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Name: Maha Sa'di Tutunji

Date of Birth: 1945

Place of birth Jerusalem

Nationality: Jordanian

Martial Status: Widowed

Academic rank: Professor, University of Jordan, Amman - Jordan

Education: Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, Loughborough University of Technology

(UK), 1989

M.Sc. Physical Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

(USA), 1971

B.Sc. Chemistry, Beirut College for Women (BCW), (Lebanon),

currently LAU 1968

 

Employment

 

1. Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Jordan (2006 present)

2. Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry, University of Jordan (1995-2006)

3. Technical Manager of the Pharmaceutical Research Unit / Royal Scientific

Society, (1995-Feb.1999)

4. Assistant Professor (19891995), University of Jordan.

5. Lecturer (1979 - 1989), University of Jordan.

6. Analyst (1986 - 1989), University of Jordan.

7. Laboratory Supervisor (1973-1976), University of Jordan

 

Membership

 

1. Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee / International Foundation of

Science (IFS)

2. Board of directors Virtual biotechnology center”–Higher Council of Science and

Technology / Jordan

3. Board of directors Jordan Society for Sustainable Development (JSSD)

4. Jordan Chemical Society

5. American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)

6. American Chemical Society (ACS)

 

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Professional Training

 

1. Microanalysis, University of London 1974.

2. Mass-Spectrometry, Germany-Bremen, 1976.

3. Food and Feed Analysis, Sweden, 1979.

4. Drug Analysis, Loughborough - England, extraction from biological fluids.

5. Professional development course effective management of analytical chemistry

laboratories-American Chemical Society- Washington DC, 1982.

6. ICH/GCP (International conference of Harmonization / Good Clinical Practice)

 

GLP/OECD (Good Laboratory Practice/ Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development )

7. Advanced Balanced Scorecard Workshop, Amman, Jordan, May 2007

8. The first International Medical Jordanian Cuban Congress, Amman, Jordan, 27th 29th

 

February, 2008

9. Dissolution Testing, Bioequivalence, and Bioavailability, a course led by Professor

Henning Blume, SocraTec R&D GmbH, prepared for Pharmaquestjo, October 12-13,

2008, Hisham Hotel, Amman, Jordan

10. Outsourcing Preclinical Development, December 1-4, 2008, Basel, Switzerland.

11. Research Ethics and Good Clinical Practice, May 22-23, 2009, Cairo, Egypt.

 

12. Clinical Data Management Course, a course led by Dr. Barry Burnstead and prepared for

Clinquestjo, December 8-9, 2009, Clinquestjo, Amman, Jordan

 

Recent Organized Workshops

 

1. A daylong workshop on clinical trials Media Outreach, July 1st, 2008, Le Royal

Hotel, Amman, Jordan

2. Clinical Research Associate Course, October 6 10, 2008, presented by Yulia

Nazaretyan from Training Mission, Russia, held at Hisham Hotel, Amman, Jordan

 

Fields of Professional Experience :

 

1. Teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses: introductory chemistry: (101, 102

and 106), introductory analytical chemistry (211), instrumental methods of analysis

(311) and (411), practical physical chemistry (343), and physico chemical methods of

analysis (711) and 911.

2. Industrial management development, lead acid battery manufacture and chlor-alkali

plant.

3. Consultancy and advisory work for industry, research laboratories, governmental

institutions: Ministry of Health: Environmental Health, Ministry of Labor:

Occupational Safety and Health Institute, Ministry of Trade and Industry: Department

of Standards and Measures and the Social Security Department.

4. Consultancy and advisory work on bioequivalence studies for contract research

organizations.

5. Consultancy and advisory work on the disposal of industrial hazardous chemical

waste.