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Curriculum Vita
Personal Information
Name: Anwar George Hanna Jiries
Date of Birth: 11 November 1957
Place of Birth: Beitlehem / Jordan
Marital Status: Married with two daughters and one son
Address: Off.
Mutah University,P.O.Box (7),College of Science, 61710 Karak, Jordan,
(Tel Off.0096264617860 ext. 4888) (Tel. Off 0096265816504)
E-Mail: jiries@mutah.edu.jo, OR jiries57@hotmail.com
Education Background:
Date Educational Institute Country Field Certificate
1986-1991 Munich University Germany Hydrogeology Ph.D.
1982-1986 University. of Jordan Jordan Hydrogeology M.Sc
1975-1980 Shiraz University Iran Geology B.Sc.
1971-1974 Alshaheed Faisal II Jordan Scientific Stream High School
Languages
Language Reading Writing Talking
Arabic Excelent Excelent Excelent
English Very Good Very Good Very Good
German Good Good Good
Persian Good Good Fair
Associations
International Association of Hydrgeologists (IAH)
International Water Quality Association (IWQA)
Jordanian Environment Association (JEA)
Professional Background
1992- 1993 Lecturer in Geology at Mutah University
1993-1998 Assistant Prof. in Hydrogeology at Mutah University
1998 - 1999 Associate Professor in Hydrogeology at Mutah University
1999-2002 Dean Assistant for Faculty of Science
Nov. 2003 Prof. of Hydrogeology at Mutah University
2002 – 2005 Director of Environmental and Water Study Center
2005-March2007 Sabatical Leave at Al-Balqaa Applied University
March 2007-Aug. 2007 Fulbright scholar at SDSMT/USA
2011-2012 Visiting prof. at Al-albayt University
Academic Background
Cosupervisor of PhD students in coorporation with the University of Jordan, Jordan.
Cosupervisor of PhD students in coorporation with Ein Shams University / Cairo,Egypt.
Supervisor & Cosupervisor on many MSc students from Mutah University and other
unversities in Jordan.
Examining member of many MSc thesis and PhD thesis.
Referee for many international journals.
Activities
1- Member of International Hydrogeology program, Jordan / UNESCO
2- Member for establishing mineral engineering department / Mutah University
3- Member of establishing comitee for Environmental Engineering Department at Al-
Husain University.
4- Member in several committees at Mutah University
5- Member for establishing Dead Sea center at Mutah University
6- Advisory board member in International Water Hazard Management / UNESCO
7- Member of Special Accrediation in the field of Geology and Environment (MoHE)
8- Member of advisory board for SRSF- Ministry of higher education
9- Member of editorial board for Jordanian Journal of Earth and Environment.
10-Member of the scientific community of many national and international conferences.
11-Member of the Jordanian Journal of Earth Science and Environment-Jordan.
Awards
1- 1975-1980 Scholarship from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iran for under-graduate
studies
2- 1986-1991 Scholarship from German government (DAAD) for doctoral studies in
Germany
3- Sept. 2001, Short term scholarship from KAAD/Germany for research purposes at
National Environmental Institute, Munich-Germany
4- Sept, 2002, Short term scholarship from the German government to visit National
Environmental Institute, Munich-Germany
Grants
Duration Project Title Supporter Amount
11998-1999
Pesticides and heavy metal residue in water, soil and plants in wastewater disposal site near Al-Lajoon valley,
Karak- Jordan
Mutah University 1,280 JD
22001-2004
Reclamation of salty soils using biotreatment methods
Higher Councel of Science,
Jordan12,000 JD
32001-2003
Water quality of effluent from phosphate mining activity –central Jordan
Abdulhamid Shoman
Foundation10,000 JD
42002-2003
Water Quality of Drinking Water Resources at West Amman-Jordan
Mutah University 1,500 JD
5 2003-2005Integrated Land and Water Management
in the lower Jordan basin
Ministry of Education –
Germany145,000 Euro
6 2005-2008Integrated Water Resources Management of Mediterranean Phosphate Mining and
Local Agricultural SystemsEuropian Union 204000 Euro
7 2007-2008 Artificial recharge in Wadi Araba-Jordan UNESCO 15000 USD
8 June 2008Evaluation of environmental situation in
Edernet / MongoliaNSF/USA 29000 USD
9 2009Water resources management in rural
areas in JordanUNESCO 26000 USD
10 2008-2010Establishment of MSc programm in
water desalination and water management in BAU
TEMPUS560000 EURO
11 2010-2011
Development of Adaptation Measures to Climate Change and Formulation of Needed Strategy Implementation Plan
Relevant to Climate Change and IWRM for the Zarqa River Basin
UNDP 52000 JD
12 2011-2012 Assessment of treated wastewater Quality under different climate change
UNESCO 20000 USD
Scenarios in Jordan
13 2012-2014Characterization study of stormwater runoff quality from different types of
catchments area in Jordan
Ministry of Higher education- Jordan
60,000 JD
14 2011-2013Pharmacetical residue in Dam water in
JordanMinistry of Higher education- Jordan
80,000 JD
15 2012-2015 Real time monitoring of water in Jordan NATO 240,000 USD
16 2012-2014Removal of organic pollutants using
guest host chemistryMinistry of Higher education- Jordan
40,000 JD
Published Papers
1- Jiries, A., Seiler, K-P,. : 1995, Water movement in typical soils in the Jordan Valley,
Jordan. Metr. J. of Agric. Vol. 22, No. 3.pp 5-12.
