Alya Arabi
Assistant Professor
Natural and Health Sciences
Zayed University
United Arab Emirates
Biography
Alya A. Arabi is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Zayed University, UAE. She received her PhD in Chemistry from Dalhousie University, Canada in 2012. Prior to starting her graduate studies, in 2008, Alya was awarded a Bachelor of Sciences Honours degree with highest aggregate in 2008 from Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada. Alya is the recipient of prestigious academic awards including the Killam Predoctoral Scholarship (2008-2010), Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (2008-2009), and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral (2009-2012). In 2012, Alya was lecturer at Mount Saint Vincent University in Canada. She then moved to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to accept in February 2013 an adjunct faculty position at Abu Dhabi University for one year. In March 2014, she joined the College of Natural and Health Sciences at Zayed University, UAE.
Research Interest
Alya’s research interests lie in the investigation of chemical and biochemical systems using computational tools.
Publications
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Al Rashdi S, Arabi AA, Howari FM, Siad A (2015) “Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Coastal Area of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emiratesâ€, Mar Pollut Bull 97: 494-498.
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Arabi AA, Matta CF (2016) “Bioisosteric Groups in Methylsquarate and Carboxylic Acid: the Similarities of their Electrostatic Potentials and Average Electron Densitiesâ€, J. Fut. Med. Chem 8: 361-371.
