Assistant University

Firas Fandi Awwadi

Tafila.

Jordan *******@*****.***

Phone: +962********

Fax: +962********

Education Qualifications

****-**** **.* ******* in Physical Chemistry, Washington State University, Washington,

USA. Dissertation Title; A Crystallographic and Theoretical Study of

Halogen-Halogen and Halogen-Halide Synthons. Supervisor Prof. Dr. Roger D.

Willett.

1995-1998 Master in Physical Chemistry, Yarmouk University, Jordan. Thesis title;

Fluorescence Properties of 4,4`-Diaminophenyl Sulfone and Related Compounds

in,, and -Cyclodextrins Aqueous Solutions. Supervisor Prof. Dr. Khader

Al-Hassan.

1990-1994 B. Sc. in Applied Chemistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology,

Jordan.

Professional Skills

Considerable experience in single crystal X-ray determination, developing HPLC assays for

determination of drugs and metabolites in biological fluids and chemical synthesis.

Familiar with many analytical techniques: crystallography (Siemens, Syntex P21 diffractmeter

upgraded to Bruker P4 specifications, fluorometers, UV/Vis spectrometers, HPLC, IR etc

Familiar with many software; the SHELXTL program suit, Gaussian and MolPro software for quantum

mechanical calculations.

Professional Experience

2006-till now Lecturer Tafila Technical University.

2005-2006 Instructor, Jordan University of Science and Technology.

2002-2005 Teaching assistant; assisting in teaching physical chemistry labs and classes,

Washington State University.

1999-2001 Assistant lecturer; teaching general chemistry class and general and organic

chemistry labs, Al-Balqa` Applied University, Jordan.

1998-1999 Research Assistant; Worked on effect of oxygen on the intersystem crossing

quantum yield of quinoline, Yarmouk University, Jordan.

1994-1995 Research Assistant; Worked on metabolism of drug in vivo and bio-availability

studies, my role was to develop HPLC quantitative assays for drug determination

in biological fluids (urine, plasma and serum), Jordan University of Science and

Technology (Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine), Jordan.

1996-1997 Teaching Assistant; assisted in teaching general, physical, analytical and

inorganic chemistry labs, Yarmouk University.

Conferences:

1. F. Awwadi ; R. D. Willett; B. Twamley,; R. Schneider and C. P. Landee, A New Spin 1/2 AFM

Ladder System: (DMA)(35DMP)CuX4, 10th International Conference on Molecule-based Magnets,

August 13-17, 2006, Victoria, B.C., Canada.

2. R. T. Schneider; C. P. Landee; M. M. Turnbull and F. F. Awwadi, Copper Phenazine Dichloride, a

S=1/2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnetic Chain, 2006 American Physical Society March Meeting

Monday Friday, March 13 17, 2006; Baltimore, USA.

3. Awwadi, Firas; Willett, Roger D.; Peterson, Kirk; Twamley, Brendan, Crystallographic and

Theoretical Studies on the Role of Halogen-halide Synthons in the Crystal Structures of (nYP)X,

(nYP)2CuX4 and Cu(nyp)2X2, American Crystallographic Association, 2004 Annual Meeting July 17

22. Chicago, Illinois, USA.

4. Awwadi, Firas; Willett, Roger D.; Haddad, Salim; Twamley, Brendan, The Role of the Aryl

C-Br X- Synthon in the Crystal Structure of Copper(II) Halide Salts, American Crystallographic

Association, 2003 Annual Meeting July 26 31. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

5. Willett, Roger D.; Awwadi, Firas; Zhenming, Wang; Twamley, Brendan, Structure and Magnetic

Properties of MX42- Salts of Cu(TIM)2+, American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Meeting.

Spokane, WA, USA. June 2002.

Awards:

1- Harold Dodgen Outstanding Graduate Seminar Award. Physical Chemistry and Material

Science Program, Department of Chemistry, Washington State University Pullman, Washington, USA.

April 2004.

2- Donald S. Matteson Graduate Fellowship Fund in the Department of Chemistry, Washington

State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.

