MOHAMED NOURI M.EL-ATTUG

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, 3000; Belgium, elw1t1@r.postjobfree.com, elw1t1@r.postjobfree.com, 003**********

PhD PHARMACIST with a broad educational background and 8+ years experience in pharmaceutical analysis, analytical method development & validation, scientific data interpretation, teaching, supervision, training, publication and presentation. My professional goal is to further expand my knowledge & experience by assisting (bio) pharmaceutical companies in matters of analytical method development & validation, quality, regulatory affairs and research & development.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATION

8+ Years of experience in laboratory and project management, experimental techniques, staff supervision and training.

8+ Years of experience in university teaching, supervision and training.

Proficient in scientific writing, preparing and giving scientific presentation.

Experience in establishing working relationships within and outside own team and organization

Very good experience with Microsoft office.

Bilingual in Arabic, English and fair in French.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PhD Student Oct 2007- Sep 2011 Katholieke University of Leuven

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Pharmaceutical Analysis Dept.

Thesis “Development and validation of capillary electrophoresis methods with capacitively coupled

contactless conductivity detection for pharmaceutical analysis’’

Lead and implement scientific projects focused on method development, validation for pharmaceutical analysis.

Design, Implement and complete research projects in Pharmaceutical Analysis.

Write scientific data in national and international conferences.

Perform scientific experiments and trouble-shoot related problems.

Review scientific literature, Bachelor and Master dissertations.

Train and supervise PhD, Master and Bachelor students.

Writing, preparing and giving scientific presentation.

Perform pharmaceutical analysis for different pharmaceutics.

Proficient in maintaining and adhering to GLP (Good Laboratory Practice) guidelines.

M.Phill Student Sep 1997- Dec 2000 Manchester University

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Thesis “Novel ligands for tRNA’’

Perform scientific experiments in Medicinal Chemistry.

Design and synthesis ligands targeted to bind tRNA.

Study the physical and chemical properties of these ligands.

Study of their binding characteristics for RNA and DNA.

Writing, preparing and giving scientific presentation.

EDUCATION

PhD in Pharmaceutical Analysis Oct 2007- Sep 2011

Katholieke University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

M.phil in Medicinal chemistry Sep 1997- Oct 2000

Manchester University Manchester, UK

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Bachelor of Pharmacy 1st class (Hons) Oct 1989 -Jun 1994

Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences. Tripoli, Libya

Faculty of Pharmacy

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Young Pharmaceutical Investigator Award for the Best Poster, in 3rd PharmSciFair, 13-17 June 2011.

Doctoral scholarship Award for (PhD) study in Pharmaceutical Analysis in Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Katholieke University of Leuven, 2007.

Postgraduate scholarship award for (M.phil) study in Medicinal Chemistry in School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manchester University, 1997.

Travel Grant and Training Award for training visit Egyptian Pharmaceutical Companies, 1994.

I was honored to represent my University in Second Congress of Excelling Arab students in Yarmouk University, Kingdom of Jordan, 1993.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

August 2004 – July 2007; Counselor to Libyan Higher Education Ministry, as Broad Libyan Students

academic advisor in Canada and Malta.

June 2001- July 2004; Head of Department, Counselor and Researcher, National Board for Scientific Research, Tripoli – Libya.

January 2001- August 2004; Lecturer in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Fateh University of Medical Sciences, Tripoli – Libya.

May 1996 - – March 1997: As a part time head of in Process Quality Control Unit in National Company of Pharmaceutical Industry (NCPI) Tripoli- Libya.

August 1994 – March 1997: Demonstrator (teaching assistance) for work of undergraduate students in pharmaceutical Analysis and Quality Control in Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Department Faculty of pharmacy, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli – Libya.

MEMBERSHIP

High Council of Libyan Pharmacy 2003-2006.

Standing Committee for Defining Medicines used in Libya 2003-2005.

National Committee for Health promotional Education 2003-2007.

High Preparatory Committee Member and Chairman of the Information Committee of 4th Pharmaceuticals Conference in Libya.

