About the Department
Staff Bio
Subject: Physical Chemistry
Prof. Mohamed Akhter has Broad background in Physical /Analytical Chemistry enhanced by a keen interest in spectroscopic methods and specialized skills in Polymer Chemistry. He has Supervised several physical and environmental research projects. He has attended many international conferences and published over 41 papers in high impact journals and conference proceedings. He has membership in numbers of scientific organization and societies.
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Subject: Organic Chemistry
Dr. Ahmed Taha has taught at University of Qatar and University of Gezira (UOG), Wad Medani, Sudan. He has experience as a dean for students and a dean of Faculty of science and technology at UOG. He was also a Chairman of Department of Applied Sciences, College of Technology, University of Qatar. He has published over 25 papers in high impact international journals. He has membership in several scientific and professional societies such as American Chemical Society, USA, American Pharmacognosy Society, USA and International Medicinal Plants Society, Germany. He has organized several workshops in oil seed processing and utilization, food contamination monitoring and hazardous chemical and waste management in Bahrain. He has participated in several projects and consolations. His research interests are Bio-Organic and green Chemistry, Organic Pollutants Analysis by GC-MS, Bioactive Chemicals Isolation and Synthesis, Medicinal Plants and Herbs.
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Subject: Analytical Chemistry
Dr. Ameera Al-Haddad has taught at Arabian Gulf university. She supervised several Master theses. She has conducted many scientific workshops in pesticides, spectroscopy, chromatography and statistics for scientists. She has published over 10 papers in several peers review international journals. Her research interests are Developing new Analytical Techniques and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
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Subject: Physical Chemistry
Dr. Sadiq has interest in Molecular Photochemistry of group d6 metal carbonyl, Chemometrics techniques to various Kinetics data, Chemistry of Stratosphere, Non aqueous solution. He is the Dean of Applied College Studies, University of Bahrain, 2011-present. ; He was Director of the scientific research, Higher Education Council, 2006-2007; Director of Continuous Scientific Education Program, 2005-2006; Chairperson, Dept. of Chemistry, 2000-2004, Research and Teaching Associate, Dept. of Chemistry, 1989-1991; University of Bahrain; Research and Teaching Associate, Dept. of Chemistry, 1991-1997, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, U.S.A; Senior Chemical Analyst, TSD department, Bahrain Petroleum Company, BAPCO, Bahrain 1985-1989
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Subject: Organic Chemistry
Dr Awatef Mahdi has experience in synthesis of organic compounds, isolation, purification and structure determination of natural products from microorganisms and plants, using stable and radiolabel in biosynthetic studies. She was the chairperson of the Department of Chemistry at UOB, 2008-2012. She has published several papers in high impact international journals.
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Subject: Analytical Chemistry
Dr Jameela Al-Mutawah has a membership in Bahrain Society of Chemist (BSC). She has attended several scientific national and international training courses and conferences. Her research interest is application of analytical chemistry and instrumentation in environmental studies and Matrix isolation spectroscopy, in which vibrational spectra of unstable reactivemolecules are obtained in low-temperature matrices which is of importance with regard to atmospheric chemistry. She has published number of papers in international journals.
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Subject: Physical Chemistry
Dr. Ali Hussain has experience in Molecular modeling using computational chemistry. He has published number of papers in high impact international journals. His research interests are Surface-Catalyzed Reactions and Computational Chemistry.
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Subject: Inorganic Chemistry
Dr Layal Al-Shaqri has worked as a teaching assistant at University of Missori, Colombia, USA and general science instructor at Gulf Petrochemical Industry Company (GPIC) and Bahrain Natural Gas Company (BANAGAS). She has gained professional training in UV-Vis, FTIR, and Stopped- Flow equipments, inorganic wet chemistry, and computer generated kinetic simulation programs. Her research interests are study of the Effects of Gum Arabic on the Cytotoxicity of Synthetic Azo Derivatives, testing Cytotoxicity of Cisplatin and Other Antitumors on Brine Shrimp and Kinetics of H2O2 Decomposition.
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Subject: Inorganic Chemistry
Dr. Ahmed Saad was a senior research associate and has taught several chemistry courses at University of East Anglia. He has a professional Diploma in Health and Safety from the Institute of Environmental Health Officers (IEHO) at the Cambridge Polytechnic University, Cambridge, England, UK. He has published over 10 papers in high impact international Journals. He has attended several international workshops and conferences. His research interests are synthesis of inorganic compounds and spectroscopic analysis of inorganic compounds.
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Subject: Organic Chemistry
Dr. Suad Rashdan has attended several workshops and international conferences in the area of nano-materials and nano-technology. Her research interests are synthesis of acyclic and macrocyclic receptors for anions, host-guest chemistry applications and Synthesis of functionalized nanoparticles for biomedical applications. She has published several papers in high impact international journals.
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Subject: Inorganic Chemistry
Dr. Fadheela Al-Salman has experience as research and teaching assistant, Department of Chemistry at UOB. She also has experience in growing human tissue cultures (cell lines), transient transfection, reporter gene assay (SEAP), gene cloning , real time PCR (TaqMan®) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). She has published several papers in high impact international journals.
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Subject: Analytical Chemistry
Dr. Abdulla Almutawah has research interest in analytical Chemistry, Macromolecules interactions and their dielectric, calorimetric and FTIR responses. He has also interest in heavy metals analysis and their impact in environment. He has published several papers in high impact international journals.
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Subject: Science in Chemistry
Mrs Rema has more than 18 years experience in the field of education. She has research experience in soil analysis and adulteration in food materials. She also has professional skills in using UV-Visible, FT-IR, Atomic absorption spectrophotometer and Chromatography.
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Subject: Spectra
Mrs Mona has an interest in different spectroscopic methods of analysis with a special interest in NMR and X-ray diffraction. She has also an interest in topotactic phase transformation technique using X-ray diffraction method.
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Specialist: Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry
Dr. Abd El-Fattah joined the Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Bahrain in 2018, where He worked as assistant professor. He has developed an active forum of research that dealt with various aspects of nanoscience, polymeric nanomaterials, and Biodegradable Polymers for Environmental and Biomedical Applications. Moreover, He has supervised 16 M.Sc and 4 Ph.D students as well as published several papers in high impact international journals.
Subject: Physical Chemistry
Postdoc: University of Toronto, Canada, 2014
Dr. Afzal Shah has wide teaching and research experience. He has taught at the B.S, M.S/M.Phil and PhD levels. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow in the research group of Prof. Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz at the University of Toronto, Canada. He has supervised the thesis of 8 PhD and 30 M.S students. He has also supervised a post doctoral research fellow. He has presented his research findings in several international conferences. He is the winner of awards from the American Chemical Society, Tubitak and Pakistan Council of Science and Technology. He has published more than 150 research articles, 3 book chapters and one book. His research is focused on the development of electrochemical nanosensors for drugs analysis and detection of water toxins.
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