Professional Activities

Employment / Positions Held: Staff member in the Faculty of Pharmacy, the University of Jordan since January 1989.

1993-1994:	Dean Assistant, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan.
1995-1998:	Vice Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan.

Main Academic and Scientific Activities Awards/ Sponsored Research:

• FTIR- Beam time user times July & August 2015. BESSY II Synchrotron, Berlin, Germany.
• FTIR- Beam time user time August 2014. MAX Lab Synchrotron, Lund, Sweden.
• Sabbatical leave, 2008-2009. The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, (ESRF), Grenoble, France.
• Sabbatical leave, 2004-2005. The University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
• Tempus sponsored research visit to Saarland University-Germany, January 2005.
• DAAD sponsored research visit to Saarland University-Germany, July 2000.
• Self-sponsored research visit to Saarland University-Germany, August 1999.

Committee/ Societies:

• Member in the Jordan Pharmaceutical Association.
• Member in the Jordanian National Committees of SESAME (Synchrotronlight for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East).
• Regular reviewer for "International Journal of Pharmaceutics"
• Regular reviewer for "Pharmaceutical Research" Journal.
• Occasional reviewer for Pharmaceutical Journals published in Jordan and Syria.
• Evaluation for articles submitted for promotion or financial support from Jordan, Palestine and Saudi Arabia

In Addition to the Supervision/ Cosupervision of the Following graduate Projects:

1. Penetration And Distribution Of GNPs Into Excised Human And Animal Skin: Optimization Of Particles Size, Shape, And Surface Chemistry Toward Hair Follicles Targeting. 2015.
2. A prodrug approach to enhance azelaic acid percutaneous absorption. 2014.
3. Dakin’s Solution Use for infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Randomized Controlled Trial. 2014.
4. The effect of Iberin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in cystic fibrosis artificial sputum medium and on ex vivo skin explant model. 2014.
5. Quantification and mechanism elucidation of emu oil as a penetration enhancer in transdermal drug delivery systems. 2014
6. Preparation and characterization of microemulsion based formula of phenothiazenium salt photosensitizer for PACT treatment of acne.2012
7. Physicochemical Characterization of Emulgels contain Simulgel 600, Montanov 68 and Cosolvent for Topical Application, 2011
8. Studying the effect of visible light-activation of photosensitizer – Pluronic gel based topical formula against staphylococcus aureus culture, 2010.
9. Intranasal drug delivery system for Insulin, 2003.
10. Development of controlled drug delivery system of antimicrobials for the local treatment of periodontal disease, 2003.
11. Studies on the microbiology of oil-in-water microemulsions, 2003.
12. Ionic surfactants microemulsions: Prediction of their formation and stability using in vaccu molecular modeling and data mining, 2002.
13. Glyceryl monooleate based liquid crystalline phases for the transdermal Delivery of diclofenac salts : Formulation design and Evaluation, 2001.
14. Prediction of microemulsion existence area in the ternary diagram: Application of molecular modeling and data mining, 2001.
15. Development of novel oral dosage forms using cubic liquid crystal delivery system, 2000.
16. The effect of mixing time and other variables on tablets and capsules properties some products containing magnesium stearate, 1999.