Prof. Mohamed K. Awad
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Curriculum Vitae

 

Mohamed K. Awad

 

 

Personal Data:

Address: Professor of Theoretical Chemistry

              Theoretical Applied Chemistry Unit (TACU)

               Department of Chemistry

                     Faculty of Science

                     Tanta University

                     Tanta, Egypt

     

E-mail:  Quantumchem.unit@hotmail.com

Date of Birth:    August 20, 1955.

Marital Status:  Married

Citizenship:       Egypt

Education:

 

Ph.D. (1990) Chemistry Department, Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio 44106, U.S.A.

 

Field of Study: Quantum Chemistry

 

Thesis Title: “ Small Molecules Chemisorption on Metals and CH and OH Bond Activation by Electron Hole Centers: Molecular Orbital Theory”

 

M.Sc. (1983)   Chemistry Department, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

 

B.Sc. ( 1977)   Chemistry Department, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. 

Activity: 1- Reviewer for Egyptian Universities Promotion Committees (EUPC). 2- Associate Editor of Journal "Annalen der Chemischen Forschung". 3- Reviewer for journals: 1- Applied Surface Science. 2- International J. Computational Chemistry. 3- Mansoura Journal of Chemistry. 4- Arabian Journal of Chemistry. 5- Chemical Engineering Communications. 6- Journal of Physical Chemistry. 7- Journal of Taiwan Institute of chemical Engineers. 4- STDF Project " Design, synthesis and preclinical mechanistic evaluation of the antitumor activity of novel Thalidomide and Phthalimide dithiocarbamate and dithioate analogs" with Chemistry Department, Menoufia University. 5-Research contribution in the field of inhibition of corrosion with Prof. Eno E. Ebenso, North West University, Mmabatho, South Africa. 6-Research contribution in the field of Drug Design with Prof. Leila . Abu-Zeid, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Egypt. 7-Research contribution in the field of inhibition of corrosion with Dr. Mohamed Abd Al-Azim Hegazy, Surfactants Laboratory, Petrochemicals Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI). 8- Research contribution in the field of Drug Design with Prof. James Gauld, Biochemistry and chemistry department, Windsor University, Canada. 9- Research contribution in the field of Drug Design with Prof. Jasen Pearson chemistry department, prince Edward Island University, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

 Awards

-Encouraging Tanta University Award, June, 2008.

   حاصل على جائزة جامعة طنطا التشجيعية

-Step Grant- 196th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Los Angles, California, U.S.A. (1988).

 

-Egyptian Graduate Fellowship- Case Western Reserve University, U.S.A. (1985-1990).

 

Professional Experience:

 

  1. Member of Librarian Committee at faculty of Science.
  2. Member of Society Committee at faculty of Science.
  3.  Member of Faculty Committee at faculty of Science.
  4. Head of Chemical Society at the Faculty of Science, Tanta University.
  5. Teaching  Several courses at faculty of Science, Quantum Chemistry, Group theory, freshmen courses at: Tanta University, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Menoufia University, Alexandria University, Alexandria University(Damanhur)
  6. Teaching Assistant at Chemistry department, Case Western Reserve University, USA.
 Research Interests


1.           Theoretical Applied Chemistry.

2.           Computational Chemistry.

3.           Molecular Mechanics and molecular Dynamics.

4.           Drug Design.

5.           Quantum Dynamics.

6-  Computational Biochemistry

 

 

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Teaching Experience:

Teaching Assistant:

                Department of Chemistry, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt ( Jun. 1979-Mar.1983)

            Worked as a demonstrator for 1st to final year undergraduate students.

Lecturer Assistant:

            Department of Chemistry, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt ( Mar.1983- Feb. 1985)

            Participated in experimental work of students as lecturer assistant.

 

Teaching Assistant:

Department of Chemistry, Case Western reserve University, U.S.A. (Aug. 1985- May 1986).  Worked as a demonstrator and grader at Chemistry Lab. for undergraduate students.

Lecturer:          

            Department of Chemistry, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt (Aug. 1990-1992).

            Teaching Quantum Chemistry Courses for junior, senior and graduate students.  

            Participating for constructing a computer lab. for students at chemistry 

            department. 

