Nasser Yassin is currently the Minister of Environment in Lebanon. He has been leading the humanitarian response to the latest Israeli war on Lebanon as coordinator of the Government Emergency Committee, He is Professor of policy, planning and strategy.

Until his appointment in the cabinet, he was a professor and administrator at the American University of Beirut (AUB): he headed the Health Management & Policy Department & between 2014-2020, he was the Director of Research of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs & the Institute's Director in 2019-2020. He also co-chaired the AUB4Refugees Initiative that brought together faculty in AUB responding to refugee crises.

He founded in 2020 & directed the Crisis Observatory to track the repercussions of the crises & to provide evidence and systematic analysis of various facets of the crises.

He holds a PhD from University College London (UCL), an MSc from London School of Economics (LSE), and an MSc and BSc from the AUB. His research and practice interests are in development planning and policymaking in fragile and transition states. He researches and works on policy and social innovation especially in areas of refugee, youth & health policies and programs.

He is author of more than 60 internationally published peer-reviewed articles and books. His research has been featured in many media channels including Al-Jazeera, BBC, The Economist, New York Times, and Deutsche Welle - among others.