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Ahmad Bani-Jaber

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  • Country of residence: Jordan
  • Gender: Male
  • Born in: 1969
  • Age: 52
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Ahmad Bani-Jaber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics
Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology
Faculty of Pharmacy/University of Jordan
Queen Rania St.
Amman, 11942 Jordan
Personal Information
Name: Ahmad Khaled Bani-Jaber
Date of Birth: 6, August, 1969
Nationality: Jordanian
Current Address: Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan
Amman, 11942 Jordan
Tel: +962 6 5355000 ext-23329
Fax: +962 5 339649
Email: abjaber@ju.edu.jo
www.ju.edu.jo/sites/academic/abjaber
Education
1992 B.Sc. in Pharmacy
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Amman, 11942 Jordan
1999 Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics, Thesis title:
" Development of compression-coated tablet formulations for
amoxicillin and clavulanic acid and Efficacy of the antimicrobial
peptide nisin in emulsifying oil-in-water "
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, 97331, USA
Major: Pharmaceutics
Advisors: James Ayres, Ph.D., and Joseph McGuire Ph.D.
Training and Working Experience
1992-1995 Teaching Assistant. Faculty of Pharmacy, University of
Jordan,
Amman, Jordan.
1995-1999 Ph.D. student. Department of Pharmaceutics, Oregon State
University, USA.
Intern (1/98-7/98) Sugen Inc., Southern San Francisco, California, USA. Formulator
involved in the formulation of highly hydrophobic and unstable
new class of anticancer drugs for IV administration. Exposed to all
aspects of IV preformulation and formulation such as, solubility
studies, pH solubility and stability studies, incompatibility among
ingredients, stability studies for IV formulation and development
of HPLC methods for stability analysis.
Intern (7-98-1/99) OREAD, Palo-Alto, California, USA Formulator involved in
formulation of oral immediate release tablet formulation for a new
anticancer drug. Exposed to Roller-Compaction, wet granulation
and direct compression methods, evaluation of granulation for
compressibility, lubrication, and flow properties, ingredient
incompatibilities and dissolution testing.
1999-2007 Assistant Professor. Department of Pharmaceutics and
Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy,
University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
2007-present Associate Professor. Department of Pharmaceutics and
Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of
Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Publications
1. Multiple layer compression coated tablets: formulation and humidity studies of novel
chewable amoxicillin/clavulanic acid tablet formulations. Jacqueline Wardrop, Ahmad
Bani-Jaber, James Ayres. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 24(8), 729-
739 (1998).
2. Efficacy of the antimicrobial peptide in emulsifying oil in water. Ahmad Bani-Jaber,
J. McGuire, J. Ayres, and M, Daeschel. Journal of Food Science, 65 (3), 502-506
(2000).
3. Surface tension kinetics of b-casein and nisin at oil-water interface. Woo-Kul lee,
Ahmad Bani-Jaber, J. McGuire, M, Daeschel, Hyun Jung. K. J. Chem. Eng., 17(2),
179-183 (2000).
4. Sustained release characteristics of tablets prepared with mixed matrix of sodium
carrageenan and chitosan: Effect of polymer weight ratio, dissolution medium, and
drug type. Ahmad Bani-Jaber, Mutasem Al-Ghazawi. Drug Development and
Industrial Pharmacy, 31(3), 241-247 (2005).
05. Physicochemical studies on ciclopirox olamine complexes with divalent metal ions.
Ruba T. Taeawnwh, Imad I. Hamdan, Ahmad Bani Jaber, Rula Darwish. International
Journal of Pharmaceutics, 289, 179-187 (2004).
6. Improvement of the solubility and dissolution rate of the steroidal drug,
mesterolone, using cyclodextrin complexation. Samer Odeh, Hassan Muti, Ahmad
Bani-Jaber. Jordan Medical Journal, 39 (2), 117-129 (2005).
7. Sodium mefenamate as a solution for the formulation and dissolution problems of
mefenamic acid. Ahmad Bani-Jaber, Imad Hamdan, Bashar Al-Khalidi. Chemical and
Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 55(8), 1136-1140 (2007). .
8. The manufacture and characterization of casein films as novel tablet coatings. Abu
Diak O, Bani-Jaber A, Amro B, Jones D, Andrews G.P. Food and Bioproducts
Processing, 85(C3), 284-285 (2007).
9. Diclofenac-bismuth complex: synthesis, physicochemical, and biological evaluation.
Abuznaid Mohammed, Sallam Al-Sayed, Hamdan Imad, Al-Hussaini Mayssa, Bani-
Jaber Ahmad. Drug development and industrial pharmacy, 34(4), 434-444 (2008).
10. Investigation of Drug Polymer Interaction: Evaluation of Diclofenac-Chitosan Co-
Precipitate. Ahmad Bani-Jaber, Deema Anani, Imad Hamdan, Bashar Al-Khalidi.
Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2(2), 140-149 (2009).
11. Drug-Loaded Casein Beads: Influence of Different Metal-Types as Cross-Linkers
and Oleic Acid as a Plasticizer on Some Properties of the Beads. Ahmad Bani-Jaber,
Khaled Aideh, Imad Hamdan, Riyam Maraqa. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and
Technology, 19(2), 125-131 (2009).