 

A visitor professor at Department of Chemistry, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt ( Sep. 1990-1992).

Teaching Quantum Chemistry Courses for junior, senior and graduate students.  

A visitor professor at Department of Chemistry, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia ( Aug. 1992- 2001).

Teaching Quantum Chemistry Courses for junior, senior and graduate students.

 

Assistant Professor:

            Department of Chemistry, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt (sep.2001-2006)

 Teaching Quantum Chemistry Courses for junior, senior and graduate students.

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A visitor professor at Department of Chemistry, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt ( Sep. 2005- 2006).

Teaching Quantum Chemistry Courses for junior, senior and graduate students.

Teaching Group Theory Course for senior students.

 

Professor of physical Chemistry:

            Department of Chemistry, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt (Sep. 2006-up till  

              now)

            Teaching Quantum Chemistry Courses for junior, senior and graduate students.

 

A visitor professor at Department of Chemistry, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt ( Sep. 2006- 2008).

Teaching Quantum Chemistry Courses for junior, senior and graduate students.

Teaching Group Theory Course for senior students.

 

A visitor professor at Department of Chemistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt ( Sep. 2008- 2010).

Teaching Quantum Chemistry Courses for junior, senior and graduate students.

 

A visitor professor at Department of Chemistry, Damanhur University, Alexandria, Egypt ( Sep. 2009-up till now).

Teaching Quantum Chemistry Courses for junior, senior students.

Conferences: 1-Computational Simulation of the Effect of Quantum Chemical Parameters on the Molecular Docking of HMG-CoA Reductase Drugs” STC2014, Vienna, Austria, Sep.14-18, 2014. 2-"Molecular modeling and computational Drug Design" Workshop, Faculty of pharmacy, Mansoura University, Egypt. Sep.2-3, 2012. 3- " Effect of Aromatic Ring Size on the Photophysics and Photochemistry of Styrylbenzothiazole". Smart Surfaces 2012 Solar & Biosensors Applications, Dublin, Ireland, (March 6- 9, 2012). 4-Experimental and Quantum Chemical Studies of the Effect of Poly Ethylene Glycol as Corrosion Inhibitor of Aluminum Surface. The 29th International Conference on Corrosion Mitigation and Surface Protection Technologies, Alexandria, Egypt, 14-16 Dec. 2010. 5-"Computer-Based Drug Design" Workshop, Faculty of pharmacy, Mansoura University, Egypt. Feb.7-8, 2010. 6-" Semiempirical Investigation of the Inhibition Efficiency of Thiourea Derivatives as Corrosion Inhibitors". The Fifth International conference on Electrochemistry (ICE V)”, Luxor, Egypt (Feb.13-16, 2006). 7-The role of quantum mechanics in chemistry”. Seminar scission, chemistry department, Tanta university, 2nd . Semester 2006. 8-“ Application of computer in chemistry of metallurgy”. Work Shop, Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Feb. 25, 2004. 9- “ Investigation of regiospecific oxidative heterocyclization of 2-(N’-benzylidene hydrazino)-3-H-quinazolin-4-one derivatives”. 9th Ibn-Sina International conference, Sharm Al-Sheikh, Egypt (Dec. 11-14, 2004). 10- “ Experimental and theoretical investigations of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with 1-Ethoxycarbonyl and 1-Acetonyl pyridinium-3-olates to 2π- electron addends” by S. A. El-Abbady, M.M.Abdulkhalek, S.M.Agami, , A. A.El-Naga, and M.K. Awad. 2nd International Conference on Chemistry and its Applications, Doha, Qatar, Dec. 6-9, 2003, 11- Photodimerization of Cyclohexene and Methane by Decatungstate Anion: Molecular Orbital Theory”. The Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society, 29th Annual spring symposium, Ohio, USA (April 18-20, 1990). 12- “ Photoactivation of H2O by p-benzoquinone and the role of MnIII complexes in O2 evolution: Molecular Orbital Theory”. 196th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Los Angles, California, USA (April. 25-30, 1988). 13- The role of quantum mechanics in chemistry”. Seminar scission, chemistry department, Tanta university, 2nd . Semester 2006.