Professional Activities

Departmental Duties :

• Supervisor of the 400 MHz NMR spectroscopic lab.
• Supervisor of follow-up committee.
• Supervisor of books and references committee.
• Secretary of organic chemistry branch.
• Organizer of examinations for lab technicians.
• Secretary of chemistry department.

University Duties :

• Member of Faculty of Science committee for admission examinations 2002.
• Member of Faculty of Science committee for maintenance and technical affairs 2001-2004.
• Member of Faculty of Science committee for University education development unit 2002-2004.
• Member of Faculty of Science committee for academic accreditation and programming evaluation 2005-2006.
• Contribution in the committee of development of closed Television circle 2006-2007.
• Member of permanent committee for chemicals and instruments in the University 2007-2008.
• Head of permanent committee for chemicals and instruments in the University 2008-now.

Societies :

• Member of British Royal Society for Organic Chemistry (Scotland).
• Member of the Saudi Chemical Society.
• Member of Saudi Environment Society.

Seminars & Workshops :

• Workshop for authorship, translation and arabicization, King Abdulaziz University, 6-7/2/2000.
• Workshop for thesis supervision, King Abdulaziz University, 29/1/2002.
• The development of a computer programme to create tailored templates for zeolite catalysis. King Abdulaziz University, 3/4/2002.
• Sources of electronic information, King Abdulaziz University, 3/3/2003.
• Third meeting of Saudi inventors, King Abdulaziz University, 19-20/4/2004.
• Treatment of trashes, recycling and its effects on environment protecting, King Abdulaziz University, 7/3/2005.       
• Course portfolio, King Abdulaziz University, 7/5/2005.
• Workshop for planning committee and sub-committees dealing with the institutional self-study, King Abdulaziz University, 13-14/11/2005.
• Workshop for performance development of closed Television circle, King Abdulaziz University, 31/1/2006.
• Creating an Academic Web Site with Microsoft Frontpage, King Abdulaziz University, 5-7/3/2006.
• Workshop for Learner-Centered Education, King Abdulaziz University, 18/3/2006.
• Meeting of the University voluntary work in the community service, King Abdulaziz University, 16/5/2006.
• The AVANCE 1D/2D training course on high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance , Bruker Biospin AG, Fallanden, Switzerland, 31/3/2008 - 4/4/2008.
• The advanced NMR methods training course for high resolution magnetic resonance spectroscopy, Bruker Biospin AG, Fallanden, Switzerland, 7-9/4/2008.

Conferences :

• British Royal Society for Organic Chemistry (Scotland), University of Dundee, December 1995, (attendance).
• British Royal Society for Organic Chemistry (Scotland), University of Glasgow, December 1996, (attendance).
• British Royal Society for Organic Chemistry (Scotland), University of Edinburgh, December 1997, (poster).
• Annual first meeting for scientific research, King Abdulaziz University, October 2000, (attendance).
• The first Saudi Science Conference, King Fahad University, 9/4/2001, (oral).
• The Second Saudi Science Conference, King Abdulaziz University, 15-17/3/2004 (2 posters).
• International Conference on Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges, King Abdulaziz University, 17-19/6/2008 (attendance).