Personal Information:

• Name:                        Elham Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Taifi
• Current Position:     Associate Professor in Chemistry Department, Faculty of  Sciences, Sana^‘a University, Sana^‘a, Yemen.
• Specialty:                   Organic Chemistry
• Subspecialty:           Chemistry of Organic Synthesis, Heterocyclic Chemistry and Liquid Crystals
• E-mail:                      e.eltaifi@su.edu.ye

Summary:

Dr. Elham Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Taifi, is an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry – Department of Chemistry – Faculty of Science – Sana’a University and a faculty member since 1995 – until now. She obtained her master and PhD degrees from Assiut University – Egypt. She completed a post-doctoral research fellowship at University Sains Malaysia (USM) for two years (9/2009 – 9/2011). From 2002 to date, she has published 28 research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. She supervised and examined master’s theses and also examined academic promotions to Associate Professor positions. She also assumed several duties in the chemistry department as the head of the organic chemistry division, the head of the laboratories unit, and the head of the time-tables unit. She participated in many conferences and workshops; in the field of chemistry, professional development and academic development, as well as in the field of occupational safety and the use of chemical analysis devices. She participated in courses description of chemistry department and developing the study plan within the programs of Academic Development and Quality Assurance Center at University of Sana’a. She taught many courses of chemistry and organic chemistry for undergraduate and master’s students, and participated in student evaluation, and supervision of graduation projects.

Education:

• D. Degree in Organic Chemistry from Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, Assiut University, Egypt (2006).

      Thesis title: (Studies on synthesis and reactions of some new heterocyclic pyridin derivatives).

• Sc. Degree in Organic Chemistry from Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, Assiut University, Egypt (2002) with grade (very good).

      Thesis title: (Synthesis and reactions of some new heterocyclic compound related to pyridine derivatives).

• Sc. Degree in Chemistry from Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, Sana^׳a University, Sana^‘a, Yemen (1993) with grade (very good with honor degree).

Experience:

• 2020, Participated in courses description of the Faculty of Science – Department of Chemistry, organic chemistry (6) course – Practical organic chemistry (6) course, and Heterocyclic Chemistry course.
• 2006 – current, Responsible for teaching the following courses: General Chemistry (1), Organic Chemistry (1,2,3,4,5,6,8), Organometallic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry for biologists and Chemistry of Heterocyclic, setting exams, students’ assessment and supervising graduation projects. Teaching Pre-Masters Courses, Advanced of Organic Chemistry and Advanced of Heterocyclic Chemistry.
• 2019- 2021, Head of Organic Chemistry branch.
• 2013- 2014, Head of Laboratories Unit since.
• 2012- 2013, Head of Timetables Unit since.
• Nov 15, 2020, Internal Examiner of academic promotion to Associate Professor degree for one of the faculty staff of Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, Hajjah University, Yemen.
• Aug 18, 2019, Internal Examiner of academic promotion to Associate Professor degree for one of the faculty staff of Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, Ibb University, Yemen.
• 2019, Supervisor of a master thesis entitled ” Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Studies of Novel Schiff Bases Derivatives of Heterocyclic Compounds and their Complexes with Selected Transition Metals” Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Sana’a University.
• Jan 23, 2019, External Examiner of a master thesis entitled “Synthesis, reactions and applications of some new heterocyclic compounds containing N and / or S (6-
  (pyridine-4-yl)-4-(furan-2-yl)-2-thioxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carbonitrile)” Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Ibb, Yemen.
• Sep, 2009 – Sep, 2011, Post-doctoral fellow at School of Chemical Sciences, University Sciences Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia.
• 2009, Supervisor of a master thesis entitled ” Synthesis, Characterization and Study of Thermal Behavior and Liquid Crystals Properties of Some Heterocyclic Compounds ” Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Sana’a University.

Conferences and Workshops:

