Chemistry in Drug Discovery & Designing

Biography

Professor Mubarak received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in chemistry from the University of Jordan in 1976 and 1978, respectively and obtained his Ph.D. degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, USA in 1982, under the supervision of Professor Dennis G. Peters. He did his post doctorate work at Oklahoma University between Oct.1982-August1983. Mubarak started his teaching career at King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, as an assistant professor in 1983, and then became an associate professor in 1992. In January 1993, Mubarak returned home to joined the teaching staff at the Department of chemistry, The University of Jordan, and in 1998, he was promoted to the rank of full Professor. Dr. Mubarak held a number of administrative positions at The University of Jordan, including Chairman of the Department of Chemistry, and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, 2009-2011. He has also assumed the position of Academic Consultant and Vice Dean at Al-Ghad International Medical Sciences College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2011- 2012. He is also an Adjunct professor of Chemistry at Indiana University, Bloomington (USA) since 2009. In addition to electrochemistry, Professor Mubarak’s research program is broadly based on synthetic organic chemistry, especially synthesis of compounds with expected biological activity, medicinal chemistry, medicinal plants and natural products, and drug design and discovery. He is the author and coauthor of more than 180 research papers published in peer-reviewed journals in addition to chapters published in specialized books. He has also supervised 39 theses and dissertations.

Research Interest

medicinal chemistry, medicinal plants and natural products, and drug design and discovery,organic chemistry