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Employment History:

• 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)

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:
Physical chemistry of environmental interfaces commonly found in atmospheric and soil environments using mainly infrared spectroscopy and other surface sensitive techniques. Click here for more on our ongoing research projects.  

Google Scholar profile

Awards and Recognition:

• 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:

•  Aseel Al Nimer, Laura Rocha,  Mohammad A. Rahman, Sergey Nizkorodov, and Hind A. Al-Abadleh*.  Effect of Oxalate and Sulfate on Iron-catalyzed Secondary Brown Carbon Formation.  ASAP article in Environmental Science and Technology, 2019.  Meet the team who contributed to this paper.
•  Mohammad A. Rahman, and Hind A. Al-Abadleh*.  Surface Water Structure and Hygroscopic Properties of Light Absorbing Secondary Organic Polymers of Atmospheric Relevance.  ACS Omega (invited), 2018, 3, 15519-15529.
•  Ashley Tran, Geoffrey Williams, Shaguftah Younus, Nujhat Ali, Sandra Blair, Sergey Nizkorodov, and Hind A. Al-Abadleh*.  Efficient formation of light-absorbing polymeric nanoparticles from the reaction of soluble Fe(III) with C4 and C6 dicarboxylic acids.  Environmental Science and Technology, 2017, 51, 9700-9708.  Featured in Canadian Chemical News.

Complete publications list

Memberships:
 

• Member, Nano Canada Committee on the Canadian Safety and Health Initiative for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology in Canada
• Environment Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada (Elected Chair 2019-current, Elected Vice Chair and Outreach Coordinator 2016-2019, Elected Member at-large 2014-2016)
• Executive Board Member, Abrahamic Faiths Panel, Martin Luther University College, WLU (2019)
• Science Advisor, Students for Sustainability at Laurier (2017-2018)
• NanoOntario (Member of the Board of Directors, 2012-current)
• ​Working Group on Atmosphere-Related Research in Canadian Universities (ARRCU, Member, 2017-current)
• Equity and Diversity Committee, Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (Member, 2017-current)
• Working Group in Diversity and Equity (WIDE) (Member, Chemical Institute of Canada 2016-current)
• MS2 Discovery Institute (Member, 2014-current)
• Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (Associate Member, 2010-current)
• Laurier Institute of Water Science (Member, 2010-current)
• 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