C.V.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
TITLE:
FIRST NAME:
FAMILY NAME:
E-mail:
Dr.
Ali
Marashdeh
a.marashdeh@chem.leidenuniv.nl
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:
1- Doctorate in Theoretical Chemistry
University:
Leiden University
Study Period:
Four Years
Graduation Year:
5th March 2008
Country:
The Netherlands
Title of Thesis:
“A cluster density functional theory study of the interaction of the
hydrogen storage system NaAlH4 with transition metal catalysts”
Supervisors: Prof. Geert-Jan Kroes and Prof. Roar Olsen
2- Master in Chemistry
University:
Mu’tah University of
Study Period:
Three Years
Graduation Year:
2000
Title of Thesis:
“A Theoretical Study of Substituted Cyclic and Acyclopropanone
Keto-Enol System”
Supervisors: Prof. Salim Khalil and Prof. Abdullah El-Alali
3- B.Sc. in Chemistry
University:
Study Period:
Graduation Year:
Yarmouk University
4 years
1996
WORK EXPERIENCE:
1. Teaching assistant in Chemistry department, Muta'h University during
the master period, 1997-1999.
2. Teaching in Mu’tah University, 2000-2001.
3. Teaching in Al-Balqa Applied University, 2001-2003.
4. PhD student in Leiden University, 2004-2008.
5. Post doc in Technical university of Delft, The Netherlands 2008-2010.
6. Guest post doc in Leiden University, The Netherlands 2008-Now.
7. Teaching in at Balqa Applied University, Jordan 2010-2012.
8. Guest post doc in Technical university of Delft, The Netherlands
2010-2012.
9. Currently, Post doc in Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials,
University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Past and current research:
1. The influence of substituent on Keto-Enol tautomerism (with Salim
Khalil and Abdullah El-Alali, Mu’tah, Jordan).
2. Production and storage of hydrogen in NaAlH4 (with Geert-Jan Kroes
and Roar Olsen, Leiden University, The Netherlands, in collaboration with
Ole Martin Løvvik, University of Oslo, Norway).
3. Studying the dehydrogenation enthalpy including zero point energy,
and the structure of the phonon spectra for Ca(AlH4)2,
CaAlH5,
and
CaH2+6LiBH4 (in collaboration with Terry Frankcombe, Australian
National University, Australia).
4. Development and design of inorganic hydrogen membranes (with
Amarante Bottger, TU Delft, The Netherlands).
5. Order-disorder transitions in high-nitrogen steels (with Amarante
Bottger, TU Delft, The Netherlands).
6. Molecular dynamics of H2 reaction on Cu surface (with Geert-Jan
Kroes, Leiden University, The Netherlands).
7. The reaction of hetero diatomic molecules on bimetallic surfaces (in
collaboration with Cristina Diaz, Universidad Autonoma De Madrid,
Spain).
8.
The AlH3 diffusion in sodium alanate (in collaboration with Terry
Frankcombe, Australian National University).
9. Study of the effect of omniconjugation on the polarizability
substituted organic molecules for Organic Photovoltaic applications (with
Ria broer, Theoretical Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials,
University of Groningen The Netherlands).
Technical Experience:
I have experience on both molecular, periodic and phonons codes:
ADF, VASP, PHONONs, PHON, GAMSS UK, DALTON
List of publications:
1. A Theoretical Study of Substituted Stepwise Fluorinated
Cyclopropanone Keto-Enol System. El-Alali, A.; Marashdeh, A. A.;
Khalil S. M. Z. Naturforsch 2003, 58a, 749–755.
2. A density functional theory study of Ti-doped NaAlH4 clusters.
Marashdeh, A.; Olsen, R. A.; Løvvik, O. M.; Kroes, G. J. Chem. Phys.
Lett. 2006, 426, 180–186.
3. NaAlH4 Clusters with Two Titanium Atoms Added. Marashdeh, A.;
Olsen, R. A.; Løvvik, O. M.; Kroes, G. J. J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111,
8206–8213.
4. Ca(AlH4)2, CaAlH5, and CaH2+6LiBH4: Calculated dehydrogenation
enthalpy, including zero point energy, and the structure of the phonon
spectra. Ali Marashdeh and Terry J. Frankcombe. J. Chem. Phys.
2008 128, 234505.
5. A density functional theory study of the TiH2 interaction with a
NaAlH4 cluster. Ali Marashdeh, Roar A. Olsen, Ole Martin Løvvik,
and Geert-Jan Kroes. J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 15759–15764.
6. Bottger, AJ, Nanu, DE and Al Marashdeh, AAMD. Order-disorder
transitions in high-nitrogen steels: From ab initio to statistical
thermodynamics. In V.G. Prokoshkina K.L. Kossyrev A.G. Svyazhin
(Ed.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on High
Nitrogen Steels - HNS 2009 (pp. 31–34).
