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 Employment History:
  • University Research Professor (2021-2022)
  • Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs (2020-current)
  • Fullbright Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry, Air Quality and Climate Change, Air UCI, Chemistry Department, University of California Irvine (2018-2019). Press release.
  • Full Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Wilfrid Laurier University ('17-current)
  • Adjunct Professor, Chemistry Department, University of Waterloo ('05-current)
  • Visiting Professor in the lab of Professor D. James Donaldson, Chemistry Department, University of Toronto (2011)
  • Associated Graduate Faculty, Chemistry Department, University of Guelph ('07-'10)
  • Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Wilfrid Laurier University ('10-'17)
  • Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Wilfrid Laurier University ('05-'10)
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Professor Franz Geiger, Chemistry Department, Northwestern University ('03-'05)

Editorial work:
  • Nature's Communications Chemistry (Member of the Editorial Board, 2022-current)
  • Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry (Guest Editor for a special issue on Environmental Colloidal and Interfacial Chemistry: Structure and Processes, 2022-current)
  • Atmosphere (Member of the Editorial Board, 2020-current)


Education:
  • Ph.D., Physical Chemistry (99-'03), University of Iowa, IA, USA, Supervisor: Professor Vicki Grassian
  • B.Sc. (Honors) Chemistry (95-99), United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates

​Research Interests:
Atmospheric chemistry, iron fate in ocean microlayer, air quality, geochemistry, and environmental remediation. Click here for more on our ongoing research projects.  

Google Scholar profile

Awards and Recognition:
  • The inaugural Gilead Award for Excellence in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion from the Canadian Society for Chemistry (2022)
  • WLU Faculty Association Merit Award (2020)
  • Women in STEM poster by Ingenium Canada (2019)
  • Dr. Raymond March Visiting Scientist, Chemistry Department, Trent University (2018) (See photos here)
  • WLU Faculty Association Merit Award (2018)
  • Environmental Science Leader by the Laurentian Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) (2018)
  • Community Author, Laurier's Library (2017)
  • Women Who Inspire Award (for professional excellence) by the Kitchener-Waterloo Coalition of Muslim Women (2017)
  • Nominee for the KW Oktoberfest-Rogers Women of the Year (STEM) (2016)
  • Canadian Arab to Watch by the Canadian Arab Institute in Toronto (2016)
  • WLU Faculty Association Merit Award (2016)
  •  Canadian Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund (2016)
  •  MAX Platinum Award of Excellence (2016)
  •  Imperial Oil University Research Award (2016)
  • Certificate of Appreciation from the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the ACS (2015)
  • Faculty Mentoring Award by Laurier Alumni Relations (2015), which was acknowledged and celebrated at the 2016 Laurier Teaching Awards Ceremony and Reception
  • WLU Faculty Association Merit Award (2012)
  • Certificate of Appreciation from the Division of Environmental Chemistry of the ACS (2012)
  • Certificate of Appreciation from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications (2012)
  • Early Researcher Award by Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation (2011-2016)
  • American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund Award (2009-2012)
  • Petro-Canada Young Innovator Award (2008)
  • Best Poster Award from the Canadian Light Source while attending the second Synchrotron Summer School (Aug. 20-24, 2007)
  • Research Corporation Cottrell College Science Award (2007)
  • Leaders Opportunity Fund Award from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (2006)
  • University of Iowa DC Spriestersbach Dissertation Prize in Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering and University of Iowa nominee for the 2004 national competition for the Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Dissertation Prize (2004)
  • NSERC Visiting Fellowship in Canadian Government Laboratories (deferred, 2003)
  • National Award for Honour Students at the U.A.E. University from Her Highness Fatma Bint Mubarak (Wife of the late President of the United Arab Emirates) (1999)


Selected Publications:
  • Hind A. Al-Abadleh*, Yara Khalaf, Carol Salama, and Brenda Kurorwaho.  Air quality education in public schools.  Science, 376(6593), 589, 2022.
  • Wisam Mohammed, Nicole Shantz, Lucas Neil, Tom Townend, Adrian Adamescu, and Hind A. Al-Abadleh*.  Air Quality Measurements in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada using Multisensor Mini Monitoring Stations.  Atmosphere, 13(1), 83 (1-17), special issue on High-Resolution Measurements of Atmospheric Pollutants, Pushing the Limit of Temporal and Spatial Resolution 2022.
  • Kotiba Malek, Kanishk Gohil, Hind A. Al-Abadleh* and Akua Asa-Awuku*.  Hygroscopicity of Polycatechol and Polyguaiacol Secondary Organic Aerosol in sub- and supersaturated water vapor environments.  Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 2022, 2, 24-33 (Front cover, selected for post-publication themed collection on the Chemistry of Greenhouse Gases).
  • Hind A. Al-Abadleh* and Sergey A. Nizkorodov*.  Open Questions on Transition Metals Driving Secondary Thermal Processes in Atmospheric Aerosols.  Nature's Communications Chemistry, Open Questions in Chemistry series, 2021, 4, 176, 1-4.

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Memberships:
  • Collaborator on the CSA HAWC Mission (2021-current)
  • Member, University and Professional Education Committee, CMOS (2022-current)
  • ​Working Group on Atmosphere-Related Research in Canadian Universities (ARRCU, Member 2017-2019, Vice-Chair 2019-2022, Chair 2022-current)
  • Full Member, Working Group on aerosol trace element solubility, International Science Council, Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (2022-current)
  • Member, Nano Canada Committee on the Canadian Safety and Health Initiative for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology in Canada (2019-current)
  • NanoOntario (Member of the Board of Directors, 2012-current)
  • Environment Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada (Past Chair 2022-current, Elected Chair 2019-2022, Elected Vice Chair and Outreach Coordinator 2016-2019, Elected Member at-large 2014-2016)
  • MS2 Discovery Institute (Member, 2014-current)
  • Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (Associate Member, 2010-current)
  • Laurier Institute of Water Science (Member, 2010-current)
  • NSERC Discovery Grants for Chemistry Evaluation Group (1504), and Joint with Geoscience (1506) and Civil/Industrial/Systems Engineering (1509) groups (2018-2021)
  • Executive Board Member, Abrahamic Faiths Panel, Martin Luther University College, WLU (2019)
  • Science Advisor, Students for Sustainability at Laurier (2017-2018)
  • Equity and Diversity Committee, Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (Member, 2017-2019)
  • Working Group in Diversity and Equity (WIDE) (Member, Chemical Institute of Canada 2016-2021)​
  • Laurier Centre for Women in Science (Associate Director, 2012-2015)
  • Canadian Geophysical Union
  • American Geophysical Union
  • Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology
  • Canadian Society for Chemistry
  • American Chemical Society
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  • Useful links for research productivity
  • Climate related links and papers
  • MAX Scholarship
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  • LakeheadUvisit