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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences

Teaching areas

General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Materials Chemistry.

Research areas

(i) Chemical and biochemical Sensors, (ii) Functional materials for environmental applications, (iii) Materials and polymers. Research page at: www.malsayah.com

Education

PhD, Organic Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada, 2002

MS, Organic Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1996

BS, Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, 1994

Professional experience

Visiting Scholar, Department Of Chemical Engneering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MA, United States, 2022 - 2022

Visiting Scholar, Department Of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Harvard University, MA, United States, 2012 - 2013

Visiting Associate, Department Of Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 2007 - 2012

Research Associate, Biological Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, United States, 2002 - 2004

Memberships

American Chemical Society, USA, ACS, International, September 2002

Canadian Society for Chemistry, Canada, CSC, International, June 2010 - May 2015

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, IUPAC, International, September 2002 - September 2012

Society of Combinatorial Sciences, July 2007 - July 2012

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2426

Professor Mohammad Al-Sayah

Professor

PhD, University of Alberta, Canada

Dr. Mohammad Al-Sayah has a PhD in Organic Chemistry and extensive research experience in various fields including supramolecular chemistry, chemical biology, nanotechnology, and material science. He has established collaborations at national, regional, and international levels and has received prestigious awards and grants. Dr. Al-Sayah actively contributes to the PhD program in Material Science and Engineering, mentoring students and teaching courses. He also supervises graduate students in the MS program in Biomedical Engineering. His teaching interests encompass general chemistry, organic chemistry, and material science. For more information about Dr. Al-Sayah's research, please visit www.malsayah.com

Publications

Sreeshna Ravindran, Danyah Khan, Abdelhamid Khodja, Tala Terro, Rasha Diab, Remya Radha, Vadim Ialyshev And Mohammad Al-sayah. Harnessing Piperine for Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity of Carbon Dot-Modified Cellulose Fibers, Discover Applied Sciences, 14 September 2024

Ranjit Bariki, Reshma Joseph, Oussama El-kadri And Mohammad Al-sayah. The Development of Metal-Free Porous Organic Polymers for Sustainable Carbon Dioxide Photoreduction, Nanomaterials, 2 September 2024

Syamsai Ravuri, Sameer Al-asheh, Paul Nancarrow, Mohammad Al-sayah, Amani Al-othman And Karnail Singh. Tuning the Electrochemical Potential Window of Niobium Carbide Based Electrodes for Symmetric Electrochemical Supercapacitors, Case Studies In Chemical And Environmental Engineering, 23 June 2024

Meera Alex, Kashif Khan, Amani Al-othman, Mohammad Al-sayah And Hasan Al-nashash. MXene-Based Flexible Electrodes for Electrophysiological Monitoring, Sensors, 21 May 2024

Remya Radha, Zinb Makhlouf, Rasha Diab And Mohammad Al-sayah. Modifying cellulose fibres with carbon dots: a promising approach for the development of antimicrobial fibres, Royal Society Open Science, 17 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2024

Susan Sen, Rasha Diab, Mohammad Al-sayah, Ribal Jabbour, Asif Equbal And Oussama El-kadri. Selective Carbon Dioxide Capture and Ultrahigh Iodine Uptake by Tetraphenylethylene-Functionalized Nitrogen-Rich Porous Organic Polymers, Acs Applied Polymer Materials, 26 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024

Susen Sen, Rasha Diab, Mohammad Al-sayah, Ribal Jabbour, Asif Equbal And Oussama El-kadri. Selective Carbon Dioxide Capture and Ultrahigh Iodine Uptake by Tetraphenylethylene Functionalized Nitrogen Rich Porous Organic Polymers, Acs Applied Polymer Materials, 12 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024

Amaal Ali, Mohammad Al-sayah, Amani Al-othman And Hasan Al-nashash. Flexible PDMS Composite Electrodes with Boronic Acid-Modified Carbon Dots for Surface Electrophysiological Signal Recording, Acs Applied Electronic Materials, 8 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2024

Amaal Ali, Mohammad Al-sayah, Amani Al-othman And Hasan Al-nashash. A Flexible Conductive Electrode Using Boronic-Acid Modified Carbon Dots, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2023

Zinb Makhlouf, Amaal Ali And Mohammad Al-sayah. Liposomes-Based Drug Delivery Systems of Anti-Biofilm Agents to Combat Bacterial Biofilm Formation, Antibiotics, 8 May 2023

Amaal Ali, Mohammad Al-sayah, Amani Al-othman And Hasan Al-nashash. Modified carbon dots for potential flexible electrode applications, 24 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2023

Abdollah Karami, Reem Shomal, Rana Sabouni, Mohammad Al-sayah And Ahmed Aidan. Parametric Study of Methyl Orange Removal Using Metal--Organic Frameworks Based on Factorial Experimental Design Analysis, Energies, 2022