7. Effect of Transition Metal Dopants on Initial Mass Transport in the
Dehydrogenation of NaAlH4: Density Functional Theory Study.
Marashdeh, A.; Versluis, J. W.; Olsen, R. A.; Løvvik, O. M.; Kroes,
G. J. J. Phys. Chem. C 2013, 117, 3−14.
8. First–principles study including zero point energy of Pd–H system for
hydrogen membranes applications, Ali Marashdeh, accepted in
Advanced Materials Research.
9. Surface temperature effects on dissociative chemisorption of H2 on
Cu(100). Ali Marashdeh, Simone Casolo, Luca Sementa, Helmut
Zacharias, and Geert-Jan Kroes, accepted in J. Phys. Chem. C.
10.The interaction of TiAl3 with a NaAlH4; A density functional theory
study, Ali Marashdeh, to be submitted.
11.The role of catalyst in AlH3 diffusion in sodium alanate: A Periodic
Density Functional Theory Study, A. Marashdeh and Jaint-Jeng, in
progress.
12.The interaction of Sc, Pt, Sm, Ce and Er with sodium alanate: A
Periodic Density Functional Theory Study, A. Marashdeh, in progress.
13.From Ab Initio to Statistical Thermodynamics study of OrderDisorder Transitions in High-Nitrogen Steels, A.J. Böttger, D.E.
Nanu, A. Marashdeh, to be submitted.
Conferences and workshops:
1. “Theoretische Chemie en Spectroscopie” winter school, Belgium,
2004.
2. Advanced Chemical Technologies for Sustainability meeting, The
Netherlands, 2004.
3. “Spectroscopy and Theory” national conference in Lunteren in
Netherlands, 2004.
4. “HRSMC” symposium, The Netherlands, 2004.
5. MSSC2004, Ab Initio Modeling in Solid State Chemistry” winter
school, Imperial Collage, London in 2004.
6. Gordon conference (Hydrogen-Metal Systems, in Maine in USA in
2005.
7. “Spectroscopy and Theory” national conference in Lunteren in
Netherlands, 2005.
8. “Theoretische Chemie en Spectroscopie” winter school, Belgium in
2005.
9. “HRSMC” symposium, The Netherlands, 2005.
10. Advanced Chemical Technologies for Sustainability meeting, The
Netherlands, 2005.
11. “MH2006”, the International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen
Systems which was held in Hawaii in 2006.
12. Advanced Chemical Technologies for Sustainability meeting, The
Netherlands, 2006.
13. “HRSMC” symposium, The Netherlands, 2006.
14. Workshop on Functional Materials for Mobile Hydrogen Storage,
Hamburg, Germany, 2006.
15. “Spectroscopy and Theory” national conference in Lunteren in
Netherlands, 2006.
16. I have been invited to the Centre of Materials Science and
Nanotechnology at University of Oslo to give a talk, Norway, 2006.
17. I have been invited to the Institute for Energy and Technology at
Kjeller, to give a talk, Norway, 2006.
18. “Theoretische Chemie en Spectroscopie” winter school, Belgium,
2006.
19. 1st EU Network Hydrogen2 Meeting SRTCA which was held at Shell
in the Netherlands in 2007.
20. “HRSMC” symposium, The Netherlands, 2007.
21. “Spectroscopy and Theory” national conference, Lunteren,
Netherlands, 2007.
22. Advanced Chemical Technologies for Sustainability meeting, The
Netherlands, 2007.
23. “Spectroscopy and Theory” national conference in Lunteren in
Netherlands, 2008.
24. “HRSMC” symposium, The Netherlands, 2008.
25. Advanced Chemical Technologies for Sustainability meeting, The
Netherlands, 2008.
26. Consortium Meeting of Hydrogen Membrane, ECN, the Netherlands,
2008.
27. 3rd International Symposium Hydrogen and Energy in Braunwald,
Switzerland in 2009.
28. Consortium Meeting of Hydrogen Membrane in ECN, The
Netherlands 2010.
29. The Second Kuwait Conference of Chemistry, Kuwait 2012.
30. International Conference on Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering,
Materials and Energy, Beijing, China 2012.
31. Physics@FOM, Veldhoven, The Netherlands 2013.
References
1. Geert-Jan Kroes
Leiden Institute of Chemistry
Gorlaeus Laboratory
P.O.Box 9502
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel. +31-71-5274396
g.j.kroes@chem.leidenuniv.nl
2. Roar A. Olsen
SINTEF Materials and Chemistry,
P.O. Box 124 Blindern,
N-0314 Oslo,
Norway
r.a.olsen@chem.leidenuniv.nl