Advances in Analytical Chemistry

Advances in Analytical Chemistry is a peer-reviewed research journal that is devoted to the dissemination of new and original knowledge in all branches of analytical chemistry. The journal publishes features and news articles about major advances, trends, and challenges in analytical chemistry. These articles include peer-reviewed features written by researchers and news stories that discuss novel analytical concepts and instruments.

Mohammad Al-Ghouti

Editorial Board Member of Advances in Analytical Chemistry

Assistant Professor, Royal Scientific Society/Jordan (Permanent address), Fahad Bin Sultan University/Saudi Arabia (Current address), Jordan

Research Areas

Instrumentation Chemistry-FTIR, and Chemometrics, Metals Recovery, Fuel Treatment, Environmental Chemistry, Used Lubricating Oils and Re-Refining Processes, Natural Adsorbent Chemistry, Wastewater Treatment, Adsorption Refrigeration

Education

2001-2004Ph.DApplied Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Queen's University of Belfast/UK
1997-1999M.ScAnalytical Chemistry, University of Jordan/ Jordan
1993-1997B.ScChemistry, University of Jordan/ Jordan

Experience

2010-presentAssistant professor in Chemistry, Director of the Arts and Sciences Unit, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Tabuk
2009-2010 Assistant professor in Chemistry, German-Jordanian University-Jordan (Applied sciences)-Part timer
2008-2010 Senior Research scientist, Royal Scientific Society (RSS)/Jordan

Academic Achievement

British-Arab award/2002
Arab student award/2002 & 2003
Jordan Scopus Award 2009/Elsvier-1st April 2009, Trophy award, for my contribution to science

