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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Professor Dr. Ismail Warrad holds a Bachelor’s degree from An-Najah National University in Chemistry, a major that has always been his first passion. He then continued his studies at An-Najah as well, where he obtained a Master’s degree in Physical Chemistry.
His keenness to complete his education led him to move to Germany, where he obtained a PhD with honors in (Organometallic Catalysts) from the University of Tübingen, which is considered one of the most important universities in the world. His excellence in his research opened the doors to the largest scientific research laboratories in Germany, where he worked for five years, including periods of scholarship to teach in Greece and Switzerland.
His professional life was accompanied by a social life that intersected with it in one way or another. Professor Dr. Ismail Warrad married during his studies and had three children. At some point, he realized that his children’s lives would not be the same in a country with different customs and traditions. Then, a change occurred in his professional career when he accepted a job in Saudi Arabia, leaving Germany and leaving there a part of his dreams, his past, and his future.
In Saudi Arabia, Professor Warrad worked for seven years, including working at King Saud University, one of the most important Arab universities, where he continued his research activities to take further steps on the path to excellence, as he obtained the rank of professor early due to his distinguished research activities.
Nostalgia for his homeland and his alma mater made him finally settle at An-Najah National University. Since 2013, Professor Warrad has been working as a faculty member in the Chemistry Department at An-Najah National University, and is considered one of the most important researchers at his university and a well-known name on the international level.
He is considered one of the most published researchers, not only locally but also globally. In his career, he has published more than 200 research papers, nearly 160 of which were published in journals with an impact factor. His research mainly dealt with three topics: research on the preparation of industrial catalysts and the study of their activity, research on anti-cancer agents, and research on the preparation of metal complexes to study the spatial structure and theoretical calculations.
In addition to these achievements, there are other numbers that include the number of quotations taken from his published research. All of these numbers, if they indicate anything, indicate the abundance of research and the researcher’s internationality.
Professor Dr. Ismail Warrad has achieved many accomplishments and awards and still aspires to more, as the greatness of the achievement is measured by its scientific importance. Among these achievements are:
In Germany, he received the Graduiertenkollegs Award in 2002, which is given to recipients of distinguished scholarships. He also received the Global Excellence Scholarship in Germany to complete his doctoral studies, which is considered one of the most difficult scholarships in the world. He is still the only Arab to receive this scholarship. In Saudi Arabia, he received the Research Excellence Award four times.
In Palestine, and specifically at An-Najah National University, he received the title of “Distinguished Professor,” which is given to researchers who have obtained a professorship and have published distinguished research according to certain standards. He also received the Research Excellence and Scientific Research Abundance Award twice.
He graduated four doctoral students and 30 master’s students, and he was an examiner for many graduate students locally and internationally.
Professor Warrad has also deposited more than 140 organic and inorganic compounds in the Cambridge Crystal Depository, where he deposited 12 compounds in 2016, in addition to his participation in many scientific conferences.
In 2015, Professor Warrad published a patent in the science of genetic disease prevention materials, which attracted a lot of international attention.
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