Amjad Fataftah

Biography

Dr. Amjad K. Fataftah received his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Bir Ziet University, Palestine in 1990, and received his M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry from Yarmouk University, Jordan in 1993, and then he moved to the United States and joined the Humic Acid Research Group at Northeastern University, Boston, where he received his Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry (Metal –Humic Acid Interactions) in 1997. Then he joined ARCTECH, Inc., a leading company in Humic Acid applications research, where he conducted applied research for technology development related to wastewater treatment and recycling of explosives, and pilot scale testing of water remediation technology for removal of organic and inorganic contaminants. In 2005, he moved to KSA and joined Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS), as an assistant professor of chemistry and assigned as the chairman of the Forensic Chemistry department, where he lead the development of many academic programs, including Higher Diploma and Masters in Forensic Toxicology. In the past four years, he supervised the research of many Masters students in different fields of toxicology including stability studies of some known drugs in human fluids, and the determination of toxic materials in commercially available products at the Saudi markets. While at NAUSS, he was also been assigned as Scientific Secretariat of Nuclear Security Education and Training Programs, where he was the official point of contact of NAUSS with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and so lead the NAUSS efforts to build a nuclear security academic and training programs. He is also acting as the chairman of working group III at the International Nuclear Security Education Network (INSEN).

Research Interest

organic and inorganic chemistry.