Faculty

College / Department

Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences

Teaching areas

General, physical, macromoleculer and biophysical chemistry

Research areas

Thermodynamics of proton ionization in mixed solvents, thermochromacy, excess partial molal quantities, dye-micelle interactions, electrooptics and linear electrical birefringence, thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorption.

Education

B.Sc., M.Sc., American University of Beirut

Ph.D., City University of New York

Professional experience

Faculty member, University of Jordan and Sultan Qaboos University

Head, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, American University of Sharjah

Lecturer, City University of New York

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY.

Research Fellow, Optical Physics Division, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Memberships

American Chemical Society

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2407

Dr. Fawwaz Jumean

Professor Emeritus

PhD in Physical Chemistry, City University of New York

Fawwaz Jumean has taught general chemistry, chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, physical and biophysical chemistry, physical chemistry laboratory. He also taught graduate courses in quantum chemistry, physical chemistry of macromolecules and molecular spectroscopy. His research interests include electro-optics, solution thermodynamics and surface chemistry. As BCE administrator during the period 1998-2015, he oversaw the development of the department’s curricula and its three degree programs.

Publications

F.H. Jumean, N.M. Abdo, M.I. Khamis, Calorimetric determination of enthalpy changes for the proton ionization of 3-[N-morpholino]propanesulfonic acid (MOPS), 4-[N-morpholino]butanesulfonic acid (MOBS) and 3-[N-morpholino]-2-hydroxypropanesulfonic acid (MOPSO) in water-methanol mixtures, Thermochimica Acta, 524(2011)194.

L. Pappalardo, F. Jumean, N. Abdo, Removal of cadmium, copper, lead and nickel from aqueous solution by white,yellow and red United Arab Emirates sand, American Journal of Environmental Sciences 6(2010)41

M. Khamis, F. Jumean, N. Abdo, speciation and removal of chromium from aqueous solution by white, yellow and red UAE sand, Journal of Hazardous Materials,169(2009)948.

BN Bulos, FH Jumean, calorimetric determination of enthalpies for the proton dissociation of N, N,-bis[2-hydroxyethyl]-2-aminosulfonic acid (BES) and N-tris[hydroxymethyl]methyl-2-aminoethanesulfonic acid (TES) in water-methanol mixtures, Thermochimica Acta, 411(2004)91.

M Khamis, FH Jumean, M Dakiky, A Manasra, M Abdulkarim, acid alizarin violet interaction with surfactants, Dyes and Pigments, 63(2004)101.

M. Khamis, B. Bulos, F.Jumean, A. Manassra, M. Dakiky, azo dyes interactions with surfactants. Determination of the critical micelle concentration from acid-base equilibrium, Dyes and Pigments, 66(2005)179.

Jumean FH, Abdo NM, “Calorimetric determination of enthalpy changes for proton ionization of N-[2-hyroxyethyl]piperazine-N´-[2-ethane sulfonic acid](HEPES) and N-[2-hyroxyethyl]piperazine-N´-[2-hydroxypropane sulfonic acid] (HEPPSO) in water-methanol mixtures”, Thermochimica Acta, 447(2006)112.

Jumean FH, Abdo NM, “Calorimetric determination of enthalpy changes for the proton ionization of glycine, N,N-bis(2-hyroxyethyl)glycine (“bicine”) and N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methylglycine (“tricine”) in water-methanol mixtures”, Thermochimica Acta, 448 (2006) 44.

MI Khamis, FH Jumean, MG Savelieff, “Bordeaux-R interactions with surfactants: thermochromic investigations of proton ionization in cationic, nonionic and anioinic surfactant solutions”, Coloration Technology, 123(2007)317.

Jumean FH, Abdo NM, Khamis MI, Calorimetric determination of enthalpy changes for the proton ionization of N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl-4-aminobutanesulfonic acid (TABS), N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methyl-3-aminopropanesulfonic acid (TAPS) and 3-[N-tris(hydroxymethyl)methylamino]-2-hyroxypropane sulfonic acid (TAPSO) in water–methanol mixtures, Thermochimica Acta, 475(2008)22.

Conference Presentations

F. Jumean, L. Pappalardo, N. Abdo, X-ray fluorescence studies on some low cost adsorbents. Correlation of adsorption efficiency of Pb+2 with fluorescence spectra of adsorbents,3rd European Association of Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EUCheMS) Chemistry Congress, Nürnberg, Germany, September 2010.

F. Jumean, M. Khamis, N. Abdo, Speciation and removal of chromium from aqueous solution by white, yellow and red UAE sand, 12th EuCHeMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2009.

F. Jumean, M. Khamis and N. Abdo, calorimetric determination of enthalpy changes for the proton ionization of N-tris(hydroxymethyl) methyl-4-aminobutanesulfonic acid (TABS), N-tris(hydroxymethyl) methyl-3-aminopropane sulfonic acid (TAPS) and 3-[N-tris(hydroxymethyl)) methylamino]-2-hydroxypropane sulfonic acid (TAPSO) in water-methanol mixtures. XVI Russian International Conference on Chemical Thermodynamics, Suzdal, Russia, July 2007.

F. Jumean, M. Khamis, thermodynamic parameters of biological buffers in mixed solvents from thermochromic measurements, Frontiers of Chemical Science: Research and Education in the Middle East, Istanbul, Turkey, December 2007.

Awards and Honors

Faculty Research Grants

Other creative/research

Oversaw the establishment and accreditation of 3 science degree programs at AUS.

Oversaw the acquisition of research and teaching equipment for Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences programs at AUS.