• 24-25 July 2020, Participated in the Rawafid first Online conference “E-learning Today’s challenges and future Aspirations” Faculty of Education/ Jinan University/ Lebanon.
• 16 ­­-28 Feb 2019: Participated in the following courses: Management Fundamentals, Project Feasibility Study, Project Management and Development Resources within the project of Capacity Building of (50) Trainees in Research and Extension fields. held at Bunyan Academy for Training and Qualifying, Sana’a, Yemen.
• 25 ­­-27 July 2017: Participated in Principles of Food Processing Course, organized by: Training and qualification Committee in female academician’s forum Faculty of Sciences Sana’a University, Yemen.
• 12 ­­-18 Dec 2016: Participated in the basics of successful management course, organized by: Training and qualification Committee in female academician’s forum Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen.
• 13 ­­-29 Dec 2014: Completed the eighth annual training course for professional development for faculty members, organized by: Academic Development Center and Quality Assurance, Sana’a University, Yemen.
• 23 ­­-27 Feb 2014: Participated in the first quality Week, organized by: Academic Development Center and Quality Assurance, Sana’a University, Yemen.
• 8 Aug 2010 -8 Aug 2011: Completed basic course and license ‘effective use of NMR, School of Chemical Sciences, University Sciences Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia.
• 2 July 2011: Participated in the Occupational Safety and Health Course, organized by Committee of USM for Occupational Safety and Health, Penang, Malaysia.
• 11-13 Apr 2011: Participated in the FT-NMR Workshop, School of Chemical Sciences, University Sciences Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia.
• 2 Jan 2011: Participated in workshop on the productivity, problem and sustainability of research on liquid crystal, University Sciences Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia.
• 23-25 Jun 2010, Participated by Poster Presentation in the 3^rd International Conference for Young Chemists. Penang, Malaysia.
• 30 Jun- 1 July 2010: Participated in course on the use of nuclear magnetic resonance, School of Chemical Sciences, University Sciences Malaysia.
• Apr 2007, Participated in the regional conference and scientific exhibition on medicinal, aromatic and poisonous plants. Sana^‘a University, Sana^‘a, Yemen.
• Mar 2006, Participated in the 3^rd International Conference for Development and Environment in the Arab World. Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
• May 2004: Workshop on (Writing scientific thesis) at Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt.

Research and scientific papers:

1. K. Mohamed, J. T. Mague, M. Akkurt, F. E. Hawaiz, S. M. I. Elgarhy and E. A. Al-Taifi (2021): Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of 3-[(1E)-(4-{4-[(E)-(3-hy¬droxy¬benzyl¬idene)amino]¬phen¬oxy}phenyl¬imino)¬meth¬yl]phenol, Acta Cryst. E77, 266-269. https://doi.org/10.1107/S205698902100181X

6. K. Mohamed, J. T. Mague, M. Akkurt, M. R. Albayati, S. M. I. Elgarhy and E. A. Al-Taifi (2021): Crystal structures of two hydrazide derivatives of mefenamic acid, 3-(2,3-di­methyl­anilino)-N′-[(E)-(furan-2-yl)methyl­­idene]benzohydrazide and N′-[(E)-benzyl­­idene]-2-
   (2,3-di­methyl­anilino)benzo­hydrazide., Acta Cryst, E77, 242-246.  https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989021001353
7. A. Al-Taifi, I. S. Maraei, E. A. Bakhite, G. Demirtas, J. T. Mague, S. K. Mohamed and Y. Ramli (2021): Crystallographic and spectroscopic characterization of 2-[(7-acetyl-4-cyano-6-hy­droxy-1,6-dimethyl-8-phenyl-5,6,7,8-tetra­hydro­isoquinolin-3-yl)sulfan­yl]-N-phenyl­acetamide, Acta Cryst E77, 121-125. https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989021000372
8. Elham A. Al-Taifi, Safiyyah A. H. Al-Waleedy, Mohamed S. Abbady, Hajjaj H. M. Abdu-Allah, Islam S. Marae, Suzan Abuelhassan, and Etify A. Bakhite (2020): Synthesis and characterization of some new S-substituted sulfanylpyridines, thieno[2,3-b]pyridines and related heterocycles. Arkivoc- Archive for Organic Chemistry, part viii, 46-57. https://www.arkat-usa.org/get-file/71586/
9. Yasser A. El-Ossaily, Elham A. Al-Taifi,  Etify A. Bakhite,  Islam S. Marae, and Remon M. Zakicz (2019): Synthesis and characterization of new quinazolinylmethylsulfanylpyridines, quinazolinylthieno[2,3-b]pyridines and pyrido[3’’,2’’:4’,5’]thieno[3’,2’:4,5]pyrimido[6,1-b]quinazolines. Arkivoc- Archive for Organic Chemistry, part vi, 446-458. https://www.arkat-usa.org/get-file/68724/   
10. E lham A. Al-Taifi, Shaaban K. Mohamed, Necmi Dege and Etify A. Bakhite (2019):  Synthesis and Crystal Structures of 5-Acetyl-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-2- (methylsulfanyl)pyridine-3-carbonitrile and 5-Acetyl-2- [(cyanomethyl)sulfanyl]-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-methylpyridine-3-carbonitrile. Assiut University Journal of Chemistry (AUJC), 48(1), 42-50.  http://www.aujc.org/Manuscripts/Art-AUJC_4084.pdf
11. Shaaban K. Mohamed, Joel T. Mague, Mehmet Akkurt,  Etify A. Bakhite  and Elham A. Al-Taifi (2017):  5-Acetyl-3-amino-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6 methylthieno[2,3-b]pyridine-2-carbonitrile.  IUCrData, 2 (12), x171700.https://iucrdata.iucr.org/x/issues/2017/12/00/tk4041/tk4041.pdf
12. Etify A. Bakhite, Joel T. Mague,  Mehmet Akkurt,  Shaaban K. Mohamedd and Elham A. Al-Taifi (2017): Ethyl 3-amino-2-cyano-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-methylthieno [2, 3-b] pyridine-5-carboxylate.  IUCrData, 2 (11), x171650. https://iucrdata.iucr.org/x/issues/2017/11/00/hg4031/hg4031.pdf

