PhD in Physical Chemistry

[Dissertation: “Hot-wire Chemical Vapor Deposition Chemistry and Kinetics of New Precursors in the Gas Phase and on the Wire Surface”]

Diploma in Education Psychology

[Graduation Project: “Effectiveness of Cooperative Learning at Elementary Level Students ”]

MSc in Analytical Chemistry

[Dissertation: “UV-Spectrophotometric and Electroanalytical Determination of Prilocaine”]

BSc in Chemistry

Theoretical Quantum Calculations: GAMESS, Gaussian 16. GabEDIT, Avogadro, and MacMolPlt.

Computer Skills: Professional graphic and web designer, MS Office, Adobe Suite, PHP, MySQL, Origin, ChemDRAW, Mathematica, and R.

Administrative skills, Course coordination, Team leadership, Proposal writing, Budgeting, Project management, Course design, Lab manuals and Scientific writing and reviewing.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

·         Achieved high scores in students’ evaluation in both general and major chemistry courses

·         Supervised undergraduate and graduate students in research activities in the fields of wastewater treatment and natural gas upgrading

·         Participated in the curriculum development committee

Visiting Professor

·         Taught the tutorial section of Physical Chemistry (I) course. This includes subjects in thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, and phase diagrams

·         Developed a modern technology to generate ammonia and useful chemicals out of pharmaceutical wastes

·         Designed and constructed a novel photocatalytic reactor for wastewater treatment process

·         Examined the thermal degradation and oxidation of selected pharmaceuticals

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

·         Course Coordinator for general chemistry courses. This involves liaising between 10-15 faculty members teaching > 1000 students.

·         Supervised undergraduate and graduate students in research activities; oil catalytic upgrading, chemical kinetics, and quantum theoretical calculations.

·         Designed and taught a new graduate course in quantum computational chemistry

·         Revamped and redesigned physical chemistry lab experiments to match modern knowledge

Research Associate/Teaching Assistant

·         Successfully synthesized moisture- and air-sensitive chemicals which have been described as hard-to-make

·         Investigated the mechanism and the kinetics of the gas-phase chemistry of new HWCVD precursors using single photon laser ionization/time-of-flight mass spectrometer

·         Perfumed theoretical calculations using ab-initio methods to interpret the experimental results

·         Supervised two undergraduate students during summer projects

·         Achieved excellent teaching evaluations from both students and supervisors

Math and Science Lead Teacher

·         Increased students’ performance by more than 100% in Mathematics and Chemistry courses following IGCSE and American curriculums

·         Successfully lead the Mathematics team to be one of the best among the IAT system

·         Participated in the development of standards-based curriculum, instruction, assessment plans and strategies

·         Contributed to the orientation and training of new teachers and Initiated and participated in teachers’ professional development activities

Research Assistant

·         Developed a new, sensitive, and direct method for the determination of Prilocaine in pharmaceutical formulations, using extraction spectrophotometry, and Differential-pulse adsorptive cathodic stripping voltammetry (DP-AdCSV) methods

Science Teacher

·         Increased students’ performance by more than 100% in Science and Mathematics courses

·         Worked as Field Laboratory Technician; duties included: monitoring the laboratory stock, sorting chemicals and instruments, and checking the validity of chemicals in stock

Senior Graphic Artist     

·         Designed documents and artworks from concept to final electronic file, for governmental and commercial clients, and proofed other designers work

Certified Peer Reviewer Course

Foundations of Everyday Leadership

H2S Alive

X-ray crystallography workshop

IC3 Certificate, and IC3 certified instructor

IC3 2005 Standard Computing Fundamentals

Competent Toastmaster

Graphic Design for Print & Web Certificate