Dr. Abdalla Walweel Profile

Faculty Member

Academic Rank: 

Assistant Professor

Specialization: 

Organic Synthesis

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Education: 

University/College Name	Degree Received	Specialization
University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA.	Phd	Organic, Synthesis
Birzeit University	BSc/BS	Biology and Biochemistry

Academic Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/09/2000	26/04/2021		Assistant Professor	Arab American University Palestine
01/09/1992	01/09/2000		Assistant Professor	Southeastern Louisiana University
01/08/1999	01/06/2000		Visiting Assistant Professor	Sultan Qaboos University

Administrative Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/09/2011	01/09/2015		Dean of Student Affairs	Arab American University-Palestine
01/09/2008	01/09/2010		Head of the Chemistry Department at AAUP	Arab American University-Palestine
01/09/1992	01/09/1993		Research Assistant, University of Mississippi	University of Mississippi
01/08/1989	01/10/1992		Graduate Research Assistant (NSF Grant)	University of Mississippi
01/09/2003	01/09/2007		Dean of Student Affairs	Arab American University-Palestine

Courses Taught: 

Course Title	Level
General Chemistry	Undergraduate
General Organic Chemistry	Undergraduate
Advanced Organic Chemistry - Synthesis	Undergraduate
Spectroscopy	Undergraduate
Identification of Organic Compounds	Undergraduate

Biography: 

Abdalla M. Walwil was born in July 11, 1958 in Al-majdel, Jordan. He attended UNRWA Elementary School in Qalqilia, Palestine where he graduated with Almetric diploma. Then he attended Alsa’adeya High School in Qalqilia, where he graduated with Altawjihee diploma. In 1977, he was admitted to Birzeit University, Palestine. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Biochemistry in 1982. In 1986, he was admitted to the University of Mississippi in where he received his degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry in 1992. He joined the Chemistry Department at Southeastern Louisiana University, SLU, in the fall of 1992 then left them in1999 for the Chemistry Department at Sultan Qaboos University where he worked for one year as Visiting Consultant. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department at the Arab American University-Jenin, Palestine since August 2000. His research interests are in the field of natural product synthesis including: the synthesis of the marine sponge metabolite antineoplastic sesquiterpenoid quinone, named metachromin A & B; the study of the scope and factors that affects the reduction of 4,5-dihydropyrene to 4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrene; the synthesis of some donor-sigma-acceptor compounds; and the isolation and structural determination of natural products from certain weeds and plants. Recently, my research was shifted to Mass Spectrometry application.

Skills: 

Specialty in H-NMR n C13-NMR

Specialty in Ft-IR

C.V.: 

Vitae Abdalla's 2019.doc

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