• Gender: Male
• Age: 58
• Designation: Department Head
• Highest Education Level: Doctrate
• Current Gross Salary: USD  50000 /Annum
• Expected Gross Salary: USD  70000 /Annum
• Preferred Country: USA, Qatar, Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, UAE
• Notice Period: 15  Days
• Preferred Location: India & Aboard
• Work Experience: 33.6 Year(s)

Education

GPA score: 4.00/4.00 as evaluated by the World Evaluation Services.
B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD degrees were evaluated by the “International Education Research Foundation Inc. IERF and were judged as equivalent to the same degrees granted Universities in the USA.

PhD degree in Polymer Chemistry, thesis title was “Physicochemical studies on some polyesters”.
M.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry, thesis title was “Synthesis and characterization of some polymeric compounds using different catalyst systems”.
B.Sc. degree in General Chemistry, graduated with honors.

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Material Science and Engineering Dept., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
04/2011–04/2012

Postdoctoral Research Associate
National Institute of Health NIH
03/2010–03/2011

Assistant Research Scientist
Information Storage Industry Consortium INSIC
02/2006–03/

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Environmental Protection Agency (EAP)
01/2000–08/2002

Skill Sets

Strong background in polymer synthesis and characterization with extensive research work publications.
Experience with UV curable coatings, magnetic ink formulations, PVC plasticization and heat stabilization, synthesis and characterization of various polyesters, polyurethanes, polydimethylsiloxane PDMS, perfluorinated polymers, and PET recycling.
Highly conductive-electron rich polymers that can work as sensors for nitro compounds.
Extensive research work on recycling of PET waste polymers and converting their degradation products into value-added products.
Highly Oxygen permeable-water repellent polymer membranes.
Bounded lubricants for ultra-smooth magnetic tape manufacturing for replacing the traditional stearic acid/stearate ester mixture that causes corrosion and fouling problems.
Magnetically triggered micelles for cancer treatment.

Work Experience

Adjunct Professor in Chemistry
Since 2014

Adjunct Professor of Chemistry
2011 to 2013

Research and Development Manager
May 2004–Feb 2006
National Company for Packaging Materials NATPACK
Work duties: Supervision of all production lines of injection and blow molding of PE and PP, UV printing on LDPE bottles, quality control testing, meeting with the suppliers and customers to follow up the market needs and sharing in decision making by the company management board.

Quality Control Manager
May 2004 to May 2004
International Company for Mining and Investment ICMI
Work duties:Supervision of all quality control testing experiments for all kinds of drilling muds produced by the company, applying polymers for controlling the mud solution viscosity.

Polymer Chemist
June 1998- June 1999
Egyptian American for Industrial Plastic Company EAIP CO
Work duties: Covering the testing of manufactured of polyacrylic bathtub sheets.
Perform all quality control tests, writing reports to my advisors.
INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS
DSC, TGA thermal analysis with Seiko SII and Q200-TA instruments.
Microtribology assessments by using UMT-2 microtribometer, CA.
Scanning Electron Micorscopy using JEOL 6335F FEG-SEM
Digital Instruments NanospecIV AFM, X-Ray Diffraction and DekTak II.
Contact angle measurements using Ramé-Hart, refractive index.
Ellipsometry by using Woolam Variable Angle Spectroscopy.
TEM imaging of nanoparticles and HAADF and EDX analyses.
Experienced in spectroscopic analysis using Bruker 500 for 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR and FT-IR.
MALDI-TOF mass spectometers.
HPLC, Gel Permeation Chromatography.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
I have recently passed the following training courses at the University of Florida-Center of Excellence for Regenerative Health Biotechnology UF-CERHB
Principals of Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) Jun-2013
Core Concepts in Bio-manufacturing and Quality Systems Jul-2013
Cleanrooms and Gowning Jul-2013
Current Good Laboratory Practices (cGLPs) Jul-2013
Introduction to Medical Device Manufacturing Jul-2013
Good Documentation Practices Aug-2013
Elements of Good Manufacturing Practices Compliant Quality Control LabSep-2013

Future Goals

I am looking for finding a suitable long term/permanent position in the plastic Industry that enriches my career and knowledge and uses my background On polymer chemistry.