Membership

Member, lubricating oils technical committee
Member, petroleum products technical committee
Member, Jordan Chemical Society
Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC)
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Al-Ghouti, M. A.; Khraisheh, M. A. M.; Allen, S. J. and Ahmad, M. N. M. (2005). Enhanced Dye Adsorption by Microemulsion-Modified Calcined Diatomite (μE-CD). The Fourth Jordanian International Conference of Chemistry, 19-21 Sept. 2005, Jordan.
[2]  M.A.S. Al-Ghouti, M.A.M. Khraisheh, S.J. Allen. Enhanced Dye Adsorption Characteristics on Calcined Diatomite By Microemulsions Modification. 9th International Conference on Fundamental of Adsorption (FOA9) May 20-25, 2007, Giardini Naxos, Sicily, Italy.
[3]  Mohammad Al-Ghouti and Lina Al-Atoum, Virgin and recycled engine oil differentiation: a spectroscopic study. 3rd conference of the international congress of chemistry and environment ICCE07, November 18-20, 2007, Kuwait.
[4]  Akl Awwad and Mohammad Al-Ghouti, Co-solvent Effects on the Selectivity and Solvent Power of Morpholines for the Extraction of Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Petroleum Products. 8th Jordanian conference Amman-Jordan 21st April, 2008. Appointed: in the scientific committee.
[5]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Juiki Li, Yousef Salamh, Nasir Al-Laqtah, Gavin Walker, Mohammad N.M. Ahmad, Date Pits: A novel adsorbent in removing heavy metals and dyes from wastewater, 14th Jordan Science Week "Science and Technology for Sustainable Development", May 3-6th 2009, Amman- Jordan.
[6]  2nd IAP Conference for Young Scientists in conjunction with the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Dalian, China, 10-12 September 2009.
[7]  Nasir Al-Laqtah, Yousef Salamh, Gavin Walker, Mohammad N.M, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti. Ahmad Removal of heavy metals and dyes from aqueous solution by date pits. 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineering (WCCE8), at the downtown Palais des Congrès de Montréal, August 23 to 27, 2009.
[8]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Yahya S. Al-Degs, Fawwaz I. Khlili, Application Of Activated Carbon Adsorption In Minimising Sulphur Compounds In Jordanian Diesel Fuel, Egyptian Second International Conference in Chemistry/Chemistry for Human Needs, Hurghada, Egypt, 9-12 November 2009, accepted for Oral Presentation.
[9]  Majeda Khraisheh, Cecile Andre, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti. Kinetics of humics removal from water using granular activated carbon (GAC), iron coated activated alumina (AAFS) and beta ferric oxihydroxide (akaganeite β-FeOOH). 10th International Conference on Fundamentals of Adsorption to be held on May 23-28, 2010 at the Awaji, Hyogo, Japan.
[10]  Al-Ghouti, Mohammad, Al-Degs, Yahya, Khalili, Fawwaz (2010). Enhancing the Sulphur Compounds adsorption from Jordanian Diesel Fuel in the presence of Glacial Acidic Acid. The 5th Annual International Symposium on Environment 20-23 May 2010, Athens, Greece.
[11]  M. Al-Ghouti, Y. Al-Degs, F. Khalili (2010). Enhanced Sulphur Compounds Adsorption from Jordanian Diesel Fuel by Microemulsion-Modified Activated Carbon. The 13th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, 28 August- 1 September 2010, Prague, Czech Republic (organised in collaboration with CHISA 2010 and ECCE-7).
[12]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti (2010). Adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants from aqueous solution using microemulsion modified date pits. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina is organizing its Fifth International Biennial Conference, BioVisionAlexandria 2010, held 11-15 April 2010, in Alexandria, Egypt.
[13]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti and Habib al-Ghoul (2010). Novel Sorbents Based On Microemulsion Modified Diatomite and Activated Carbon for Removing Organic and Inorganic Pollutants from Waste Lubricants. The First International Conference on Environmental Management and Technologies, 1-3 November, 2010, Amman, Jordan.
[14]  Afro-Asia Workshop on Advanced Topics in Chemistry at JNCASR, Bangalore during June 13-17, 2011, organised by TWAS Regional Office for Central & South Asia, participant (financially covered by the organiser).
[15]  Al-Ghouti, M. A.; Khraisheh, M. A. M.; Allen, S. J. and Ahmad, M. N. (2003). The removal of dyes from textile wastewater: a study of the physical characteristics and adsorption mechanisms of diatomaceous earth. Journal of Environmental Management, 69 (3), 229-238.
[16]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Majeda A.M. Khraisheh and Maha Tutuji (2004). Flow injection potentiometric stripping analysis for study of adsorption of heavy metal ions onto modified diatomite" Chemical Engineering Journal. 104, 83-91.
[17]  Khraisheh, M. A. M.; Al-Ghouti, M. A.; Allen, S. J. and Ahmad, M. N. M. (2004). The effect of pH, temperature and molecular size on the removal of dyes from textile effluent using manganese oxides modified diatomite. Water Environmental Research. 79(6), 51-59.
[18]  Al-Ghouti M., A.; Khraisheh M.A.M; Allen S.J. and Ahmad M.N. (2005). Effect of OH and Silanol groups in the removal of dyes from aqueous solution using diatomite. Water Research, 39, 922-932.
[19]  Khraisheh, M. A. M.; Al-Ghouti, M. A. (2005). Enhanced Dye Adsorption by Microemulsion-Modified Calcined Diatomite (μE-CD). Adsorption, 11(5-6) 547-559.
[20]  M Al-Ghouti, MAM Khraisheh, MNM Ahmad, S Allen. (2005). Thermodynamic behaviour and the effect of temperature on the removal of dyes from aqueous solution using modified diatomite: a kinetic study. Journal of colloid and interface science, 287, 6-13.
[21]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti Yehya S. Al-Degs, Majeda A.M. Khraisheh, Mohammad N. Ahmad, Stephen J. Allen (2009). Mechanisms and chemistry of dye adsorption on manganese oxides-modified diatomite. Journal of Environmental Management 90 (2009) 3520–3527.
