Biography

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Biography

Personal information:

Name:

Fadi Atef Alakhras

Date of Birth:

05/July/1979

Place of Birth:

Libya

Nationality:

Jordanian

Marital Status:

Married

Address:

University of Dammam, College of Science. P.O.Box: 383 Dammam 31113, Saudi Arabia

Email:

[email protected]

Education:

1- Ph.D. Physical Chemistry. Chemnitz University of Technology. Germany. 2008.

2- M.Sc. Chemistry. University of Jordan, Jordan. 2004.

3- B.Sc. Chemistry. Yarmouk University, Jordan. 2001.

Honors and awards:

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), (2007).

Research interests and teaching:

My research is primarily concerned with the general field of advanced materials, with a particular focus on the areas of spectroelectrochemistry of intrinsically conducting

polymers. I am mostly interested in developing fundamental understanding of conducting polymers that leads to advances in diverse applications and energy technology. I entertain collaborations with researchers from engineering, physics and chemistry departments and I greatly benefit from these interactions, both as a source of interesting problems and as a way to keep in touch with realistic applications. The main keywords of my scientific and research interests are briefly expressed below.

1. Organic semiconductors 2. Conducting polymers

3. Spectroelectrochemistry of modified electrodes 4. Chelating polymers and its environmental applications

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Experience:

 Research experience:

1. May 2005-May 2008: Scientific Coworker, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.

2. June 2004-April 2005: Senior Analyst (Analytical Lab), International Pharmaceutical Research Center, Jordan.

3. July 2003-May 2004: Researcher (Analytical Unit), ACDIMA Center for Bioequivalence and Pharmaceutical Studies. Jordan.

4. 2002-2003: Teaching Assistant. University of Jordan, Jordan.

5. April 2001-May 2002: Analyst (Analytical Division), Pharmaceutical Research Unit.

Jordan.

 Teaching Experience:

1- September 2009 - present: Assistant Professor. University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia 2- 2002-2003: Teaching Assistant. University of Jordan, Jordan

Scientific publishing arbitrator:

1. F. Alakhras, Spectroelectrochemistry of Intrinsically Conducting Selenophene-3- Chlorothiophene Copolymers, J. Solid State Electrochem., submitted.

2. F. Alakhras, In Situ UV-Vis- Spectroscopy of Electrochemically Synthesized Selenophene-Thiophene Copolymers, Helv. Chim. Acta, submitted

3. F. Alakhras, Conductivity Measurements of Electrochemically Synthesized Selenophene-Thiophene Conducting Materials: Effect of Temperature and Polymerization Solution, Arab. J. Sci. Eng., DOI: 10.1007/s13369-014-1514-8.

4. F. Alakhras, Electrochemical Behavior and Conductivity Measurements of Elec- tropolymerized Selenophene-based Copolymers, Mater. Sci.-Poland, DOI:

10.2478/s13536-014-0257-2.

5. F. Alakhras, Electrosynthesis of Poly (Selenophene-co-Thiophene) Films in Boron Trifluoride Diethyl Etherate/Ethyl Ether, Chem. & Chem. Tech., 8 (2014) 265.

6. J. Arjomandi, F. Alakhras, W. Al-Halasah, and R. Holze, Spectroelectrochemical and Theoretical Tools Applied towards an Enhanced Understanding of Structure, Energetics and Dynamics of Molecules and Polymers: Polyfuranes, Polythiophenes, Polypyrroles and their Copolymers, Jordan J. Chem., 4 (2009) 279.

7. F. Alakhras and R. Holze, Spectroelectrochemistry of Intrinsically Conducting Furan-3- Chlorothiophene Copolymers, J. Solid State Electrochem., 12 (2008) 81.

8. F. Alakhras and R. Holze, Furan-Thiophene copolymers: electrosynthesis and electrochemical behavior, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 107 (2008) 1133.

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9. F. Alakhras and R. Holze, Redox Thermodynamics, Conductivity and Raman Spectroscopy of Electropolymerized Furan-Thiophene Copolymers, Electrochim. Acta, 52 (2007) 5896.

10. F. Alakhras and R. Holze, In situ UV-Vis- and FT-IR- Spectroscopy of Electrochemically Synthesized Furan-Thiophene Copolymers, Synth. Met., 157 (2007) 109.

11. F. Alakhras, K. Abu- Dari, and M. Mubarak, Synthesis and Chelating Properties of Some Poly(amidoxime-hydroxamic acid) Resins Toward Some Trivalent Lanthanide Metal Ions, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 97 (2005) 691.

Memberships in academic or professional associations:

1- Member of the Jordanian Chemical Society

Skills:

1. Model 150 potentiostat–galvanostat (bio-logic) computer controlled (EC-Lab) software.

2. Custom built potentiostat interfaced to a standard PC via an ADDA-converter card operating with custom developed software.

3. UV-Visible Spectrometer. Shimadzu UV 2101-PC.

4. Infrared Spectrometer. BioRad Digilab FTS 40 system equipped with liquid nitrogen cooled MCT detector and Perkin Elmer FT-IR 1000 spectrometer.

5. Raman Spectrometer. ISA T64000 (Jobin-Yvon).

6. Laser system. Coherent Innova 70 Series Kr⁺ ion laser.

7. LC/MS/MS: Applied Biosystems API 4000 triple quadrupole mass detector fitted to Waters HPLC and controlled by Analyst ^® workstation.

8. LC/MS/MS: Finnigan ThermoQuest LCQ DUO Ion trap mass detector fitted to Spectra Systems DAD HPLC controlled by Xcalibur ^® workstation.

9. LC/MS: Finnigan ThermoQuest MSQ single quadrupole mass detector fitted to Spectra Systems DAD HPLC controlled by Xcalibur^® workstation.

10. High Performance Liquid Chromatography: Waters' Millennium^® and Spectra Systems chromatography workstations equipped with different detectors (UV, DAD, ECD, Fluorescence) and temperature controlled autosamplers.

11. High PC Literacy; Spreadsheet, Graphics and majority of MS Office applications.

12. ChemOffice package and OriginLab, Peoplesoft software package 13. Searching engine and data bank: Chemical abstracts and SciFinder.

Languages:

Excellent command of English (reading, written and spoken).

German: (Basic knowledge).

Arabic: (mother language).

Training:

1. Training on OvidSP Database. University of Dammam, November 2014.

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2. Training on PeopleSoft Integrated Software Package. University of Dammam, January 2012.

3. Training on API 4000 Mass Spectrometer (Qualified Service Operator Certificate).

International Pharmaceutical Research Center, July 2004.

Community service:

Training courses for Laboratory technicians. Training and Community Service Center.

College of Education, University of Dammam. March 2010 until June 2013