AYMAN ABDULLA ABDEL KARIM ISSA

Ayman Abdulla A Issa	Professor
Electro-Analytical Chemistry	Analytical Chemistry
Faculty of Science	Department of Chemistry
aymani@hu.edu.jo	http://staff.hu.edu.jo/aymani
ORCID ID : 15941402
Office No. : 208	EXT : 4504 , 4307

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Ph.D.	University of Jordan	Jordan,2000
Master	University of Jordan	Jordan,1995
Bachelor	Yarmouk university	Jordan,1991

- Modified Eelectrodes. 
- Electroanalysis.
- Environmental Studies.
- Application of natural Jordanian silicate adsorbents (zeolite, clay, diatomite) in metals and organics adsorption and separation.
- Application of Multivariate Calibration methods in food and environment.

1.	Ayman A. Issa, Yahya S. Al-Degs, Amjad H. El-Sheikh, Anas Y. Al-Reyahi, Ramia Z. Al-Bakain , Jafar Abdelghani, Alan P. Newman. Application of Partial Least Squares-Kernel Calibration in Competitive Adsorption Studies Using an Effective Chemically Activated Biochar. Clean – Soil, Air, Water. (DOI:10.1002/clen.201600333), 2017.

2.	Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Yahya S. Al-Degs, Ayman A. Issa, Ramia Z. Al Bakain, Majeda A. Khraisheh. Mechanistic and Adsorption Equilibrium Studies of Dibenzothiophene-Rich-Diesel on MnO2-loaded-Activated Carbon: Surface Characterisation. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. (DOI 10.1002/ep.12539), 2017.

3.	Mahmoud Abu-Ghoush, Ismail Fasfous, Yahya Al-Degs, Murad Al-Holy, Ayman A. Issa, Anas Y. Al-Reyahi, Abdel Aziz Alshathri. Application of Mid-Infrared spectroscopy and PLS-Kernel Calibration for Quick Detection of Pork in High Value Meat Mixes. Journal of Food Measurement & Characterization. (DOI 10.1007/s11694-016-9402-4), 2016.

4.	A.A. Issa, H. M. Abdel-Halim, Y.S. Al-Degs, H.A. Al-Masri. Application of Multivariate Calibration for Studying Competitive Adsorption of Two Problematic Colorants on Acid Activated-Kaolinitic Clay. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 43(1), 523-544, 2016.

5.	Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Ayman A. Issa, Bety S. Al-Saqarat, Anas Y. Al-Reyahi, Yahya S. Al-Degs. Multivariate Analysis of Competitive Adsorption of Food Dyes by Activated Pine Wood. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57(57), 27651-27662, 2016.

6.	Mahmoud Salman, Ayman A. Issa, Ibrahim Sarairaha and Abdel Aziz Abu-Yamin. Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane Proton Transfer Complexes with  Acidic ?-Acceptors. Jordan Journal of Chemistry, 11(2), 85-99, 2016.

7.	Ayman A. Issa, Yahya S. Al-Degs, Kholoud Mashal and Ramia Z. Al Bakain. “Fast Activation of Natural Biomasses by Microwave Heating”. Journal of Industrial Engineering Chemistry, 21, 230-238, 2015. 

8.	R. Z. Al Bakain1, Y. S. Al-Degs, A. A. Issa, S. A. Jawad, K. A. Abu Safieh and M. A. Al-Ghouti. “Activation of Kaolin with Minimum Solvent Consumption by Microwave Heating”. Clay Minerals, 49(5), 667-681, 2014. 

9.	Ayman A. Issa, Yahya S. Al-Degs, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti and Amal A. Olimat. “Studying Competitive Sorption Behavior of Methylene Blue and Malachite Green using Multivariate Calibration”. Chemical  Engineering  Journal, 240(15), 554-564, 2014.

10.	Yahya S. Al-Degs, Amjad H. El-Sheikh, Ayman A. Issa, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Mahmoud Sunjuk. “A Simple and Accurate Analytical Method for Determination of Three Commercial Dyes in Different Water Systems using Partial Least Squares Regression”. Water Science & Technology, 66, 1647-1655, 2012.

11.	Adnan Abu-Surrah, Khalid A. Ibrahim, Maher Y. Abdalla, and Ayman A. Issa, “Pentacoordinated iron(II) Complexes with 2,6-bis[(imino)ethyl]pyridine-Schiff base Ligands as New Catalyst Systems Mediated Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization of (meth)acrylate Monomers”, Journal of Polymer Research, Published online. (DOI 10.1007/s10965-010-9391-7), Jan, 2010.

12.	Ayman A. Issa and Yahya S. Al-Degs, “Simple Spectrophotometric Determination of Reactive Dyes after Preconcentration using Activated Carbon”. Jordan Journal of Chemistry, 4, 89-101, 2009.

13.	Ayman A Issa, Yahya S. Al-Degs and Nancy Al-Rabady, “Selective Electrochemical Detection of Toxic Heavy Metals at Ultra Trace Levels using Natural Clay-Modified-Pt Electrode”, Eurasian Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 4, 245-256, 2009.

14.	M. I. El-Barghouthi, C. Jaime, R. E, Akieleh, N. A. Al-Sakhen, N. M Masoud, A. A. Issa, A. A. Badwan and M. B. Zughul, "Free Energy Perturbation Studies on Inclusion Complexes of some Structurally Related Compounds with ?–Cyclodextrin", Supramolecular Chemistry,  21, 603-610, 2009.
15.	Ayman. A. Issa, Yahya. S. Degs, and Nancy. S. Rabadi, "Deposition of Two Natural Clays on Platinum Surface using Potentiostatic and Spin-Coating Techniques: A Comparative Study”, Clay Minerals Journal, 43, 501-510, 2008.
16.	 M. I. El-Barghouthi, C. Jaime, N. A. Al-Sakhen, A. A. Issa, A. A. Abdoh, M. M. Al Omari, A. A. Badwan and M. B. Zughul, "Molecular Dynamics Simulations and MM-PBSA Calculations of the Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complexes with 1-alkanols, para Substituted Phenols and Substituted Imidazoles", Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM, 853, 45–52, 2008.
17.	Y. S. Al-Degs, M. I. El-Barghouthi, A. A. Issa, M. Khraisheh. and G. Walker, "Sorption of Zn(II), Pb(II), and Co(II) Using Natural Sorbents: Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies", Water Research, 40, 2645-2658, 2006.

18.	H. M. Abdel-Halim, A. A. Issa, and A. S. Abu-Surrah, “A Model to Evaluate Solubility of Sparingly Soluble Salts in Electrolytes’ Solutions”, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 17, 525-535, 2005.

19.	A. A. Issa and M. Hourani, "Selective Analysis of Copper and Silver Ions using Electrodes Modified with Zinc(II)-Benzenetricarboxylate Networks", Proceedings of International Congress of Chemistry and Environment, by Res. J. Chem. Env., 219-227, 2005.

20.	F. Khalili and A. A. Issa, "Thermodynamics of the Dissociation of Boric Acid and Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate in Aqueous Acetonitrile Mixtures", Annali di Chimica, 86, 193-203, 1996.

1.	Student: Nancy Rabadi 
Supervisor
Year of defence: 2007
Title (MSc Thesis): Preparation and Utilization of Electrodes Modified with Naturally-Occurring Jordanian Silicates.

2.	Student: Nada Al-Sakhen 
Co-Supervisor
Year of defence: 2007
Title (MSc Thesis): Preparation and Utilization of Electrodes Applying Molecular Dynamic Simulations based on the Continuum Solvation Model.

3.	Student: Amal Olimat 
Supervisor
Year of defence: 2012
Title (MSc Thesis): Preparation and Utilization of Electrodes Modified with Naturally-Occurring Jordanian Clays in Electroanalysis, Based on their Adsorptive Properties Studies.

4.	Student: Huda Al Masri
Co-Supervisor
Year of defence: 2015
Title (MSc Thesis): Kinetic Study of Competitive Adsorption of Food Colorants on Natural Jordanian Clay.

5.	Student: Muna Al Hendi
Supervisor
Year of defence: 2016
Title (MSc Thesis): Activation of Natural Jordanian Clay by Different Activators to Enhance Adsorption of Pollutants from Solution.

