Faculty Members Websites for Islamic University of Madinah

Educational History

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (January 2007 –December 2010) (GPA = 4.0/4.0)

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America (USA)

Ph.D. Thesis Title: Supramolecular Assemblies Based on Porphyrins, Fullerenes, and/or Cyclodextrins: Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties

Master of Science in Chemistry (January 2001 –December 2005)

Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

M.Sc. Thesis Title: Modified Methods for Synthesis of Some Difficult Peptide Sequences

Professional Experience

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Nanotechnology (January 2011 – January 2014)

Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

Advisor: Professor Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, (Chemistry Nobel Prize Laureate 2016)

My research interests centered on the exploitation of synthetic organic chemistry to engineer wide range of functional building blocks that can be harnessed to assemble functional nanomaterials for potential applications in different fields including environmental, biomedical as well as renewable energy arenas. We apply the bottom-up approach to engineer various functional nanomaterials. Dr Fathalla has wide experience in the following research areas (Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry and Nanotechnology, Molecular Machines and Switches, Organic Nanomaterial for Solar Cell, Molecular Recognition and Self-assembly, Host-Guest Chemistry, Smart Materials, Drug Delivery, Metal Nanoparticles and Nanoclusters, Organic Photonics and Electronics, Porous Organic Polymers, and Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis (SPPS)

Meetings and Conferences

M. Fathalla: Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, an oral talk, 2^nd Scientific Week at Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah, SA, February 14-18, 2021.
M. Fathalla: Nanotechnology in Solar Energy, an oral talk, IBN SINA ARAB CONFERENCE ON HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY and its APPLICATIONS (ISACHC 2018) HURGHADA, EGYPT, March 30- April 2, 2018.
M. Fathalla: Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Invited talk, 6^th Scientific Conference, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt, April 4, 2017.
M. Fathalla: Nanotechnology: Promises and Challenges, an oral talk, 1^st Scientific Week at Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, November 23, 2016.
N. Zhang, M. Fathalla, X. Chu, S.-C. Li, J. Jayawickramarajah: Development of water-soluble nanowires consisting of porphyrins and G-quadruplexes. Abstracts of Papers, 242nd ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Denver, CO, United States, August 28-September 1, 2011.
M. Fathalla, A. Neuberger, S.-C. Li, R. Schmehl, U. Diebold, J. Jayawickramarajah: Aqueous self-assembly of porphyrin nanowires: Synthesis, characterization and energy transfer studies.Abstracts of Papers, 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 22-26, 2010.
M. Fathalla, J. Jayawickramarajah: Stilbene tethered porphyrin jaw: Synthesis, characterization, and fullerene binding studies. Abstracts of Papers, 240th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, United States, August 22-26, 2010.
J. Jayawickramarajah, M. Fathalla, S.-C. Li, U. Diebold, A. Neuberger, R. Schmehl: Self-assembly of linear porphyrin arrays in water via cyclodextrin-based host-guest interactions. Abstracts of Papers, 239th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, United States, March 21-25, 2010.
M. Fathalla, S.-C. Li, U. Diebold, J. Jayawickramarajah: Water-soluble/self-assembled porphyrin-fullerene nanorods via host-guest chemistry. Abstracts of Papers, 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, United States, August 16-20, 2009

Project tiltle: Synthesis of Porphyrin Porous Organic Polymers with High CO2 Adsorption Capabilities

(Takamul 11 program, Deanship of scientific research, Islamic University of Madinah)