[22]  Al-Ghouti M., A.; Khraisheh M.A.M; Allen S.J. and Ahmad M.N. (2007). Microcolumn studies of dye adsorption onto manganese oxides modified diatomite. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 146, 316-327.
[23]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti and Lina Al-Atoum. (2009). Virgin and recycled engine oil differentiation: a spectroscopic study. Journal of Environmental Management, 90, 187-195. (New developed procedure).
[24]  Al-Degs, Yahya; Al-Ghouti, Mohammad (2008). Preconcentration and determination of high leachable pesticides residues in water using solid-phase extraction coupled with high performance liquid chromatography. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 88(7), 487–498.
[25]  Yahya S. Al-Degs, Amjad H. El-Sheikh, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Bahram Hemmateenejad, Gavin M. Walker. (2008). Solid phase extraction and simultaneous determination of trace amounts of sulphonated and azo sulphonated dyes using microemulsion-modified-zeolite and multivariate calibration, Talanta, 75, 904–915.
[26]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Yahya Al-Degs and Mohammad Amer. (2008). Determination of Motor gasoline Adulteration Using FTIR and Multivariate Calibration, Talanta, 76, 1105-1112.
[27]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Yahya Al-Degs, and Faisal Mustafa. (2010). Determination of Hydrogen Content and Net Heat of Combustion of Automotive Diesel Fuel Using FTIR Spectroscopy and Chemometry, Fuel 89 (2010) 193–201.
[28]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Majeda A.M. Khraisheh, Mohammad N.M. Ahmad, Stephen Allen (2009) Adsorption behaviour of methylene blue onto Jordanian diatomite: A kinetic study. Journal of Hazardous Materials 165 (2009) 589–598.
[29]  Mohammad Ahmad Al-Ghouti, Juiki Li, Yousef Salamh, Nasir Al-Laqtah, Gavin Walker, Mohammad Ahmad. (2010). A Adsorption mechanisms of removing heavy metals and dyes from aqueous solution using date pits solid adsorbent, Journal of Hazardous Materials 176 (2010) 510–520.
[30]  Yahya S. Al-Degs, Amjad H. El-Sheikh, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Mahmoud S. Sunjuk. (2008). Determination of commercial colorants in different water bodies using partial least squares regression (PLS): A chemometric study. Jordan Journal of Chemistry Vol. 3 No.3, 2008, pp. 321-336.
[31]  Yahya Salem Al-Degs, Amjad H El-Sheikh, Mohammad A Al-Ghouti, Mahmoud A Sonjouk, Ayman A A. Issa, (2008). A Simple and Accurate Analytical Method for Determination of Three Commercial Dyes in Different Water Systems using Partial Least Squares Regression. Has been accepted to be published in Water Science and Technology.
[32]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Jameel Alsaleh, Ibrahim Yousef, Ahmad Naeem, Rafat Ahmad, Ayman A. Al-Maaitah (2008). Experimental research on new adsorption refrigerator using diethyl ether and activated carbon, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 162, Issue 1, 1 August 2010, Pages 234-241.
[33]  Yahya S. Al-Degs, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Amjad H. El-Sheikh (2009). Simultaneous determination of pesticides at trace levels in water using multiwalled carbon nanotubes as solid-phase extractant and multivariate calibration. Journal of Hazardous Materials 169 (2009) 128–135.
[34]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Yahya S. Al-Degs, Mohammad Amer (2010). Application of chemometrics and FTIR for determination of viscosity index and base number of motor oils, Talanta 81 (2010) 1096–1101.
[35]  Majeda Khraisheh, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Cecile Andrea Stanford (2009). Application of Granular Activated Carbon, Iron Coated Activated Alumina and Ferric Oxihydroxide in Removing Humic Substances from Water and Wastewater: Column Studies, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 161, Issues 1-2, 1 July 2010, Pages 114-121.
[36]  Majeda Khraisheh, Cecile Andre, Mohammad Al-Ghouti. Kinetics of humics removal from water and wastewater using granular activated carbon (GAC), iron coated activated alumina (AAFS) and beta ferric oxihydroxide (akaganeite β-FeOOH), has been accepted for publications in Environmental Engineering Science (in press).
[37]  Faisal Mustafa, Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Fawwaz I. Khalili (2010). Characteristics of organosulphur compounds adsorption onto Jordanian zeolitic tuff from diesel fuel . Journal of Hazardous Materials, Volume 182, Issues 1-3, 15 October 2010, Pages 97-107.
[38]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Yahya S. Al-Degs, Fawwaz I. Khalili (2010). Minimisation of organosulphur compounds by activated carbon from commercial diesel fuel: Mechanistic study. Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 162, Issue 2, 15 August 2010, Pages 669-676.
[39]  Yahya Salem Al-Degs, Mohammad Al-Ghouti, Nidaa Salem (2011). Determination of frying quality of vegetable oils used for preparing Falafel using Infrared spectroscopy and multivariate calibration. Food Analytical Methods, (1 February 2011), pp. 1-10.
[40]  Yahya S. Al-Degs, Mohammed Al-Ghouti and Gavin Walker (2011) Determination of higher heating value of petro-diesels using mid-infrared spectroscopy and chemometry. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, DOI: 10.1007/s10973-011-1574-x.
[41]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti and Habib al-Ghoul (2011). Novel Sorbents Based on Microemulsion Modified Diatomite and Activated Carbon for Removing Organic and Inorganic Pollutants from Waste Lubricants, accepted in Publication in Chemical Engineering Journal.
[42]  Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti, Yahya S. Al-Degs, Ayoup Ghrair, Hani Khoury, Mahmoud Ziedan (2011). Extractive Separation of Vanadium and Nickel from Flyash of Organic Origin, accepted in Publication in Chemical Engineering Journal.