5.	Student: Amer Abdel-Aziz
Supervisor
Year of defence: 2019
Title (MSc Thesis): Assessment of Spent Oil Shale for Removal of Water Pollutants.

Hashemite University - Faculty of Science - Chemistry Dept.
Associate Prof.  Feb, 2011 - Present
Assistant Prof.	Jan, 2003 – Feb, 2011.
Lecturer	Sep, 2000 – Jan, 2003.
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* Two Sabbatical academic years 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 in Al-Hussein Bin Talal Univ.- Chemistry Department.

?	General Chemistry.
?	Analytical Chemistry.
?	Analytical Chemistry 2 (Al-Hussein Bin Talal Univ.).
?	Practical General chemistry.
?	Practical Analytical Chemistry. 
?	Instrumental analysis.
?	Instrumental Analysis 2 (Al-Hussein Bin Talal Univ.).
?	Practical Instrumental analysis.
?	Electroanalytical Chemistry.
?	Special Topics in Pharmaceutical Analytical Analysis and Analytical Process Validation. 
?	Special Topics in Electroanalytical Chemistry
?	Analysis in Industry. (Blackboard/Moodle Course – with a practical part)

?	Advanced Instrumental Analysis (for graduate students).
?	Electroanalytical Chemistry (for graduate students).
?	Special Topics in Electroanalytical Chemistry (for graduate students)

Hashemite University
Associate Prof. Feb, 2011 - Present
Assistant Prof.	Jan, 2003 – Feb, 2011.
Lecturer	Oct, 2000 – Dec, 2002.
Teaching Assistant	Sep, 1995 – Nov, 1998.

Jordan University of Science and Technology
Part-Time Lecturer	Jan, 1995 – Sep, 1995

 Jordanian Chemical Society.

Awards:

1.	Comstech Award: IUPAC Award for Oral presentation of the Environmental and Green Chemistry session in the 12th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences (Eurasia-12), Corfu, Greece, 2012.

Training Courses:

- Validation in Pharmaceutical Industry. This course was given in VAPCO to employees working in QC, QA, and R&D departments. Sep, 2001.

- Instrumental Analysis training course. This course was given in Hashemite University for employees of different Jordanian companies in QA and QC departments. Sep. 2001.

- Advanced course in Validation in Pharmaceutical Industry. This course was given in VAPCO to employees working in QC, QA, and R&D departments, which included total process validation for their drug products. Sep, 2002.

These courses were arranged with the cooperation of the Center for Studies, Consultations & Community Service in Hashemite University.

Conferences:

1.	2nd International Congress of Chemistry and Environment, Indore, India, 2005.
2.	Malaysian International Symposium on Analytical Sciences (SKAM-20) as part of 12ACC conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2007.
3.	Poster: 7th Jordanian chemical conference, Mu`ta University, 2007.
4.	4th International Congress of Chemistry and Environment, Ubonratchathani , Thailand, 2010
5.	Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences-11, (Eurasia-11), the Dead Sea, Jordan, 2010
6.	Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences-12, (Eurasia-12), Corfu, Greece, 2012.
7.	Poster: International Conference of Young Chemists, Amman, Jordan, 2012
8.	15th Asian Chemical Congress (15ACC), Sentosa, Singapore, 2013.


Committees in Hashemite University: -Since 2000
?	Academic courses outline planning committee / Faculty of Science – Member
?	Faculty representative for the academic courses planning committee in Hashemite University – Member.
?	Examinations and schedules committee / Faculty of Science – Member.
?	Faculty website development and updating committee / Faculty of Science – Head
?	Department representative in Faculty of Science Council – 2 years.
?	Computer and software committee / Chemistry Department – Head.
?	Academic courses outline planning committee / Chemistry Department – Head.
?	Graduate studies and scientific research committee / Chemistry Department – Member.
?	Examinations and schedules committee / Chemistry Department – Head.
?	Public safety committee / Chemistry Department – Member.
?	Community service committee / Chemistry Department – Head.
?	Academic Supervisor – Undergraduate students.

AYMAN ABDULLA ABDEL KARIM ISSA

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