2- Jiries, A., Al-Ali, A., and Soub, R.: 1996 Groundwater effect on salt reef growth in the
southern basin of the Dead Sea Mutah J. for Res. and Studies, vol. 11, No. 1.
3- Jiries, A,., Jaradat, Q and Momani, K., : 1996 , Heavy Metals Contamination of Air and
Soil in Karak Solid Waste Disposal Site, Jordan. Mutah J. for Res. and Studies, vol. 11,
No. 5.
4- Momani, K, Jiries, A and Jaradat, A.: 1997, Determination of water-soluble inorganic
species in airborne atmospheric particulate matter in an urban area in Amman, Mutah J.
for Res. and Studies.
5- Jaradat, Q., Momani, K., Jiries, A., : 1997, Ion chromatographic analysis of water soluble
anions in the atmosphere of Amman. Turk. J. of Chem. Vol. 21.
6- Jaradat, Q. Momani, K., Jiries, A., Batarseh, M., Sabri, T., Momani, I.,: 1998, Chemical
composition of Urban wet deposition in Amman, Jordan. Water ,Air & soil poll., vol. 112,
pp. 55-65
7- Jiries, A.,: 1998, Hydrochemistry of springs and groundwater as affected by human
activities / Karak-Jordan. Hydrologie und Umwelt.
8- Hussein, H., Alali, A., Jiries, A., Aharonian, Gh.,2000, Chemical Evaluation of waste
produced from a Jordanian University, a case study, Intern. J. of waste manag.
9- Abdelrazag, A.,Al-Nasir, F., and Jiries, A., (1999), Effect of Cement Dust Emission on
Vegetation in Al-Rashadia / Jordan, Iraqi J. of Agric. Sci, vol. 30, No. 1, pp 651-659.
10- Tarawneh, Kh., Qteitat, M., Mraiat, Gh. and Jiries, A.,: (2000): Hyrdochemical and
bacteriological study of the springs in Al-Tafila region / south Jordan. Mutah J. for Res.
and Studies, vol. 15, No. 2, pp25-46.
11- Jiries, A Hussein, H ., and Lintelmann, J., (2000), Determination of Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons Residue in Wastewater Sediments, Sludge and Plants in Karak Province,
Jordan. Water, Air & Soil Poll..vol. 121, 217-228.
12- Momani, K., Jiries, A., Jaradat, Q, (2000), Atmospheric deposition of Pb, Zn, Cu and Cd
in Amman, Jordan, Turk. J. of Chem., vol. 24, No. 3, pp231-238.
13- Hussein, H., Jiries, A., and Lintelmann, J., (2000), Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbon
Residue in Sediments from Vehicular Washing Service, Inter. J. of Chem., vol. 10, No. 1.,
pp39-48.
14- Al - Nasir, F., Jiries, A., Batarseh, M., and Beese, F., (2001): Pesticides and Trace metal
residue in grape and home made wine in Jordan. Environ. Monit & Assis., vol 66, 253-
263.
15- Jiries, A. Hussein, H., Halaseh Z., (2001): The Quality of Water and Sediments of Street
runoff in Amman, Jordan, Int. J. of Hydrol Proc., vol. 15, 815-824.