3- Margret C. Etter Student Lecturer Award, American Crystallographic Association, 2003 Annual

Meeting July 26-31. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

4- Harold Dodgen Outstanding Graduate Seminar Award. Physical Chemistry and Material

Science Program, Department of Chemistry, Washington State University Pullman, Washington, USA.

May 2003.

5- Travel Grant Award, American Crystallographic Association, 2003 Annual Meeting July 26

31. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

6- Harold Dodgen Outstanding Graduate Seminar Award. Physical Chemistry and Material

Science Program, Department of Chemistry, Washington State University Pullman, Washington, USA.

April, 2002.

7- Listed on the honor list, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Jordan

University of Science and Technology, Irbid Jordan. Spring 1993.

8- Listed on the honor list, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Jordan

University of Science and Technology, Irbid Jordan. Fall 1993.

References:

Professor Dr. Roger Willett

Department of Chemistry, Professor. Dr. James Satterlee

Washington Sate University. Department of Chemistry,

Pullman, Wa, 99164. USA. Washington Sate University.

Tel; (01-509-***-**** / 5 9125 Pullman, Wa, 99164. USA.

Email; ***@****.***.*** Tel; (01-509-***-**** / 5 6487

http://www.chem.wsu.edu/Faculty/willett.html Email; ********@***.***

http://www.wsu.edu/~hemeteam/

Dr. Brendan Twamley.

University Research Office Professor Dr. Kirk Peterson

114 Morrill Hall Department of Chemistry,

P. O. Box 443010 Washington State University.

University of Idaho, Pullman, Wa, 99164. USA.

Moscow, ID, 83844-3010. Tel; (01-509-***-****

Tel (01-208-***-**** Email; ********@***.***

Email; ********@******.*** http://tyr0.chem.wsu.edu/%7Ekipeters/

www.uro.uidaho.edu/xray

Professor Dr. Khader Janaideh Pofessor Dr. Salim Haddad

Yarmouk University. Department of Chemistry

Irbid, Jordan. Jordan University

Tel; (077*******) Amman, Jordan

**********@*****.***

Publications:

1- Firas Awwadi, Roger D. Willett, Brendan Twamley, Ryan Schneider and Christopher P. Landee,

New Strong Rail Spin AFM Ladder Systems:(DMA)(35DMP)CuX4; X = Cl, Br,

Inorganic Chemistry, in press

2- Firas F. Awwadi, Roger D. Willett, Brendan Twamley The Role of Charge Assisted

Arylhalogen-halide Ion Interactions in the Structures of the Dibromopyridinium Halide Salts, J.

Mol. Strct., in press.

3- Awwadi, Firas F.; Willett, Roger D.; Kirk A. Peterson; Twamley, Brendan. The Nature of

Halogen Halide Synthons; Theoretical and Crystallographic Studies. J. Phys. Chem. A 2007,

111(12) 2319-2328.( cover page)

4- Firas F. Awwadi, Roger D. Willett, Brendan Twamley, The Aryl Chlorine-Halide Ion Synthon

and Its Role in the Control of the Crystal Structures of Tetrahalocuprate(II) Ions, Crystal

Growth & Design, 2007, 7(4), 624-632.

5- Ryan T. Schneider, Christopher P. Landee, Mark M. Turnbull, Firas F. Awwadi and Brendan

Twamley, Copper azine compounds: Synthesis, structure and magnetic analyses of

Cu(phenazine)Cl2, (phenazinium)2CuCl4 H2O, and [Cu(phenazine)Cl2 H2O]2, Polyhedron,

2007, 26, 1849 1858.

6- B. M. E. Markowitz, M. M. Turnbull and F. F. Awwadi, Dibromidobis(quinoxaline- N)zinc(II),

(2007). E63, m2043 .

7- Awwadi, Firas F.; Willett, Roger D.; Kirk A. Peterson; Twamley, Brendan. The Nature of

Halogen Halogen Synthons; Crystallographic and Theoretical Studies. Chemistry - A European

Journal, 2006, 12(35), 8952.

