 201 · 2020-08** — It doesn't really matter with whom you take this course. Mohammad Al Zein is the lab coordinator. He doesn't lecture the course. Noel and Zakaria are both good as lecturers. You have to register for both the lecture and the lab. - **BIOL 223 · 2019-08** — Colin is not that bad. I actually got a better grade with him than with Kambris. The average is usually low, but you end up with a good raise. When I took with Colin, I solved some previouses (he posts them on moodle), and the exam was similar. But he expects you to read the chapter before explaining it. - **BIOL 201 · 2019-08** — As for bio, kambris is really nice but boring and makes referrals to things he thinks you already know. I heard noel is better and more fun tho - **BIOL 201 · 2019-08** — noel is the same as kambris. However noel does before every lecture a quick review in which he passes over the main topics in the exam. - **BIOL 201 · 2019-08** — Bio, Noel has more experience teaching the course but he's not so friendly, Zakaria is great if you have questions etc, but he's used to teach students that already have a background in the subject so he might assume you know certain things that you don't. But personally i'd say don't bother attending. The book is your best friend, everything you need is in there, save your time and effort. - **BIOL 201 · 2019-08** — Noel doesn't explain anything and only reads the slides. Zakaria is a sweetheart. - **BIOL 201 · 2019-08** — Noel explains better than Zakaria and the exam is common. ## See also - [All AUB professors](https://studiety.com/aub/professors.md) --- From Studiety (https://studiety.com/), an independent, student-run course guide. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any university. Reviews are the opinions of individual students.