Project Assistant

Ammar Nasir Altalib

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Objective

To work in the chemical industry or related area, in an environment in which I can use and improve my knowledge and technical skills.

Highlights

• Research experience in organic synthesis and characterization.

• Fluent in Arabic and English.

• Interested in reading and discussion.

• Motivated and systematized, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Earthquake survival.

Experience

Research Thesis July 2012 – May 2013

• Synthesizing organic compounds for materials applications that can be used as organic semiconductors for different purposes such as

solar energy.

• Purification of organic compounds.

• Characterization of verity of organic products by using different chemical instruments such as NMR, UV-Vis, IR and GC-MS.

• Writing technical research paper.

• Giving a presentation about my research.

Mini Project September 2010 - November 2010

• Making 1-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazole-3,5-dicarboxylate as a ligand and study its interactions with various kind of metals such as iron

and cobalt.

• Using different spectroscopy instruments to define chemical compounds.

• Writing a technical report.

Senior Project February 2008 - June 2008

• Desulfurization of fuel by laser beam.

• Writing a technical report.

Lab Assistant June 2007 - August 2007

• Making samples for further chemical analysis.

• Using IR, NMR and GC-MS.

• Writing a lab report.

Education

Murray State University, USA August 2011 - May 2013

Master of science in organic chemistry with a grade point average 3.21/4.00. NASA funded my thesis which was bout synthesis and

characterization of 2,6-bis(arylethynyl)anthraquinones. Different chemical courses were completed: Organic, inorganic, physical

chemistry, environmental chemistry, biogeochemistry, instrumental analysis, and spectroscopic identification of organics.

University of Canterbury, New Zealand April 2009 – November 2010

English language program for tertiary studies and eight papers in chemistry for postgraduate diploma (incomplete): Organic, nano-

science and technology, bioinorganic, inorganic, analytical and environmental chemistry, structural chemistry and biology, reaction

mechanisms, and supramolecular chemistry.

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, KSA August 2003 - June 2008

Bachelor of science in industrial chemistry with a grade point average 2.76/4.00.

Skills

Organic synthesis (milligram- to gram-scale), including metal-catalyzed reactions (Sonogashira coupling and hydrogenation); purification

techniques including chromatography, crystallization, and distillation; characterization techniques including NMR, GC, MS, IR, UV-Vis

spectroscopy, fluorescence, DSC, TGA, voltammetry, etc.; laboratory safety and chemical hygiene; and use of literature databases such

as Scifinder Scholar, etc.; laboratory safety and chemical hygiene; and use of literature databases such as Scifinder Scholar.

Publications and Patents

Tumuluri, A.; Khanna, B.; Altalib, A.; Revell, K.D. “Synthesis and Electro-Optical Evaluation of 2,6-Bis(arylethynyl)anthraquinones.”

Submitted to Tetrahedron Letters, July 2013. Under Review

Reference

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