9. Joel T. Mague, Elham A. Al-Taifi, Shaaban K. Mohamed, Mehmet Akkurtand Etify A. Bakhite (2017):  Methyl 2-{[(6S*, 7R*, 8S*)-7-acetyl-8-(4-chlorophenyl)-4-cyano-6-hydroxy-1, 6-dimethyl-5, 6, 7, 8-tetrahydroisoquinolin-3-yl] sulfanyl} acetate,  IUCrData, 2 (6),    https://iucrdata.iucr.org/x/issues/2017/06/00/su4155/su4155.pdf 

10. Elham A. Al-Taifi, Mohamed S. Abbady, and Etify A. Bakhite (2016): Synthesis and Characterization of New Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Thienylbenzo[h]Quinoline Moiety.  Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 53(5), 1479-1487.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jhet.2451 
       https://sci-hub.tw/10.1002/jhet.2451

11. Elham A. Al-Taifi, Eman A. Thabet, Etify A. Bakhite and Talaat I. El-Emary (2016): Synthesis of some new pyridines, thienopyridines and pyridothienopyrimidines bearing 1,3-diphenyl- 1H-pyrazole moiety. AshEse Journal of Physical Science ,2(1), 033-041. http://www.ashese.co.uk/files/Al-Taifi_et_al.pdf
12. Elham A. Al-Taifi, Shaban A. Abdel-Raheem and Etify A. Bakhite (2016): Some reactions of 3-cyano-4-(p-methoxyphenyl)-5-oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-2(1H)-thione; Synthesis of new tetrahydro-quinolines and tetrahydrothieno[2,3-b]quinolines. Assiut University Journal of Chemistry (AUJC), 45(1), 24-32.  http://www.aujc.org/Manuscripts/9045.pdf
13. Shaaban K. Mohamed, Elham A. Al-Taifi, Mehmet Akkurt, Joel T.Magueand Etify M. Bakhite (2016): 1-[({5-[(4-Methyl­phen­­oxy)methyl]-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl}sulfan­yl)meth­yl]-1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole. IUCrData, 1 (11), x161867.  https://iucrdata.iucr.org/x/issues/2016/11/00/xu4019/xu4019.pdf
14. Elham A. Al-Taifi, Manpreet Kaur, Shaaban K. Mohamed, Mehmet Akkurte and Jerry P. Jasinski (2016): Ethyl {[5-acetyl-3-cyano-4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-6-methylpyridin-2-yl]sulfanyl}acetate. IUCrData, 1 (11), x161715.

https://iucrdata.iucr.org/x/issues/2016/11/00/bv4005/bv4005.pdf

15. Elham A. Al-Taifi, Manpreet Kaur, Mehmet Akkurt, Shaaban K. Mohamed and Jerry P. Jasinski (2016): 1-(4-Nitrophenyl)-2-({4-phenyl-5-[(p-tolyloxy)methyl]-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl}sulfanyl)acetamide.  IUCrData, 1 (10), x161533.

https://iucrdata.iucr.org/x/issues/2016/10/00/sj4062/sj4062.pdf

16. Elham A. Al-Taifi, Joel T. Mague, Shaaban K. Mohamed, Mehmet Akkurte and Etify A. Bakhite (2016): Ethyl 13-(4-chlorophenyl)-11-methyl-6-oxo-5-phenyl-8-thia-3,4,5,10-tetraazatricyclo[7.4.0.0^2,7]-trideca-1(9),2(7),3,10,12-pentaene-12-carboxylate. IUCrData ,  1 (5), x160701. https://iucrdata.iucr.org/x/issues/2016/05/00/tk4011/tk4011.pdf
17. Etify A. Bakhite, Joel T. Mague, Shaaban K. Mohamed, Mehmet Akkurt and Elham A. Al-Taifi (2016): Ethyl 3-amino-4-(4-chlorophenyl)-2-[(4-methoxyphenyl)carbamoyl]-6-phenylthieno[2,3-b]pyridine-5-carboxylate. IUCrData, 1 (4), x160657.

