Education:
1999 - 2004          Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
                                Ph.D. Physical Chemistry
1994 - 1998          Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN
                                M.S. Organic Chemistry
1989 - 1993          Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan                          
                              B.S., Major: Applied Chemistry
 
Teaching Experience:
 
2012 – present   Associate Professor of Chemistry, Alfaisal University
2009 – 2012:        Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Alfaisal University
2008 – 2009:        Assistant Professor of Chemistry Gulf University of Science and Technology
Summer 2008     Visiting  professor, Virginia Commonwealth University(VCU), Richmond Virginia.
2006 – 2008 :     Assistant Professor, George Mason University RAK campus, UAE.
2004-2006:              Sr. Scientist, Research and Development, Vintage Pharmaceuticals
1999 - 2004            Teaching Assistant, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
      Instructor of General Chemistry recitation 101, 102 level, Physical,                                                   Analytical chemistry and Instrumental Analysis Laboratories 300 and 400 levels
1995 - 1997              Teaching Assistant,TennesseeStateUniversity,Nashville,TN
 
 
 Research
1999-
Research interests are in the general areas of molecular clusters, gas phase and cluster polymerization,  nanostructured and polymer nanocomposites materials containg graphene nansheets and metal nanoparticles. The major goal is to gain insights as to how the properties of matter evolve as the size of a material system ranges from molecular to macroscopic dimensions.
1994 –1997       
4   Research on the synthesis and characterization of co-polymers, using                                            DSC and FTIR.TennesseeStateUniversity,Nashville,TN
 
 
Awards:

President of the University of Jordan Award.
President of the University of Jordan Appreciation Certificate.
Alfaisal University Recognition Award
Alfaisal University appreciation Award

 
Affiliations:
American Chemical Society
 
Grants and Sponsored Projects

King AbdelAziz City of Sience and Technology.KACST “Synthesis and characterization of polymer nanocomposites via gas phase polymerization” 2011 Funded amount 1,987,000 SAR (pending)
King AbdelAziz City of Sience and Technology.KACST ”Effect of Temperature Gradient on Pressure Driven Water Flow in Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNT)” 2011 Funded amount 1,347,000 SAR. Role Co-PI.(pending)
King AbdelAziz City of Sience and Technology with the collaboration with King AbdelAziz University with a project entitled “The design of new composite materials containing metal oxide supported 2D-graphene sheets”, Funding amount 1,870,000 SAR, Role Co-PI. (Pending)

 
Publications:
 

Alsharaeh, E.H. Othman Ali, Facile Method for in situ Preparation of STY-MMA Copolymer Containing Graphene sheets. Prepr. Pap.-Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Pet. Chem. 2012, 57 (1)
Alsharaeh, E.H. Intracluster Ion Molecule Reactions Following the Generation of Mg+Within Polar Clusters. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12, 9095-9107.
Alsharaeh, E.H., El-Shall MS, Ion mobility study of the mechanism of the gas phase thermal polymerization of styrene and the structures of the early oligomers. Polymer, 52 (2011), 5551-55594.
El-Shall, M. Samy; Ibrahim, Yehia; Alsharaeh, Edreese; Meot-Ner, Michael; Watson, Simon: "Reactions between Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heterocyclics: Covalent and Proton-Bound Dimer Ions of Benzene/Pyridine". Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal of the American Chemical Society 131(29):10066-76, 2009
Ibrahim, Yehia; Alsharaeh, Edreese; Mabrouki, Ridha; Momoh, Paul; Xie, Enli; El-Shall, M. Samy.   Ion Mobility of Ground and Excited States of Laser-Generated Transition Metal Cations.    Journal of Physical Chemistry A  (2008),  112(6),  1112-1124. 
Abdelsayed, Victor; Alsharaeh, Edreese; El-Shall, M. Samy.   Catalyzed radical polymerization of styrene vapor on nanoparticle surfaces and the incorporation of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles within polystyrene polymers.    Journal of Physical Chemistry B  (2006),  110(39),  19100-19103. 
Alsharaeh, Edreese H.; Ibrahim, Yehia M.; El-Shall, M. Samy.   Direct Evidence for the Gas Phase Thermal Polymerization of Styrene. Determination of the Initiation Mechanism and Structures of the Early Oligomers by Ion Mobility.    Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2005),  127(17),  6164-6165. 
 Ibrahim, Yehia; Alsharaeh, Edreese; Dias, Keith; Meot-Ner, Michael; El-Shall, M. Samy.   Stepwise Hydration and Multibody Deprotonation with Steep Negative Temperature Dependence in the Benzene.bul.+-Water System. [Erratum to document cited in CA141:395073].    Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2005),  127(11),  4114. 
Ibrahim, Yehia; Alsharaeh, Edreese; Dias, Keith; Meot-Ner, Michael; El-Shall, M. Samy.   Stepwise Hydration and Multibody Deprotonation with Steep Negative Temperature Dependence in the Benzene.bul.+-Water System.    Journal of the American Chemical Society  (2004),  126(40),  12766-12767. 
brahim, Yehia M.; Alsharaeh, Edreese H.; El-Shall, M. Samy.   Evidence for Penning Ionization in the Generation of Electronically Excited States of Transition Metal Cations by Laser Vaporization.    Journal of Physical Chemistry B  (2004),  108(13),  3959-3962. 
brahim, Yehia; Alsharaeh, Edreese; Rusyniak, Mark; Watson, Simon; Meot-Ner, Michael; El-Shall, M. Samy.   Separation of isomers by dimer formation: isomerically pure benzene+ and toluene+ ions, and their dimers: ab initio calculations on (benzene)2+.    Chemical Physics Letters  (2003),  380(1,2),  21-28. 
Rusyniak, Mark; Ibrahim, Yehia; Alsharaeh, Edreese; Meot-Ner, Michael; El-Shall, M. Samy.   Mass-Selected Ion Mobility Studies of the Isomerization of the Benzene Radical Cation and Binding Energy of the Benzene Dimer Cation. Separation of Isomeric Ions by Dimer Formation.    Journal of Physical Chemistry A  (2003),  107(38),  7656-7666.
El-Shall, M. Samy; Abdelsayed, Victor; Pithawalla, Yezdi B.; Alsharaeh, Edreese; Deevi, Seetharama C.   Vapor Phase Growth and Assembly of Metallic, Intermetallic, Carbon, and Silicon Nanoparticle Filaments.    Journal of Physical Chemistry B  (2003),  107(13),  2882-2886.