Dr. Faady Siouri Profile

Faculty Member

Academic Rank: 

Assistant Professor

Specialization: 

Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Physics

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Education: 

University/College Name	Degree Received	Specialization
University of California Santa Barbara	Phd	Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Physics
University of California Santa Barbara	MSc/MS	Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Physics
University of California Irvine	BSc/BS	Chemistry

Academic Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
23/09/2017			Assistant Professor of Chemistry	The Arab American University
26/09/2012	17/06/2016		Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor	University of California Santa Barbara
13/08/2011	12/07/2012		Chemistry and Physics Teacher	Dar Al-Ma'refa Middle/High School
21/09/2009	17/06/2011		Discussion Leader for Advanced Chemistry Courses	University of California Irvine
14/08/2006	15/05/2009		Supplemental Instructor for College level Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics	Cypress College

Administrative Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/08/2019	31/08/2023		Head of Chemistry Department	The Arab American University
21/09/2013	19/06/2015		Lead Teaching Assistant at UCSB Chemistry Department	University of California Santa Barbara

Courses Taught: 

Course Title	Level
Pre-Chemistry	Undergraduate
Chemistry for Medical Sciences	Undergraduate
General Chemistry I	Undergraduate
General Chemistry II	Undergraduate
General Chemistry Lab I	Undergraduate
General Chemistry Lab II	Undergraduate
Honors General Chemistry Lab II	Undergraduate
Environmental Chemistry	Undergraduate
Analytical Chemistry	Undergraduate
Quantum Mechanics	Undergraduate
Photo-Chemistry	Graduate
Chemistry for Dental Students I
Chemistry for Dental Students II	Undergraduate
Medical Chemistry	Undergraduate
Chemistry for Medical Students	Undergraduate
Analytical Chemistry for Medical Students

Biography: 

I graduated with a B.S in chemistry (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of California, Irvine. After graduation, I taught chemistry and physics at Jerusalem high school. When I was an undergraduate student, I worked as a discussion leader for physical and analytical chemistry, a supplement instructor for mathematics and physics, a lab technician assistant, and an undergraduate researcher at Dr. Nien-Hui Ge's research laboratory. I received a PhD degree in physical and analytical chemistry after building a laser-desorption, jet-cooling, mass spectrometer instrument in order to explore the excited state dynamics of DNA bases using Resonance Enhanced Multi-Photon Ionization (REMPI) techniques. The Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at UC Santa Barbara selected me as the 2012-2013 winner of the "Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award." I also received many fellowships; mainly, the 2016-2017 Graduate Opportunity Fellowship. Currently, I hold the chemistry department chair position at the Arab American University. I also teach a number of undergraduate courses and labs for chemistry, pharmacy, dental, and medical students.

Skills: 

Build and fix laboratory instruments

Test chemical samples using techniques such as NMR, FT-IR, GCMS, HPLC, MALDI, ESI-MS, DRIFTS, ATR, UV-VIS, and REMPI.

Expert in gas phase laser spectroscopy

Experience organizing large scientific events and lab tours

Work with LASERs and optics

Awards: 

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Poster Prize at the 62nd Pacific Conference on Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.

Phi Lambda Upsilon Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013.

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award in Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013.

Phi Lambda Upsilon Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, University of California, Irvine, 2011.

Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Irvine, 2011

C.V.: 

Curriculum Vitae October 2019.pdf

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