Amaal Ali, Amani Al-othman And Mohammad Al-sayah. Multifunctional stimuli-responsive hybrid nanogels for cancer therapy: Current status and challenges, Journal Of Controlled Release, 1 November 2022

Amaal Ali, Waad Abuwatfa, Mohammad Al-sayah And Ghaleb Husseini. Gold-Nanoparticle Hybrid Nanostructures for Multimodal Cancer Therapy, Nanomaterials, 21 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2022

A Ali, Mohammad Al-sayah, Amani Al-othman And Hasan Al-nashash. Carbon dot-doped PDMS composites for flexible electrode applications

K Khan, Amani Al-othman, Hasan Al-nashash And Mohammad Al-sayah. Mxene/Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Based Implantable and Flexible Bioelectrodes for Neural Sensing

F Hamed, Z Alani, Amani Al-othman, Hasan Al-nashash And Mohammad Al-sayah. Nano-clay-Based Flexible Bio-electrode for Neural Sensing Applications

Oussama El-kadri, Amamdhu Mohan, Mohammad Al-sayah And Abdelrahman Ahmed. Triazine-based porous organic polymers for reversible capture of iodine and utilization in antibacterial application, Scientific Reports, February 2022

Nour Alsawaftah, Nahid Awad, Vinod Paul, Paul Kawak, Mohammad Al-sayah And Ghaleb Husaini. Acoustically-Triggered Transferrin-Targeted Liposomes for the Treatment of Cancer, Scientific Reports, 2021

Remya Radha, Rute Vitor And Mohammad Al-sayah. A Fluorescence-Based Chemical Sensor for Detection of Melamine in Aqueous Solutions, Chemosensors, 30 December 2021

Remya Radha And Mohammad Al-sayah. Development of Liposome-Based Immunoassay for the Detection of Cardiac Troponin I, Molecules, 19 November 2021

Nader Almufleh, Amani Al-othman, Zaid Alani, Mohammad Al-sayah And Hasan Al-nashash. Highly Flexible Polyaniline-Based Implantable Electrode Materials for Neural Sensing/Stimulation Applications, Electronic Materials, 14 September 2021

Remya Radha, Syeda Shahzadi And Mohammad Al-sayah. Fluorescent Immunoassays for Detection and Quantification of Cardiac Troponin I: A Short Review, Molecules, 9 August 2021

Amal Elamir, Saniha Ajith, Nour Alsawaftah, Waad Abuwatfa, Debasmita Mukhopadhyay, Vinod Paul, Mohammad Al-sayah, Nahid Awad And Ghaleb Husaini. Ultrasound-triggered Herceptin Liposomes for Breast Cancer Therapy, Scientific Reports, 6 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2021

Safa Ben Daya, Vinod Paul, Nahid Awad, Nour Al-sawaftah, Mohammad Al-sayah And Ghaleb Husaini. Enhancing the Model Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells Using Hyaluronic Acid-Targeted Liposomes Triggered by Ultrasound, Journal Of Biomedical Nanotechnology, March 2021

Abdollah Karami, Rana Sabouni, Mohammad Al-sayah And Ahmed Aidan. Adsorption potentials of iron-based metal-organic framework for methyl orange removal: Batch and fixed-bed column studies, International Journal Of Environmental Science And Technology, 4 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021

Muhammad Sabri, Ziad Sara, Mohammad Al-sayah, Taleb Ibrahim, Mustafa Khamis And Oussama El-kadri. Simultaneous adsorption and reduction of cr(Vi) to cr(iii) in aqueous solution using nitrogen-rich aminal linked porous organic polymers, Sustainability (switzerland), 2 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021

Mohammad Al-sayah. Chemical Disinfectants of COVID-19: An Overview, Journal Of Water And Health, 1 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020

Sabri , Mohammad Al-sayah, Taleb Ibrahim And Oussama El-kadri. Fluorescent aminal linked porous organic polymer for reversible iodine capture and sensing, Scientific Reports, September 2020

Ahmed Eisa, Amani Al-othman, Mohammad Al-sayah And Muhammad Tawalbeh. Novel Composite Membranes Based on Polyaniline/Ionic Liquids for PEM Fuel Cells Applications, Key Engineering Materials, 30 September 2020

Muhammad Sabri, Mohammad Al-sayah, Susan Sen, Taleb Ibrahim And Oussama El-kadri. Fluorescent aminal linked porous organic polymer for reversible iodine capture and sensing, Scientifc Reports, 29 September 2020

Susan Sen, Mohammad Al-sayah, Mohammed Mohammed, Ideisan Abu-abdoun And Oussama El-kadri. Multifunctional nitrogen-rich aminal-linked luminescent porous organic polymers for iodine enrichment and selective detection of Fe3+ ions, Journal Of Materials Science, 1 August 2020