Latest scientific research

M. Fathalla: Synthesis, CO₂ Adsorption and Catalytic Properties of Porphyrin-Pyromellitic Dianhydride Based Porous Polymers, Macromolecular Research, 2021, 29(4), 321-326
M. Fathalla: Synthesis and characterization of a porphyrin-crown ether conjugate as a potential intermediate for drug delivery application, J. Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines 2021, 25(2), 95-101
M. Fathalla and L. Sinatra: pH-Responsive porphyrin-silica nanoparticles conjugate via ionic self-assembly, J. Porous Mater. 2021, 28(1), 183-189
A.S.A. El Sayed, M. Fathalla, M. A. Yassin, N. Zein, S. Morsy, M. Sitohy and B. Sitohy: onjugation of Aspergillus flavipes Taxol with Porphyrin Increases the Anticancer Activity of Taxol and Ameliorates Its Cytotoxic Effects, Molecules 2020, 25(2), 263.
E. M.Hafez, R. El Sheikh, M. Fathalla, A. A.Sayqal, A. A.Gouda: An environment-friendly supramolecular solvent-based liquid–phase microextraction method for determination of aluminum in water and acid digested food samples prior to spectrophotometry, Microchemical Journal 2019, 150, 104100 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2019.104100).
M. Fathalla, W. Shehta, M. G. Assay and E. Abd Alsalam: Cyclization of mercaptopyrimidine derivative: a facile synthetic approach for condensed pyrimidines; Res Chem. Intermed., 2019, 45, 1583–1593.
M. Fathalla, N. L. Strutt, S. Sampath, K. Katsiev, K. J. Hatlieb, O.M. Bakr, J. F. Stoddart: Porphyrinic Supramolecular Daisy Chains incrporating Pillar[5]arene-Viologen Host-Guest Interactions; Chem Comm., 2015, 51, 10455-10458.
M. Fathalla,J. C. Barnes, R. Young, S. M. Dyar, K. J. Hartlieb, A. A. Sarjeant, M. R. Wasielewski, J. F. Stoddart: Photoinduced Electron Transfer within a Zinc Porphyrin-Cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) Donor-Acceptor Dyad; Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 14690-14697.
M. Fathalla, N. L. Strutt, J. C. Barnes, C. L. Stern,C. Ke, J. F. Stoddart: Fluorescence Enhancement of a Porphyrin-Viologen Dyad by Pseudorotaxane Formation with Cucurbit[7]uril; Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2014, 2873-2877.(Selected as a cover picture for issue 14 (2^nd May issue of EurJOC)
N. Zhang, X. Chu, M. Fathalla, J. Jayawickramarajah: Photonic DNA-Chromophore Nanowire Networks: Harnessing Multiple Supramolecular Assembly Modes; Langmuir, 2013, 29, 10796–10806.
M. Fathalla, A. Neuberger, S.-C. Li, R. Schmehl, U. Diebold, J. Jayawickramarajah: Straightforward Self-Assembly of Porphyrin Nanowires in Water: Harnessing Adamantane/β-Cyclodextrin Interactions ; J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2010, 132, 9966–9967 (highlighted in Nature Materials 2010, 9, 605; and was one of most accessed article of the journal as listed in August 2010).
M. Fathalla, J. Jayawickramarajah: Configurational Isomers of a Stilbene-Linked Bis(Porphyrin) Tweezer: Synthesis and Fullerene-Binding Studies; Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2009, 6095-6099 (Picked as “EurBest”article in EurJOC in November 2009, and was one of most accessed article of the journal as listed in November 2009).
M. Fathalla, S.-C. Li, U. Diebold, A. Alb, J. Jayawickramarajah: Water-Soluble Nanorods Self-Assembled via Pristine-C60 and Porphyrin Moieties;Chem. Comm., 2009, 4209-4211.
M. Fathalla, C. M. Lawrence, N. Zhang, J. L. Sessler, and J. Jayawickramarajah: Base-Pairing Mediated Non-Covalent Polymers, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2009, 38, 1608-1620.
S. Abdel Rahman, A. El-Kafrawy, A. Hattaba, and M. F. Anwer: Optimization of Solid Phase Synthesis of Difficult Peptide Sequences via Comparison between Different Improved Approaches; Amino Acids, 2007, 33, 531-536.

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