Education:

Ph.D.:	The University of Mississipi, U.S.A (1981)
B.Sc.:	Cairo University (Pure Chemistry), Egypt.

Mail Address:
Chemistry Department
Birzeit University
Birzeit P.O Box 14.
Palestine/Israel
Email:latif@science.birzeit.edu

Research Interests:
My research involves the synthesis and characterization of copper and rhodium complexes with antiinflammatory, anticonvulsant...etc. drugs and other biologically important ligands. The characterization of novel metal complexes is accomplished by the use of physical / spectroscopic methods: Uv-visible, IR, NMR, ESR, as well as X-ray crystallography. Many copper and rhodium complexes have exhibited pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory and antitumor effects. We synthesize and characterize new copper and rhodium complexes to try to better understand the physiological role and the effects of these compounds and to correlate their properties with their biological activities. Further the synthesized copper complexes are used to mimic the behavior of many copper containing enzymes, such as superoxide dismutase, tyrosinase, and other oxidase and oxygenase enzymes.

Recent Publications:

1. A. Latif Abuhijleh "Ternary Copper(II) Complexes of the Anticonvulsant Drug Valproate with Diimines as Superoxide Dismutase Mimics". Journal. of Inorganic Biochemistry, (1997), 68,167-176
2. A. Latif Abuhijleh "Synthesis and Characterization of Copper-Ibuprofenate Complexes with 2,2'-bipyridine and 1,10-phenanthrolines and their Hydrolytic Activities in Phosphate Diester Cleavage". POLYHEDRON, (1997), 16, 733-740.
3. A. Latif Abuhijleh and Woods, C. "Synthesis, Characterization, and Oxidase Activities of Copper(II) Complexes of the Anticonvulsant Drug Valproate". Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry,(1996), 64, 55-67.
4. A. Latif Abuhijleh "Catalytic Activities of the Antitumor Complex Bis(acetato) Bis (imidazole) copper(II) and Bis (valproato) Bis(imidazole) copper (II) for the oxidation of organic Substrates". POLYHEDRON, (1996), 15, 285-293.