16- Jiries, A. (2001): Chemical composition of Dew in Amman area, Jordan, Atmos. Res.,
Vol 57/4, pp 257-264
17- El-Hasan, T and Jiries, A, (2001): Heavy metal distribution in valley sediments in wadi
Al-Karak catchment area, south Jordan, Environmental Geochemistry and Health 23(2):
105-116.
18- Jiries, A: (2001): Chemical Evaluation of Treated Sewage Effluents in Karak Province
and its Suitability for Irrigation Purposes, P. Jour. Of Biol. Scienc, vol.4, No. 11, 1400-
1402.
19- Jiries, A., Jaradat, Q., and Momani, K. (2002), Heavy Metal Distribution in Water,
Sediment and Plants of Treated Wastewater Effluent, Karak-Jordan. Abhath Al-Yarmouk,
vol.11, No.2B, 359-370.
20- Jiries, A. Al Nasir, F and Beese, F.,(2002) :Pesticides and heavy metal residue in water,
soil and plants in wastewater disposal site near Al-Lajoon valley, Karak- Jordan., Water
Air and Soil Pollut. Vol.133 , No. 1/4, pp 97-107.
21- Salameh, E, Alawi, M., Batarseh, M. and Jiries, A. (2002), Determination of
trihalomethanes and the ionic composition of groundwater at Amman City, Jordan,
Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 10, pp 332-339.
22- Homady, M., Hussein, H, Jiries, A., Mahasneh, A., Al-Nasir, F and Khleifat, K: (2002),
Survey of Some Heavy Metals in Sediments from Vehicular Service Stations in Jordan
and their Effects on Social Aggression of Prepubertal Male Mice, Environ. Res. Vol.89,
No.1, pp 43-49.
23- Jiries, A El-Hasan, T and Manasrah, W: (2002) Qualitative Evaluation of the
Mineralogical and Chemical Composition of Dry Deposition in the Central and Southern
highlands of Jordan. Chemosph. 48/9 , pp. 933-938
24- El-Hasan, T., Omari, H., Jiries, A and Al-Nasir, F. 2002, Cypress tree (Cupressus
semervirens L.) bark as an indicator for heavy metal pollution in the atmosphere of
Amman City, Jordan. Environment International, 28, 513-519.
25- Jiries, A., Hussein, H., and Lintelmann, J: 2003, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon in rain
and street runoff in Amman, Jordan. J. of Environ Sci. vol. 15, No. 6, page 848
26- Jiries, A. 2003, PAH and Metal contamination of road dust in Amman, Jordan. The
Environmentalist, vol. 23, 205-210.
27- Nawayseh, Kh., Al-Shahat, F., Jiries, A., and Al-Nasir, F: 2003, Pesticide and Heavy
Metal Distribution in southern Dead Sea Basin. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol.
Dec;71(6):1230-8.
28- Jiries, A., Ziadat, O and Lintelmann, J: 2004, The Quality of Drinking Water at Source of
West Amman-Jordan. Water International. Vol.29, No.3, pp 392-397.
29- Jiries, A El-Hasan, T Al-Hweiti, M and Seiler, K-P, 2004, Evaluation of the Effluent Water
Quality Produced at Phosphate Mines in Central Jordan Mine water and Environment.
Vol.23, No.3, pp 133-137.
30- Jiries, A., Rimawi, O., Jutta Lintelmann and Mufeed Batarseh, 2005, Polycyclic Aromatic
Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Top Soil, Leachate and Groundwater from Ruseifa Solid Waste
Landfill, Jordan. International J. of Environment and Pollution. Volume 23, Number 2, pp
179 – 188.
31- Tayel El-Hasan, Mufeed Batarseh, Hamzeh Al-Omari, Anf Ziadat, , Abdullah El-Alali,
Farah Al-Naser, Bruce W. Berdanier and Anwar Jiries, 2006,The Distribution of Heavy
Metals in Urban Street Dusts of Karak City, Jordan. Soil and Sediment Contamination,
Volume 15, Issue 4 , pp 357 - 365
32- Khaled Khleifat ; Muayad Abboud ; Waed Al-Shamayleh ; Anwar Jiries ; Khaled A
Tarawneh: 2006, Effect of Chlorination Treatment on Gram Negative Bacterial
Composition of Recycled Wastewater, Pak J. of Biol. Sci, Volume: 9 - Issue: 9
33- Ziadat, A.H., Batarseh, M., El-Hasan, T., Berdanier, B.W., and Jiries, A., (2006),
"Chemical and Mineralogical Characteristics of Dry Deposition in the Surrounding of a
Cement Factory in Jordan." Environmental Forensics, 7(2): 169 - 174.
34- Tayel El-Hasan, Mufeed Batarseh, Hamzeh Al-Omari, Anf Ziadat, Abdullah Alali Farah
AlNasir, Bruce Berdanier and Anwar Jiries, 2006 The distribution of heavy metals in
urban stree dust of Karak City Jordan, Soil and sediment contamination, 15: 357-365.
35- M. M. Al-Alawi, M. I. Batarseh, H. Carreras, M. Alawi, A. Jiries, S. M. Charlesworth.
2007, Aleppo Pine Bark as a Biomonitor of Atmospheric Pollution in the Arid
Environment of Jordan, Clean, Vol. 35, No. 5
36- Rimawi, O., Jiries, A., Zubi, Y and El-Naqa, A, 2008, Reuse of mining water in
agricultural activities in Jordan, Env. Dev and Sust.
37- Mufeed Batarseh, Anf Ziadat, Mu'taz Alawi, Bruce Berdanier and Anwar Jiries, 2008,
The use of cypress tree bark as an environmental indicator of heavy metals deposition in
Fuheis City, Jordan, Intr. J. Environ. Pollut. volume 32, 207-217.
38- Jiries, A, Mufeed I. Batarseh, Tayel El-Hassen, Anf H. Ziadat, Farah Al- Nasir, Bruce W.
Berdanier, 2008, Lichens (Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC) a Biomonitor for
Atmospheric Pollution in Amman City, Jordan, Environmental Bioindicators. 3,(2): 106-
113.
39- Tayel El-Hasan , Zaid A. Al-Anber, Mohammad Al-Anber , Mufeed Batarseh, Farah Al-
Nasr, Anf Ziadat, Yoshigi Kato and Anwar Jiries: 2008, Removal of Zn2+, Cu2+ and Ni2+
Ions from Aqueous Solution via Tripoli: Simple Component with Single Phase Model,
Current World Environment, vol. 3 (1), 01-14
40- Rakad Ta’any, Anwar Jiries, Ali EL-Naqa, Mohammad Al Momani and Muwaia Samara:
2008, Evaluation of Water Quality of Groundwater Recharge in Wadi Feifa, Southern
Jordan Valley, World Applied Science Journal. Vol. 5(1). 88-93.
41- B W. Berdanier M I. Batarseh A G. Jiries, A H. Ziadat (Ed.) 2009, LICHENS (Punctilia
rudecta) as Bioindicators for air pollution in Ohio, USA, Springer Verlag
42- Jiries, A., Taani, R., El-Naqa, A., Samara, M., Wahsheh, S., El-Hasan, T and Al-Nasir, F,
2009 Wastewater management in rural areas in Jordan, UNESCO.
43- Anwar Jiries, Rakad Ta’any, Bassim Abbassi, Ibrahim Oroud 2010 Agriculture Water
Use Efficiency in Wadi Shu'eib Area, Jordan Polish J. of Environ. Stud. Vol. 19, No. 2 ,
337-341
44- Al-Nasir, F., Batarseh, M., , Abdelghani, A., Jiries, A. 2010, Free Amino Acids Content in
some Halophytes under Salinity Stress in Arid Environment, Jordan Clean. Volume 38
Issue 7
45- Berdanier, B., Ziadat, A and Jiries, A, 2010, Simplified Integrated Design for Fixed Film
Biological Nutient Removal, Accepted in Journal of applied Sciences.
46- Jiries, A. 2011, Water resources in Jordan. Advanced water supply and wastewater
treatment: A road to safer society and Environment. Hlavinek, P (ed). NATO.
47- Rimawi, O El-Naqa, A Al Zubi, Y Jiries A and Abu-Hamatteh, Z. 2012, Groundwater
modeling of Eshidya phosphate mining area southern Jordan, Sixteenth International
Water Technology Conference, IWTC 16 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
48- Saqarat,B, Harahsheh, S and Jiries, A 2012, Inorganic Chemical Composition of
Swimming Pools in Amman-Jordan, Res J. of Environ and Earth Sciences 4(10): 890-
894.
49- Ta’any, R. Ammari, T Jiries, A , 2013, Revegetation in Arid Zones: Environmental Impact
of Treated Wastewater Irrigation in Al-Karak Province, Jordan. Pol. J. Environ. Stud .Vol.
22, No. 2, 569-575
50- Ta’any R, Al-Syaheen, A and Jiries A, 2013, Characteristics of the Aquifer Systems in
Wadi Kafrain Catchment Area, Jordan. Accepted in Journal of Environmental Hydrology.
51- Al-Omari, A., Muhammetoglu, A., Karadirek, I., Jiries, A., Batarseh, M., Topkaya.,B and
Soyupak, S. 2014, A Review on Formation and Decay Kinetics of Trihalomethanes in
Waters of Different Qualities. Clean, 42 (9999), 1-14
52- Al-Mashaqbeh, O., Jiries, A., El-Hajali, Z. 2014, Stormwater runoff quality generated
from an urban and a rural area in the Amman-Zarqa basin WIT Transactions on Ecology
and the Environment, 196-204
53- Solhe F. Alshahateet, Anwar G. Jiries, Salah A. Al-Trawneh, Ahmad S. Eldouhaibi &
Mohammed M. Al-Mahadeen, 2014, Kinetic, equilibrium and selectivity studies of heavy
metal ions (Pb(II), Co(II), Cu(II), Mn(II), and Zn(II)) removal from water using synthesized
C-4-methoxyphenylcalix[4]resorcinarene adsorbent, Desalination and Water Treatment.
Conferences
1- Water movement in typical soils in the Jordan Valley, Jordan. Mosel. Iraq.
2- The Hydrobiochemical study of springs around Tafila city, Jordan: 1998 in the first
Conference of Environmental problems, Karak-Jordan.
3- The situation of water in Jordan, Arab Hydrologists conference, Amman. 1996.
4- Polyciclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon residue in wastewater, soil and plants of wastewater in
Karak province, First environmental conference, Oct. 2000.
5- Seventh Geological Confernce, Amman/Jordan, Quality of street runoff at
Amman/Jordan., April. 2001.
6- Sixth Arab Geological Conference, Cairo University, Egypt. Trihalomethane residue in
groundwater resources in Amman, Jordan, Feb 2002.
7- Global Dialogues on Sustanable Development Sustanable Water Use, April,2002,
University of Jordan.
8- First International Engineering Conference, Mutah University, Jordan, April 2004.
9- Workshop on water resources in Jordan-Al-Hashimiyah university-Jordan, April 2004
10-International Water Demand Management Conference, Dead Sea, Jordan, May 2004
11-Workshop on persistant organic pollutants, Amman, Ministry of Environment, June 2004.
12-Thirteenth International Egyptian Water Technology Conference MARCH 12-15, 2009
13- Workshop on Ecohydrology, Unesco office, 2009, Amman-Jordan.
14-Workshop on Trinkwasser und Abwasser, DAAD alimni expertsiminar, Jordan, 2009
15-Workshop on water, wastewater and the environment urgent issue for sustainability.
Braunschweig-Germany, 2009.
16-The International Hydrological (IHP) Programme research activities in Jordan UNESCO,
2010 Amman-Jordan.
17- International sustainable water and wastewater management symposium (USAYS),
2010, Konia-Turkey.
18- Geoecological monitoring and risk of adminnistrative Region – 2011, Yaravan-Armenia
19-Emergent pollutants in the meditteranian region, Sept 2012, Hammamat-Tunis
20-Regional Expert Workshop on Water Losses Management in Water Supply Systems /
October 2012, Antalya, Turkey.
21- International Symposium On Emerging Pollutants in Irrigation Waters: Origins, Fate,
Risks, and Mitigation, Tunis, 2013, Tunis
22-International Conference on Chemistry and Environmental Science Research 2014
(ICCESR 2014), Penang-Malaysia. Sep , 2014
Courses Taught at Mutah University
Geology Courses Groundwater Hydrology Surface water hydrology Water resources management Environment for Engineers General Geology 1 General Geology 2 Geology lab 1
Geology Lab 2 Minerals and Rocks Mineralogy Earth and Universe Principle of Environment Rocks and Minerals
Chemistry Courses Chemistry lab 1 Chemistry lab 2
Chemistry Literature Graduation project in Chemistry
Agricultural Courses Irrigation and Drainage
Computer Science Courses Computer skills 1
Courses Taught at other Universities
Hydrology Courses
Surface Water Hydrology
Ground Water Hydrology
Advance course in Environment
Water Resources Management
Applied groundwater hydrology
Hydrogeology
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