https://iucrdata.iucr.org/x/issues/2016/04/00/su4032/su4032.pdf

18. Abdu E. Abdel-Rahman, Eman A. Thabet, Elham A. Al-Taifi, and Etify A. Bakhite (2015): Synthesis of new pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridines and related fused tricyclic systems with possible biological activities. Assiut University Journal of Chemistry (AUJC), 44(1),1-12.

http://www.aujc.org/Manuscripts/1032.pdf

19. Etify A. Bakhite, Abdu E. Abdel-Rahman and Elham A. Al-Taifi (2014): Fluorine-containing heterocycles: Part III. Synthesis of some new furo[2,3-b]-, pyrazolo[3,4-b]- and thieno[2,3-b] pyridines with anticipated biological activities. Arabian Journal of Chemistry. 7: 936–946. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878535214001142
20. Guan-Yeow Yeap, Elham A. Al-Taifi, Wan Ahmad Kamil Mahmood, Yoshiyuki Nakamura and Daisuke Takeuchi (2013): An Expeditious Synthesis of New 5-acetyl-4-(4’-alkyloxyphenyl)-3-cyano-6-methylpyridine-2(1H)- thiones and Derivatives. World Applied Sciences Journal 22 (11): 1662-166.  https://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj22(11)13/20.pdf
    
21. Guan-Yeow Yeap, Elham A. Al-Taifi, Chin-Hin Ong, Wan Ahmad Kamil Mahmood, Daisuke Takeuchi and Masato M. Ito (2012):  Synthesis and phase transition studies on non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers: N-(4-(n-(4-(benzothiazol 2- yl)phenoxy)alkyloxy)-benzylidene)-4-chloroanilines. Phase Transitions, 85(6), 483–496.
    https://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/01411594.2011.624278
22. Mohamed, Omima S.; Al-Taifi, Elham; El-Emary, Talaat I.; Bakhite, Etify Abdel-Ghafar (2007): Studies on the Synthesis of Some New Cyanopyridine-Thione and Thieno[2,3-b]pyridine Derivatives. Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements, 182(5): 1061-1082. https://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/10426500601096369#
23.  Abdu E. Abdel-Rahman,  Etify A. Bakhite, and Elham A. Al-Taifi (2005): Fluorine-containing heterocycles: Part Π. Synthesis and Reactions of new thieno[2, 3-b]pyridine derivatives bearing trifluoromethyl group. Journal of Chemical Research, July, 461-468.

https://sci-hub.tw/10.3184/030823405774309014# 

24. Etify A. Bakhite, Abdu E. Abdel-Rahman and Elham A. Al-Taifi (2005): Fluorine-containing heterocycles: Part Ι. Synthesis of new 7-(2-thienyl)-9-trifluoromethylpyrido[3′,2’4,5]thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidines and related fused tetracyclic  Journal of Chemical Research, March, 147-154. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3184/0308234054213726

https://sci-hub.tw/10.3184/0308234054213726

25. Etify A. Bakhite, Abdu E. Abdel-Rahman and Elham A. Al-Taifi  (2004): Synthesis and antmicrobial activity of some new pyrido[3,2:4,5]thieno[3,2-d] pyrimidine derivatives.  Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon, 179:513-520.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10426500490422155

https://sci-hub.tw/10.1080/10426500490422155

26. Abdel-Rahman, E. A. Bakhite and E. A. Al-Taifi (2003): Synthesis and antimicrobial testing of some new S-substituted- thiopyridines, thienopyridines, pyridothienopyrimidines and pyridothienotriazines. Pharmazie, 58: 372-377.  https://sci-hub.tw/10.1002/chin.200339135

28. Etify A. Bakhite, Abdu E. Abdel-Rahman and Elham A. Al-Taifi  (2003): Synthesis of new thiopyrdines, thienopyridines, pyridothienopyrimidines and pyranothienopyridines with anticipated biological activity. Journal of Chemical Research, (S) 0636-0651. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3184/030823403103174236
    https://sci-hub.tw/10.3184/030823403103174236
29. Abdu E. Abdel-Rahman, Etify A. Bakhite and Elham A. Al-Taifi (2002): Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of new pyridothienopyrimidines and Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 49:223-231. https://sci-hub.tw/10.1002/jccs.200200035