 

12. Development and Validation of a Stability Indicating Capillary Electrophoresis

Method for the Determination of Metformin Hydrochloride in Tablets. Hamdan II, Bani
Jaber AK, Abushoffa AM. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 53
(5), 1254-7 (2010).
13. Pharmaceutical Evaluation of some Metformin HCl products Available in the
Jordanian Market. Imad Hamdan, Ahmed Bani-Jaber. Jordan Journal of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3 (1), 1-7 (2010).
14. Prolonged Intragastric Drug Delivery Mediated by Eudragit E-Carrageenan
Polyelectrolyte Matrix Tablets. Ahmad Bani-Jaber, Leena Al-Aani, Hatim AlKhatib
and Bashar Al-Khalidi. AAPS PharmSciTech, 12(1), 354-61 (2011).
15. Floating and Sustained-Release Characteristics of Effervescent Tablets Prepared
with a Mixed Matrix of Eudragit L-100-55 and Eudragit E PO. Ahmad Khaled Bani-
Jaber, Mahmoud Yousef Alkawareek, Jozef Jawad Al-Gousous and Ahmad Yousef
Abu Helwa. Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 59 (2), 155-160 (2011).
16. The Synthesis and Characterization of Fatty Acid Salts of Chitosan as Novel
Matrices for Prolonged Intragastric Drug-Delivery. Ahmad Bani-Jaber, Imad
Hamdan, Mahmoud Alkawareek Archives of Pharmacal Research, 35 (7),
1159-68 (2012).
17. Effect of Licorice Extract on the Pharmacokinetics of Ciprofloxacin in Rabbits
after Oral Administration Using an Improved High-performance Liquid
Chromatography Assay. M. Al-Ghazawi, T. Aburjai, N. Shraim, A. Bani-Jaber, S.
AbuRuz. Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 5 (2), 120-130 (2012).
Supervision: M.Sc. Projects
1. Investigation of transdermal delivery of some diclofenac metal complexes.
Fawzi Al-Hindi, May, 2002.
2. Improvement of the solubility and dissolution rate of the steroidal drug, mesterolone,
using cyclodextrin complexation.
Samer Odeh, May 2003.
3. Characterization of Diclofenac – Chitosan complex and its evaluation for sustained
drug release.
Deema Al Anani, Dec. 2003.
4. Use of Casein as a Potential Film Former for Tablet Coating: Effect of Plasticizer
Type and Concentration, and Coating Level
Osama Abu-Diak, may 2005
5. Investigation of diclofenac-bismuth complex as an oral suspension preparation.
Mohammed Hussein Abuznaid, August 2005.
6. Casein as a film former for drug microencapsulation: Effect of metal cross-linking
and plasticization on casein-paracetamole bead properties.
Riyam Kefah Maraqa, Dec. 2006.
7. Characterization of Eudragit E: Carrageenan complex and its evaluation for sustained
drug release.
Leena Al-aani, May, 2007.

Referee for manuscripts submitted to or published within
1. Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
2. Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy
3. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
4. AAPS PharmSciTech
Teaching Experience
1. Industrial Pharmacy
2. Selected topics in Pharmaceutical Technology
3. Prescription Compounding
3. Physical Pharmacy
4. Drug delivery and Dosage Form Formulation
5. Seminar in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology

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