Member of the Libyan Pharmaceutical Syndicate. 1994- till now.

Active member board and founder of the Libyan Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences (treasurer).

Editorial Board of Journal of Libyan Pharmaceutical Science 2001-2004.

Editing Director of Journal of Science and Cultural Horizon 2001-2004.

Member of Libyan University Academic Society 1994-till now.

BSPS - Belgian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2007-till now.

OTHER SKILLS

Holder of full U.K, Belgian and Canadian driving licences.

Good skills on Computer.

Organizing scientific and social meetings

INTERESTS

Sport, Reading, Computing, Listening News and Watching TV, Driving, Travelling, Organizing scientific meetings.

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed publication:

1- Synthetic Inhibitors of the processing of pretransfer RNA by the ribonuclease P ; Yoshiaki Hori, Elena Bichenkova, Amanda Wilton, Mohamed N. El-Attug, Seyed Sadat-Ebrahimi, Terumichi Tanaka, Yo Kikuchi, Michihiro Araki, Yukio Sugiura and Kenneth T. Douglas, (2001) Biochemistry 40, 603-608. (Accelerated Publications).

2- Method development and validation for trifluoroacetic acid determination by capillary electrophoresis in combination with capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (CE-C4D), Mohamed Nouri El-Attug, Bienvenue Lutumba, Jos Hoogmartens, Erwin Adams, Ann Van Schepdael; Talanta. 83, 2010, 400–403.

3- Micellar electrokinetic chromatography method development for determination of impurities in Ritonavir , Alexandre Zatkovskis Carvalho, Mohamed Nouri El-Attug, Sahar Ebrahem Zayed, Els Van Hove, Joost Van Duppen, Jos Hoogmartens and Ann Van Schepdael, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 53 (5) 2010, 1210-1216.

4- In-Capillary Screening of Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors by Electrophoretically Mediated Microanalysis with Fluorescence Detection, Xin Hai, Xu Wang, Mohamed Nouri El-Attug, Erwin Adams, Jos Hoogmartens, and Ann Van Schepdael, Anal. Chem., 83 (1) 2011,425–430

5- Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection (C4D) as an alternative detection mode in CE for the analysis of kanamycin sulphate and its related substances, Mohamed Nouri El-Attug, Erwin Adams, Jos Hoogmartens, and Ann Van Schepdael, J. Sep. Sci. In Press

6- Amikacin quantification in bronchial epithelial lining fluid in neonates, C Tayman, M. El-Attug ,E Adams, A. Van Schepdael, ,A Debeer, K Allegaert, A Smits, Antimicrob.Agents and Chemother. In Press

7- Development and validation of a chromatographic and electrophoretic method for the determination of amikacin and urea in bronchial epithelial lining fluid. Mohamed Nouri El-Attug, Erwin Adams, and Ann Van Schepdael, J. Chromatogr. B. Submitted

8- Identification of the oxidation products of sodium cysteamine phosphate by capillary electrophoresis – mass spectrometry, Alexandre Zatkovskis Carvalho, Mohamed Nouri El-Attug, José Alberto Fracassi da Silva, Kris Wolfs, Jos Hoogmartens, Ann Van Schepdael. Talanta. Submitted.

9- Optimization of a novel electrophoresis method with Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection (CE-C4D) for the analysis of tobramycin and its related substances, Mohamed El-Attug, Erwin Adams, Jos Hoogmartens, and Ann Van Schepdael, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. Submitted.

10- Development and Validation of an improved method for the analysis of Amikacin by capillary electrophoresis method with Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection (CE-C4D), Mohamed El-Attug, Erwin Adams, Jos Hoogmartens, and Ann Van Schepdael, In preparation

ORAL PRESENTATION

1- The Compression study of Tetracycline capsules in three different brands marketed in Libya by using colorimetric methods; Mohamed N. El-Attug, Khairi M Fahelboum (1996) the 3rd Jamahiriya Medical Science Conference 31 May – 3 June 1996, Tripoli-Libya.

