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Sanaa K. Bardaweel

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  • Country of residence: Jordan
  • Gender: Male
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BSc, MSc, PhD Pharmacy
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty of Pharmacy
Jordan University
Amman 11942 Jordan
00Tel: 00962-6- 5355000. ext. 23318 (Work), Mobile : 00962775190831
Fax: 00962-6-5300250 Faculty, 00962-6- 5355511-22 University
Email: s.bardaweel@ju.edu.jo
Home Page http://eacademic.ju.edu.jo/s.bardaweel/default.aspx
GENERAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth : April 22ed, 1981
Place of Birth : Jarash - Jordan.
Nationality Jordanian
Marital Status : Married, with three Children

EDUCATION
 Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (1999 – 2004) , Excellence
University of Jordan
Amman, Jordan
 Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2004-2006), Excellence
Thesis Title, In vitro evaluation and cytocompatibality of natural polymers for local/systemic delivery of macromolecules
Advisor: Professor Aiedeh, Khalid
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University of Jordan
Amman, Jordan
 Doctor of Philosophy in Medicinal Chemistry (2006-2010)
Thesis Title, Defining the Catalytic and Kinetic Mechanism and Natural Function of the Highly Conserved Acyl-AMP Hydrolase, HINT1
Advisor: Professor Carston R.Wagner
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA
LANGUAGES
 Arabic Mother Tongue
 English Excellent
 Greek Very good
 French Good
 Russian Fair

POSITIONS AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
 2011-present, Assistant Professor, JU, The University of Jordan, Faculty of Pharmacy, Amman
 2008-2010, Radiation Protection Safety Officer, UM, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
 2007-2010, Research Assistant, UM, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
 2004-006, Instructor, teaching Assistant, JU, The University of Jordan, , Faculty of Pharmacy, Amman

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP
 American Chemical Society
 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
 The Jordanian Pharmaceutical Association
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
 Multidisciplinary background in molecular biology techniques: Expertise in DNA cloning, DNA mutagenesis, protein characterization, enzymatic assay, in vitro cell based assays.
 Proficient in modern analytical techniques: HPLC, Size Exclusion Chromatography, Western Blot, PCR, NMR, Mass Spectrometry.
 Experience in multistep synthesis, purification and characterization of organic compounds.
 Familiar with professional computational softwares: ChemDraw, SciFinder, PyMOL, etc.
 Accomplished the cloning, site-directed mutagenesis, over-expression, refolding and purification of multiple proteins.
 Developed a method to study two proteins interaction via radialabeling assays.
 Developed a method to study the bacterial phenotype associated with the “Y” genes; genes with unknown functions.
 Eexperience in Tissue and Cell culture techniques, mainly animal cell culture.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN
 Medicinal chemistry I (Undergraduate level)
 Medicinal chemistry II (Undergraduate level)
 Medicinal chemistry III (Undergraduate level)
 Instrumental analysis (Undergraduate level)

