التخصص الدقيق:
Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Physics
Biography:
I graduated with a B.S in chemistry (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of California, Irvine. After graduation, I taught chemistry and physics at Jerusalem high school. When I was an undergraduate student, I worked as a discussion leader for physical and analytical chemistry, a supplement instructor for mathematics and physics, a lab technician assistant, and an undergraduate researcher at Dr. Nien-Hui Ge's research laboratory.
I received a PhD degree in physical and analytical chemistry after building a laser-desorption, jet-cooling, mass spectrometer instrument in order to explore the excited state dynamics of DNA bases using Resonance Enhanced Multi-Photon Ionization (REMPI) techniques.
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at UC Santa Barbara selected me as the 2012-2013 winner of the "Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award." I also received many fellowships; mainly, the 2016-2017 Graduate Opportunity Fellowship.
Currently, I hold the chemistry department chair position at the Arab American University. I also teach a number of undergraduate courses and labs for chemistry, pharmacy, dental, and medical students.
Skills:
Build and fix laboratory instruments
Test chemical samples using techniques such as NMR, FT-IR, GCMS, HPLC, MALDI, ESI-MS, DRIFTS, ATR, UV-VIS, and REMPI.
Expert in gas phase laser spectroscopy
Experience organizing large scientific events and lab tours
Work with LASERs and optics
Awards:
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Poster Prize at the 62nd Pacific Conference on Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.
Phi Lambda Upsilon Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013.
Phi Lambda Upsilon Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of California, Irvine, 2011.
Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Irvine, 2011