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: 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

PhD University of Bayreuth, Germany, 2009
Ezzat Khan (born 1979) received his master's degree from the Department of Chemistry, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. During his Mphil (two year degree) in 2004 he was awarded a fellowship by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan for PhD studies abroad. In Oct. 2005 he joined the research group of Prof. Dr. Bernd Wrackmeyer, University of Bayreuth, Germany as a PhD scholar, and he finished as Dr. rer. nat. in Jan 2009 with work on sila-heterocycles. After that, in April 2009 he joined the University of Malakand, Pakistan, as Assistant Professor and was promoted to the rank of Professor on January 10, 2020. Since then he worked in research and teaching, and has built a group of research students. Dr. Ezzat Khans interests focus on synthesis and characterization of organometallic/coordination compounds and their applications in various fields of life. He has also published several articles related to environmental chemistry in high impact journals. He has 60 research articles in various reputed journals and has produced 5 PhD and 20+ MPhil students. Currently he performs his duties at the University of Bahrain, College of Science, Department of Chemistry. His research Profile can be accessed through ORCID 0000-0001-7849-6083, Scopus ID 15765125100.
Specialist: Analytical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry

Dr. Ahmed Hefnawy has wide teaching and research experience in electroanalytical chemistry and corrosion control. He has taught at the B.S, M.S, and Ph.D. levels. He has supervised the thesis of 6 Ph.D. and 21 M.S students. He has one patent and published more than 20 papers in high impact journals and conference proceedings. He has developed an active forum of research that dealt with various aspects of materials chemistry Applications.
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: Organic Chemistry

Dr. Gul has received his PhD in organic chemistry with Prof. David Barker from the School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand. He has more than 8 years of teaching and research experience. He has taught at the B.S, M.S/M.Phil and PhD level and has supervised 8 MPhil students. Gul has presented his research work in several international conferences and published more than 20 research articles in high impact journals. His research interests include solution behavior of surfactants, isolation of natural products from plants, synthesis and designing of selective anticancer drugs.
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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: 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: 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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