Phyto-chemical Analysis (Undergraduate level)
 Seminar in pharmaceutical Sciences (Undergraduate level)
 Phyto-chemical Analysis-Practical (Undergraduate level)
 Medicinal chemistry- Practical (Undergraduate level)
 Instrumental analysis- Practical (Undergraduate level)
 Analytical Chemistry – Practical (Undergraduate level)
 Phyochemistry– Practical (Undergraduate level)
 Organic Chemistry – Practical (Undergraduate level)
NATIONWIDE ACTIVITIES AND CONSULTATION
Associate Editor of:
 UK Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biosciences (UKJPB)
 Journal of Innovations in Pharmaceuticals and Biological Sciences
Referee for the International Journals of
 BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
 African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
 The Jordan Journal Pharmaceutical Sciences
 Journal of Women’s Health, Issues & Care
 Natural products research.
 Acta Pharmaceutica.
 Advances in Biochemistry
 European Journal of Molecular Biology
 International Journal of Advances in Pharmacy, Biology and Chemistry
 Arch der pharmazie
 Journal of medicine and medical research
 The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care
 African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines
 International Journal of Nanomedicine
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MASTER STUDENT SUPERVION
 Chemical composition of the volatile oil from leaves of four cultivars of Jordanian Oleo europaea L. and evaluation of antioxidant and anticancer activities of the aqueous extract. MSC Graduation Thesis. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan. June 2014(Co-Supervisor).
 Metformin: determinants of its beneficial role in ER-positive breast carcinoma growth inhibition. MSC Graduation Thesis. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan. December 2014 (Supervisor).
MEMBERSHIP IN GRADUATE EXAMINATION COMMITTEES
 MSC thesis: Hamsa Alakad. "Investigating physicians’ perception of pharmaceutical trade names in Jordan’s private market: simulated and real-world setting approaches". MSC Graduation Thesis. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan. May 2014.
 MSC thesis: Hanan S.Alamaddin.” The use of comparative intramolecular contact analysis to build valid pharmacophore model(s) against soluble epoxide hydrolase towards development of potential anti-inflammatory agents.” ". MSC Graduation Thesis. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan. July 2013.
 MSC thesis: Rasha Khalil Zamel. “The effect of membrane receptors on cellular behavior of breast cancer cell lines.” MSC Graduation Thesis. Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan. December 2014.
 MSC thesis: Musab Mahmoud Sadeh. “Pharmacophore-based screening and identification of novel phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3Ka) inhibitors.” MSC Graduation Thesis. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Alzytoona. December 2014.

GRANTS AND FUNDED PROJECTS
 S. Bardaweel, M. Hudaib and K. Tawaha. Project title: "In Vitro Evaluation of Antibacterial, Antifungal, and Anticancer Activities of Essential Oils from Six
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species of Eucalyptus". (13000 $, Deanship of Academic research, University of Jordan-2012).
 S. Bardaweel, R. Abu-Dahab and R. Darwish. Project title: " D-amino acids: investigation of possible toxicity in bacteria and cancer cells." (37000 $, Deanship of Academic research, University of Jordan-2011).
 S. Bardaweel, M. Hudaib and K. Tawaha. Project title:" In vitro evaluation of antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer activities of essential oils from selected aromatic medicinal plants in Jordan(10000 $, Deanship of Academic research, University of Jordan-2014).
 S. Bardaweel, Khaled Al-fawares, Yusuf Al-Hiari, Mohammad Al-Zweiri, and Mohammad Khafar. Project title:" Purification of Pathogenesis Determinant Proteins for the Identification of Novel Antimicrobial Targets: Polyphosphate Kinase 1 Active Site Characterization”. ( 129000$, Scientific Research Support Fund, The Ministry of Higher Education, Jordan-2014)
PODIUM AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
 Session Chair at the XIII International Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dubai, 2015.
 XIII International Conference on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dubai, UAE. Oral presentation: Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Free Radical Scavenging Activities of Essential Oils Extracted from Six Eucalyptus Species. 2015 (Sanaa K. Bardaweel, Mohammad M. Hudaib, Khaled A. Tawaha, Rasha M. Bashatwah.)
 The First International Conference on Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences/ Abu Dhabi, UAE. Oral presentation: D-amino Acids: Prospects for New Therapeutic Agents. 2013 (Sanaa Bardaweel)
 The 3ed International Conference of the Faculty of Pharmacy/The University of Jordan 2012.
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 The 15th Annual Congress of the Scientific Association of Colleges of Pharmacy In the Arab World 2012.
 Chemical Biology Initiative Seminars/ USA, Minneapolis. Oral presentation: Connecting Genotype & Phenotype: Discovering the Essential Role of Histidine Nucleotide Proteins on E. Coli Alanine Metabolism. 2010. ( Sanaa Bardaweel and Cartson Wagner)
 NIH Chemistry & Biology Interface Training Grant Symposium / USA, Minneapolis. Oral presentation: Metabolic Phenotype Discovery of HinT Deleted Escherichia coli Strain. 2010. (Sanaa Bardaweel, Michael Sadowsky, and Carston R. Wagner).
 Gordon Research Conference on Enzymes and Co-enzymes / USA/Waterville Valley. Poster: Defining the Catalytic & Kinetic Mechanism and Natural Function of the Highly. 2009. (Sanaa Bardaweel and Cartson Wagner)
COMPUTER SKILLS
 Excellent command in the use of Microsoft windows and office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet, Outlook).
 Good command of statistical softwares (SPSS).
 Excellent command in EndNote.
 Excellent command in Drug discovery softwares: ChemDraw, ISIS Draw, Science Finder, and Design Graphics software (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator).
PUBLICATIONS
1. Probing the impact of the echinT C-terminal domain on structure and catalysis (2010) Sanaa Bardaweel, Pace J, Chou TF, Cody V, Wagner CR. Journal of Molecular Biology 404 (4), 627-638.
2. E. coli histidine triad nucleotide binding protein 1 (ecHinT) is a catalytic regulator of D-alanine dehydrogenase (DadA) activity in vivo (2011) Sanaa Bardaweel, Ghosh B, Chou TF, Sadowsky MJ, Wagner CR. PloS one 6 (7), e20897.

