Dr. Taher S. Ababneh
Assistant professor of physical chemistry, Yarmouk University
Jordan, Irbid
(+962) 797-571-375
tababneh@yu.edu.jo, ababnehtaher@hotmail.com
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Physical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), Milwaukee, WI 2006-2014
• Dissertation: "Design and Implementation of a Near-field Scanning Optical Module for Inverted Microscopes".
• George Keulks Award for Graduate Research April 2013.
• McFarland Award for the Best Graduate Research Poster Presentations May 2011.
• Chancellor's Graduate Student Award 2006-2011.
Master of Science, Chemistry, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan 2001-2004
• Thesis: "Temporal Distribution of Heavy Metals in the Mussel Modiolus Auriculatus at an Industrial Site on the Jordanian Coast of the Gulf of Aqaba; Indicator of the Seawater Environmental Quality"
• Research assistantship awarded from the Marine Science Station, The University of Jordan.
• Academic honors/distinctions: Ranked 1st among graduating class with cumulative average of 88.7%.
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan 1997-2001
• Academic honors/ distinctions: Placed on Dean's Honor List twice during the academic years of 1997/1998 and 1998/1999. Ranked 1st among graduating class of fifty seven (57) students with a cumulative average of 83.4%.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
• Assistant professor of Physical Chemistry at Yarmouk University, Sep 2020 to present.
• Assistant professor of Physical Chemistry at Tafila Technical University (TTU), Dec 2014 to Aug 2020.
Courses Taught: Physical chemistry (I), Physical Chemistry (II), Physical Chemistry (I) Laboratory, Physical Chemistry (II) Laboratory, General Chemistry (101), Quantum Chemistry, Catalysis, Computer Applications in Chemistry, Computational Chemistry.
SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
● The 1st ACS-Jordan Chapter Research Forum. July 10, 2021. Speaker.
● The 1st International Conference of Chemistry and Biosciences (ICCB 2017) and The 15th Chemistry Conference 2017, April 5-6, 2017. Al Al-Bayt University. “New Coordination Compounds of Copper, Nickel and Cobalt with Schiff Bases Derived from Nicotinic Hydrazide and Benzaldehydes: The Preparation, Characterization and Theoretical Study”.
● Chemical Security Program, May 9-12, 2016. Amman, Jordan. Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Association of Arab Universities (AARU), sponsored by the US Department of State.
● The 7th Jordanian International Conference of Chemistry, April 19-21,2016. Yarmouk University “Layered Double Hydroxides-Nitrilotriacetate Composite for Adsorption of Ni(II) and Pb(II) Ions in Aqueous Media”.
● The 14th Jordanian Chemical Conference (8 April 2015). Al Al-Bayt University. “Design And Implementation of A Near-Field Scanning Optical Module For Inverted Microscopes”
● Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Symposium, April 20,2013. UWM “Nano-scale Topographical Imaging with NSOM”.
● The 40th Great Lakes Regional meeting (GLRM) June 5 – 8, 2013. La Crosse, WI. “Design and Implementation of a Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope”.
● SciX, Kansas City, MO. September 30 – October 5 2012. “A Near-field Scanning Optical Module for Inverted Microscopes”
● UWM Awards Day –May 10th. 2011. “Design and Optimization of Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope”
● Milwaukee ACS Younger Chemists Committee Poster Mixer October 22, 2010. “Construction of a Near-field Optical Module for a Confocal Microscope”
● 2010 Physical Electronics Conference June 15, UWM.
● UWM Awards Day –May 7th. 2010. “Optical Imaging Beyond The Diffraction Limit”
● Laboratory for Surface Studies Student Summer Symposium August 21, 2009. T. S. Ababneh and J. C. Woehl, " Viewing the World through Nanometer Eyes: Near-field Optical Microscope for Ultra-high Resolution Imaging". Poster presented at the 2009, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 2009
● The 38th Great Lakes Regional meeting (GLRM)May 13 - 16, 2009 at the Lincolnshire Marriott in Lincolnshire, IL. “Development of a near-Field Optical Microscope for Fluorescence Imaging at Ultra High Optical Resolution”
● UWM Awards Day – 2009. “Development of a Near-Field Optical Microscope for Fluorescence Imaging at Ultra High Optical Resolution”.
● Laboratory for Surface Studies Student Summer Symposium T. S. Ababneh and J. C. Woehl, "Toward fluorescence imaging at ultra-high optical resolution". Poster presented at the 2007, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, 2007
● UWM Awards Day – 2007. “Fluorescence Imaging at Ultrahigh Optical Resolution: Instrument Design”
● UWM Awards Day– 2006. "Right-Angle Turns in Optical Setups Using Mirrors and Prisms". Taher S. Ababneh, Michael J. Nasse, and Jörg C. Woehl
● 37th Great Lake Regional Meering of the ACS, May 31-June 2, 2006 MKE WI
● 2005: Summer Organic Chemistry Conference on Everybody’s Research Aug 11-12 St john’s NL “Stereoselective Approaches to Functionalized Pyrrolidines”
● 11th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-11) Aug 14-18 2005. NL Canada.
TRAINING COURSES
● Chemical Security Program (CSP): Promoting Chemical Security for a Safer World, May 9-12, 2016. Amman, Jordan. Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Association of Arab Universities (AARU), sponsored by the US Department of State
● Satellite Hazardous Waste Generator Training, February 16 2010 and Oct 14-16, 2013. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
● Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Sep-Dec, 2008. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee