Sarah Shereen Ghaoui

EXPERIENCE:

1/2005-2013 Adjunct Faculty Lone Star College System, The Woodlands, TX Lecture freshman chemistry

8/1999-Present Adjunct Faculty University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX Lecture freshman chemistry

8/1999-6/2004 Lab Director / Lecturer / Research Associate University of Houston, Houston, TX  Conduct theoretical research investigating reaction mechanisms and molecular structure of organometallic compounds using computational methods  Carry-out molecular orbital calculations of small molecules at the ab-initio, extended Hückel, and density functional level  Manage freshman labs including training and supervising teaching assistants, revising lab experiments, enforcing safety requirements and ensuring proper operation of labs  Lecture freshman chemistry and physical chemistry

1/1999-5/1999 Adjunct Faculty Community College of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

2/1997-/1998 Postdoc / Lecturer University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV  Conducted theoretical research to locate and study adiabatic excited states of anionic organic compounds using MOLCAS, GAUSSIAN CIS and CAS methods  Lectured freshman chemistry

COMPUTER SKILLS:

 Experience with Excell, Word, Powerpoint and other softwares  Experience with WebCT and Blackboard  Experience with PC and Macintosh systems  Knowledge of UNIX and VAX operating systems  Expertise in running GAUSSIAN, GAMESS and MOLCAS software packages

EDUCATION: Ph.D. Chemistry February 1997 University of Houston, Houston, Texas Dissertation Topic: Theoretical Studies on the Molecular Structure and Reaction Mechanisms of Transition Metal Complexes Prof. Thomas A. Albright, Adviser

LANGUAGES: Fluent in spoken and written English, French and Arabic

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Chemical Society

Sarah Shereen. Ghaoui

Publications

 Chirine Soubra, For a Chan and Thomas A. Albright, "Hydrogen Site Exchange in CpIr(PR3)H3+ Complexes", Inorganica Chimica Acta, 272,95 (1998).

 Benoit Champagne, Eric A. Perpete, Stan J. A. van Gisbergen, Evert-Jan Baerends, Jaap G. Snijders, Chirine Soubra-Ghaoui, Kathleen A. Robins and Bernard Kirtman, "Assessment of Conventional Density Functional Schemes for Computing the Polarizabilities and Hyperpolarizabilities of Conjugated Oligomers: An Ab Initio Investigation of Polyacetylene Chains", Journal of Chemical Physics, 109, 10489 (1998).

 Lydia McKinstry, Chirine Soubra-Ghaoui, Jennifer J. Overberg, Darron S. Walsh and K. A. Robins, "Acid Mediated Phosphine Borane Decomplexation: A Model for NMR Data", J. Org. Chem., 65, 2261-2263 (2000).

 Benoit Champagne, Eric A. Perpete, Denis Jacquemin, Stan J.A. van Gisbergen, Evert-Jan Baerends, Chirine Soubra-Ghaoui, K. A. Robins & Bernard Kirtman, "Assessment of Conventional Density Functional Schemes for Computing the Dipole Moment and (Hyper)polarizabilities of Push-Pull ?-Conjugated Systems," J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 4755-4763 (2000).

 Chirine Soubra, Y. Oishi ,T. A. Albright, and H. Fujimoto, "Intramolecular Rearrangement in Six- Coordinate Ruthenium and Iron Dihydrides", Inorg. Chem., 40, 620 (2001).