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Personal Information:

Name: Ahmad Masarwa

Country of Birth/ Nationality: Israel

Address: Institute of Chemistry, Casali Building, Room 314, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel

Phone: +972-2-6584881

E-Mail: Ahmad.Masarwa1@mail.huji.ac.il

 

Disciplinary Field(s)

Organic Chemistry

Organometallic Chemistry

 

Positions:

October 2016-Present: Assistant Professor (Senior Lecturer) at the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Israel)

 

Jan 2016-Jun 2016: Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Israel)

 

May 2013-October 2015: Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, (USA).

Advisor:  Prof. Richmond Sarpong.

Topic: Synthesis of Natural Product Cores by Applying C–C/ C–H Bond Activations in Cascade Processes

 

Education:

2009-2013: Ph.D. Degree in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Advisor: Prof. Ilan Marek

Title: Zirconocene Mediated and Catalyzed Ring-Opening Reactions of Alkylidenecyclopropanes.

 

  • March 2013: Period of academic research with Prof. Peter R. Schreiner. Department of Chemistry, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, (Germany). Topic: VCD Analyses of (S)-[2H1, 2H2, 2H3]-neopentane.

 

  • March 2013: Period of academic research with Prof. Philippe Lesot. Faculty of Chemistry, Université Paris-Sud 11, (France). Topic: D-NMR Analyses of (S)-[2H1, 2H2, 2H3]-neopentane.

 

  • 2011-2013: Period of academic collaboration research with Prof. Moshe Gavish. Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, (Israel). Topic: Quinazoline Scaffold Based Compounds, Pharmaceutical Compositions and Methods of Use thereof.

 

  • August-September 2011: Period of academic research with Prof. Amir Hoveyda. Faculty of Chemistry, Boston College, Boston, MA, (USA). Topic: Design and Development of Copper/ Zinc-Based Catalysts for Enantioselective Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions.

 

2005-2008: M.Sc. Degree in Synthetic Organic Chemistry at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Advisor: Prof. Ilan Marek

Title: Towards the Enantioselective Preparation of Chiral Alkylidenecyclopropanes.

 

2002-2005: B.A. Degree in Chemistry at Technion- Israel Institute of Technology. (Cum laude).

 

2003-2005: Research Assistant - The Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology under the supervision of Prof. Ilan Marek.

 

Teaching Activities:

2016-Present: Senior Lecturer, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

  • Organic Chemistry for Bio-Medical-Sciences Students
  • Selected chapters in Advanced Organic Chemistry
  • Laboratory course in Organic Chemistry
  • Seminar for chemistry graduate students

2005-2013: Teaching Assistant at Technion- Israel Institute of Technology.

  • Organic Chemistry laboratory 1st level
  • Organic Chemistry laboratory 2nd level
  • Organic Chemistry Course
  • Project leader in Organic Chemistry Course.

2005-2006: Teaching Assistant at Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel. General and Analytical Chemistry.

 

Memberships:

  • 2018–Present   Member, COST Action CHAOS (C-H Activation in Organic Synthesis).
  • 2018-Present    Member, Multidisciplinary Center for Cannabinoid Research (Organic Synthesis).
  • 2017–Present   Member, The Casali Center for Applied Chemistry, The Hebrew University.
  • 2005–Present   Member, The Israel Chemical Society (ICS).