8- Awwadi, Firas F.; Willett, Roger D.; Haddad, Salim F.; Twamley, Brendan. The Electrostatic

Nature of Aryl-Bromine-Halide Synthons; The Role Of Aryl-Bromine-Halide Synthons in the

Crystal Structure of the Trans-bis(2-bromopyridine)dihalocopper(II) and

Trans-bis(3-bromopyridine)dihalocopper(II) Complexes. Crystal Growth & Design, (2006, 6(8),

1833-1838.

9- B. M. E. Markowitz, M. M. Turnbull and F. F. Awwadi, Dichlorodiquinoxalinezinc(II), (2006).

E62, m1278-m1280.

10- Andrews, Sebastian; Corwin, Jessica; Landry, Brian; Martin, Michaela; Parnass, Katherine; Suen,

Andrew; Turnbull, Mark M.; Schneider, Ryan T.; Landee, Christopher P.; Awwadi, Firas F. Bis(2-

Amino-5-bromopyrimidinium) Tetrahalometallates: Crystal structures of (2-amino-5-bromopyrimidinium)2

MCl 4 (M=Co, Zn). J. Coord., 2006,59, 1451-1465.

11- Awwadi, Firas F.; Landee, Christopher P.; Turnbull, Mark M.; Twamley, Brendan; Wells, Brian M.

Low-dimensional quantum magnetic systems: Synthesis, structure and magnetic behavior of (2,5-

dimethylpyrazine)copper(II) chloride and synthesis and magnetic behavior of bis(2,6-

dimethylpyrazine)copper(II) chloride. Polyhedron (2005), 24(16-17), 2153-2159.

12- Wells, Brian M.; Landee, Christopher P.; Turnbull, Mark M.; Awwadi, Firas F.; Twamley,

Brendan. Design and synthesis of magnetic ladders: structure and magnetic properties of Cu(2,3-

dimethylpyrazine)Br2. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical (2005), 228(1-2), 117-123..

13- Haddad, Salim; Awwadi, Firas; Willett, Roger D. A Planar Bibridged Cu10Br222- Oligomer:

Dimensional Reduction and Recombination of the CuBr2 Lattice via the N-H Br- and the C-

Br Br- Synthons. Crystal Growth & Design (2003), 3(4), 501-505.

14- Willett, Roger D.; Awwadi, Firas; Butcher, Robert; Haddad, Salim; Twamley, Brendan. The Aryl

Bromine-Halide Ion Synthon and Its Role in the Control of the Crystal Structures of

Tetrahalocuprate(II) Ions. Crystal Growth & Design (2003), 3(3), 301-311

15- Lee J-H.P.; Lewis B.D.; Mendes J.M.; Turnbull M.M.; Awwadi F. Transition metal halide salts and

complexes of 2-aminopyrimidine: manganese(II) compounds - crystal structures of (2-aminopyrimidinium)4

[MnCl4(H2O)] 2, [(2-aminopyrimidine)2MnBr2(H2O)2 2H2O and (2-aminopyrimidinium)2+[MnBr2(H2O)4]Br2

J. coord. Chem, 2003, 56. 1425-1442.

16- Willett, Roger D.; Awwadi, Firas F.. Tris(propane-1,3-diamine)nickel(II) bis(tetrafluoroborate).

Acta Crystallographica, Section E: Structure Reports Online (2002), E58 (9), m471-m472.

17- Irshaid, Y. M.; Rawashdeh, N. M.; Awwadi, F. F.; Kato, M. K. Comparative Pharmacokinetics of

Two Brands of Atenolol Following a Single Oral Administration. International Journal of

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (1996), 34(10), 457-461.

18- Irshaid, Y. M.; al-Hadidi, H. F.; Latif, A.; Awwadi, F.; al-Zoubi, M.; Rawashdeh, N. M.

Dextromethorphan Metabolism in Jordanians: Dissociation of Dextromethorphan O-demethylation

from Debrisoquine 4-hydroxylation. European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

(1996), 21(4), 301-7.

Workshops:

1- Electronic structure of Molecules, Petra, Jordan, January, 2006.

Instructors

Dr. Roald Hoffmann, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, Nobel Prize Laureate.

Dr. Pere Alemany, University of Barcelona, Spain.

2- Solving Twinned Structures Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, July, 2003.

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