Aseel Alatoom, Amani Al-othman, Mohammad Al-sayah And Hasan Al-nashash. Development and Characterization of Novel Composite and Flexible Electrode Based on Titanium Dioxide, Ieee Transactions On Components, Packaging And Manufacturing Technology, 11 June 2020

Ahmed Eisa, Amani Al-othman, Mohammad Al-sayah And Muhammad Tawalbeh. Novel composite membranes based on polyaniline /ionic liquids for pem fuel cells applications, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020

Mostafa Baghbanzadeh, Lee Belding, Li Yuan, Junwoo Park, Mohammad Al-sayah, Carleen Bowers And George Whitesides. Dipole-Induced Rectification across AgTS/SAM//Ga2O3/EGaIn Junctions, Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 9 May 2019

Aseel Alatoom, Amani Al-othman, Mohammad Al-sayah And Hasan Al-nashash. Novel Flexible Bio-Electrodes Based on Titanium Dioxide for Neural Sensing, Ieee Sensors Journal

Oussama El-kadri, Tsemre Tessema, Ruaa Almotawa, Ravi Arvapally, Mohammad Al-sayah, Mohammad Omary And Hani El-kaderi. Pyrene Bearing Azo-Functionalized Porous Nanofibers for CO2 Separation and Toxic Metal Cation Sensing, Acs Omega, 14 November 2018

Najla Salkho, Vinod Paul, Pierre Kawak, Rute Vitor, Ana Martins, Mohammad Al Sayah And Ghaleb Husseini. Ultrasonically controlled estrone-modified liposomes for estrogen-positive breast cancer therapy, Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine And Biotechnology, 5 November 2018

Amani Al-othman, Aseel Alatoom, Afifa Farooq, Mohammad Al-sayah And Hasan Al-nashash. Novel flexible implantable electrodes based on conductive polymers and Titanium dioxide, 3 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2018

Khalid Jarrah, Soleiman Hisaindee And Mohammad Al-sayah. Preparation of oil sorbents by solvent-free grafting of cellulose cotton fibers, Cellulose, 1 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2018

Ghaleb Husaini, Sofian Kanan And Mohammad Al-sayah. Investigating the fluorescence quenching of doxorubicin in folic acid solutions and its relation to ligand-targeted nanocarriers, Journal Of Nanoscience And Nanotechnology, 2016

Mohammad Al-sayah, Aya Abdalla And Mohammad Shehab. A dansyl-based optical probe for detection of singly and doubly charged anions, Supramolecular Chemistry, 2 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2016

Ghaleb Husaini, Sofian Kanan And Mohammad Al-sayah. Investigating the fluorescence quenching of doxorubicin in folic acid solutions and its relation to ligand-targeted nanocarriers, 2015

Abraham Badu-tawiah, Shefali Lathwal, Kaja Kaastrup, Mohammad Al-sayah, Dionysios Christodouleas, Barbara Smith, George Whitesides And Hadley Sikes. Polymerization-based signal amplification for paper-based immunoassays, Lab On A Chip, 7 February 2015

Mostafa Baghbanzadeh, Carleen Bowers, Dmitrij Rappoport, Tomasz Zaba, Mathieu Gonidec, Mohammad Al-sayah, Piotr Cyganik, Alan Aspuru-guzik And George Whitesides. Charge tunneling along short oligoglycine chains, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2015

Benjamin Breiten, Matthew Lockett, Woody Sherman, Shuji Fujita, Mohammad Al-sayah, Heiko Lange, Carleen Bowers, Annie Heroux, Goran Krilov And George Whitesides. Water networks contribute to enthalpy/entropy compensation in protein-ligand binding, Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 16 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2013

Conference Presentations

A Flexible Conductive Electrode Using Boronic Acid-Modified Carbon Dots, 45th Annual International Conference Of The Ieee Engineering In Medicine And Biology Society (embc 2023), 24 July 2023

Carbon-Dots-Functionalized Polymer Composites for Biomedical Applications: Preparation, Antimicrobial Activity, and Impedance Studies, 9th International Conference On Material Science And Smart Material (mssm2023), 20 June 2023

Biocidal Activity of Cellulose Fibers Functionalized With Carbon Dots, The International Conference And Exhibition For Science, 8 February 2023

Supramolecular Approach for the Development of Functional Molecular Systems, National Convention Of Chemistry Teachers (ncct – 2021) And International Conference On Recent Trends In Chemistry & Chemical Education (icrtc & Ce – 2021), 29 December 2021

Aminal linked porous organic polymers for reversible iodine capture and sensing, Acs Spring 2021 Meeting, April 2021