2- Novel ligands for transfer RNA by Mohamed N. El-Attug, Kenneth T. Douglas, The 5th Jamahiriya Medical Science Conference 9-12 Nov. 2001 5-44, Al-Zawia -Libya.

3- Synthesis and Analysis of two Novel Classes of Bis-Benzimidazoles Synthetic Binder RNA by Mohamed N. El-Attug, Kenneth T. Douglas, The Fourth Conference for Arab Pharmacy Schools, 16-18 Oct. 2001, Amman- Jordan.

4- The Compression of two Synthetic Ligands For tRNA, by Mohamed N. El-Attug, Kenneth T. Douglas, The Fifth Conference for Arab Pharmacy Schools, 19-21 Oct. 2002, Ajman-UAE.

5- Capillary Electrophoresis Method Development For Determination of Impurities in Ritonavir, Mohamed N. El-Attug, Alexandre Z Carvalho, Jos Hoogmartens and Ann Van Schepdael, 14th Forum of Pharmaceutical Sciences, May 14-15 2009, Blankberge- Belgium.

6- Determination of urea concentration in bronchial fluids by Capillary Electrophoresis with Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection (CE-C4D); Mohamed N. El-Attug, Jos Hoogmartens and Ann Van Schepdael, 15th Forum of Pharmaceutical Sciences, May 12-13 2011, Spa- Belgium.

POSTER PRESENTATION

1- Novel classes of bis-benzimidazole synthetic inhibitor of ribonuclease P by Mohamed N. El-Attug Seyed Sadat-Ebrahimi, Yoshiaki Hori, Terumichi Tanaka, Yo Kikuchi, Amanda Wilton, , Elena V .Bichenova, Michihiro Araki, Yukio Sugiura and Kenneth T. Douglas, poster ( 2001), UK.

2- Capillary Electrophoresis Method Development For Determination of Impurities in Ritonavir, Mohamed N. El-Attug, Alexandre Z Carvalho, Jos Hoogmartens and Ann Van Schepdael, ULL summer school, July 14-15 2009, Copenhagen-Denemark.

3- Method development and validation for determination of Ritonavir and its impurities by micellar electrokinetic chromatography, Mohamed N. El-Attug, Alexandre Z Carvalho, Sahar E. Zayed, Jos Hoogmartens and Ann Van Schepdael, 2nd PharmSciFair, June 8-12 2009, Nice, France.

4- Development And Validation Of A Capillary Electrophoresis Method With Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection (CE-C4D) For The Analysis Of Kanamycin And Its Related Impurities, Mohamed Nouri El-Attug, Jos Hoogmartens, Erwin Adams, Ann Van Schepdael, Drug Analysis Symposium, September 21-24 2010 Antwerp, Belgium

5- Micellar Electrokinetic Chromatography Method Development For Determination Of Cisplatin In Tumor Tissue, Mohamed Nouri El-Attug, Rodrigo Leite-de-Oliveira, Max Mazzone, Erwin Adams, Jos Hoogmartens, Ann Van Schepdael, Drug Analysis Symposium, September 21-24 2010 Antwerp, Belgium.

6- Development and Validation of a capillary electrophoresis method with Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conductivity Detection (CE-C4D) for the analysis of tobramycin, Mohamed El-Attug, Erwin Adams, Jos Hoogmartens, and Ann Van Schepdael, 3rd PharmSciFair, June 13-17 2011 Prague, Czech Republic.

REFEREES

Prof. Jos Hoogmartens Prof. Ann Van Schepdael

Vice Chair of the European Pharmacopoeia Commission Head of the Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Analysis

Former Chairperson WHO Expert Committee K.U. Leuven, O&N2, PB 923

Former head of the Laboratory Pharmaceutical Analysis Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven

K.U. Leuven, O&N2, PB 923 Belgium

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Prof. Erwin Adams

Laboratory Pharmaceutical Analysis

K.U. Leuven, O&N2, PB 923

Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven

Belgium

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