Synthesis and Evaluation of Potential Inhibitors of Human and Escherichia coli Histidine Triad Nucleotide Binding Proteins (2012) Sanaa Bardaweel, Brahma Ghosh, Carston R. Wagner, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 22 (1), 558-560.
4. Dynamic simulation of thermopneumatic micropumps for biomedical applications (2013) Hamzeh Bardaweel and Sanaa Bardaweel. Microsystem technologies 19 (12), 2017-2024.
5. Complementary and alternative medicine utilization by a sample of infertile couples in Jordan for infertility treatment: clinics-based survey (2013) Sanaa Bardaweel , Mayadah Shehadeh, Ghadeer ARY Suaifan and Maria-Vanessa Z Kilani, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 13 (1), 35
6. An in vitro Based Investigation into the Cytotoxic Effects of D-amino Acids (2013) Sanaa Bardaweel, Rana Abu-Dahab, and Nour F. Almomani. Acta Pharmaceutica 63 (4), 467-478.
7. D-serine in Neurobiology: CNS Neurotransmission and Neuromodulation (2014) Sanaa Bardaweel, Muhammed Alzweiri and Aman Ishaqat. The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 41 (2), 164-176.
8. D-amino Acids: Prospects for New Therapeutic Agents (2014) Sanaa Bardaweel. Journal of Medical and Bioengineering 3,195-198.
9. Alternative and antioxidant therapies utilization by a sample of infertile males in Jordan: a cross sectional survey (2014) Sanaa Bardaweel. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 14:244.
10. Antioxidant, antimicrobial and antiproliferative activities of Anthemis palestina essential oil (2014) Sanaa Bardaweel, Khaled A. Tawaha, Mohammad M. Hudaib. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 14:297.
11. Evaluation of antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer activities of essential oils from six species of Eucalyptus (2014) Sanaa Bardaweel, Mohammad Hudaib, Khaled Tawaha. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants. In press
12. Synergism and efficacy of some naturally occurring D-amino acids against clinically relevant bacterial and fungal species (2014) Sanaa Bardaweel, Rula M. Darwish, Muhammed H. Alzweiri and Yusuf M. Al-Hiari. Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. In press
13. The development and application of novel IR and NMR-based model for the evaluation of carminative effect of Artemisia Judaica L. Essential oil (2014) Muhammed Alzweiri, Ibrahim
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M. Alrawashdeh, and Sanaa K. Bardaweel. International Journal of Analytical Chemistry. Volume 2014, Article ID 627038, 10 pages.
14. Antimicrobial, Antioxidant and Free Radical Scavenging Activities of Essential Oils Extracted
from Six Eucalyptus Species (2015). Sanaa K. Bardaweel, Mohammad M. Hudaib, Khaled A. Tawaha, Rasha M. Bashatwah. International Journal of Biological, Food, Veterinary and Agricultural Engineering. Vol:9, 66-69.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Sanaa K. Bardaweel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Jordan
Amman 11942
Jordan
Office #: 00962 5355000 Ext. 23318
S.bardaweel@ju.edu.jo
http://eacademic.ju.edu.jo/s.bardaweel/default.aspx

 

Achievements and Awards

 2006 The University of Jordan Honor Award, Graduates.
 2010 The University of Minnesota Excellence Award for Graduate Students.

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