Ultrasound mediated release from hyaluronic acid targeted liposomes, Society For Biomaterials 2021 Annual Meeting And Exposition, April 2021

Ultrasound-Mediated Drug Release from Pegylated and Targeted Liposomes, Society For Biomaterials 2021 Annual Meeting And Exposition, April 2021

Ultrasound-Mediated Drug Release from Transferrin-PEG Liposomes, Society For Biomaterials 2021 Annual Meeting And Exposition, April 2021

Design, Preparation and In Vitro Ultrasound-Triggered Drug-Release Studies of Targeted Liposomes, 7th Nano Boston Conference, December 2020

Ultrasound Enhanced Release of Targeted Liposomes in Cancer Treatment, Aiche Annual Meeting (aiche 2020), November 2020

Comparative Study of Methyl Orange Removal Using Commercial MOFs (Fe-BTC, Cu-BTC, and ZIF-8), Icem2020-the 10th International Conference On Key Engineering Materials, 26 March 2020

Synthesis and characterization of Nanoporous Azo-Linked Polymer for Gas Storage and Separation, The Second Middle-eastern Materials Science Conference, November 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Faculty Research Grant (FRG23), American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2023 - 31 May 2026

Grant, Faculty Research Grant (FRG21), American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2020 - 30 May 2024

Grant, Postdoc hiring -Grant number (PDF-RA-23-E2), American University of Sharjah, - 9 December 2023

Grant, Enhanced delivery of targeted Liposomes using Ultrasound, Sheikh Hamdan Award for Medical Sciences, March 2021 - March 2023

Grant, Tissue homogenizer/Gel and blot imaging and analysis/ Double Distilled Water Machine/ Fluorescent microscope., American University of Sharjah

Grant, Proposal for photovoltaic devices and thin films growth systems; MSEI Equipment grant, Approved $160,000, Materials Science and Engineering Institute (MSEI), 30 April 2018 - 30 June 2019

Grant, Al Jalila Seed Grant, Al Jalila Foundation, Dubai, UAE, 1 November 2015 - 31 October 2017

Grant, Gulf Ecosystems Research Award, Bee'ah through Gulf Ecosystems Research Center, 5 January 2015 - 31 December 2016

Grant, TAKAMUL patent grant, Department of Economic Development (DED) in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 23 November 2016 - 23 November 2016

Grant, Provost Challenge Award, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2012 - 31 May 2015

Grant, Visiting Scientist Program Grant, Office of Naval Research Global (USA), London, UK, 16 June 2014 - 31 August 2014

Awards and Honors

Excellence in Research Award, University of Sharjah, Cellulose Fibers Modified with Carbon Dots: A Promising Approach for Development of Self-Disinfecting Fabrics Zinb Makhlouf, Danyah Khan, Tala Terro, Abdelhamid Khodja, Remya Radha and Mohammad Al-Sayah, 30 August 2023

Best Presentation Award, 9th International Conference on Material Science and Smart Materials - MSSM2023, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, June 20, 2023., Presentation title: “Carbon-Dots-Functionalized Polymer Composites for Biomedical Applications: Preparation, Antimicrobial Activity, and Impedance Studies”, 21 June 2023

Excellence in Research Award, University of Sharjah, Carbon Dots-Based Polymer Composites for Flexible Conductive Implantable Electrode Applications, 25 August 2022

Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research Award, CEN at American University of Sharjah, Delivery Using Biological Targeting and Ultrasound, 17 May 2022

Excellence in Service Award, American University of Sharjah, 14 April 2022

Excellence in Research Award, University of Sharjah, Development of Liposome-based Immunoassay for the detection of Cardiac Troponin- A Golden Biomarker for the diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction, 26 August 2021

Sabbatical Leave Award, American University of Sharjah, Sabbatical leave for Spring 2022 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA., January 2021

Best Presentation Award, 20th International Conference on Green Materials Chemistry and Research (ICGMCR 2018), Istanbul, Turkey, Presentation title: Solvent-Free Synthesis of Sorbents for Removal of Oil Spills, 24 July 2018

Excellent Oral Presentation Award, 1st International Caparica Conference on Pollutant Toxic Ions and Molecules (PTIM 2015), Caparica, Portugal, For presentation entitled Remediation of Chromium-Polluted Soil by Phytoextraction: Factors and Conditions for Using Portulaca oleracea, 4 November 2015

The Distinguished Scholar Award, Arab Fund Fellowship Program, Kuwait, 31 May 2012

COMSTECH Best Paper Award, COMSTECH (Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation--Organization of the Islamic Conference), EurAsia12 Conference, Greece, 21 April 2012

Sabbatical Leave Award, American University of Sharjah, Sabbatical leave for 2012-2013 academic year at Harvard University, 15 January 2012