Education

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany, 1999
• MSc. in Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany, 1997
• BSc. in Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany, 1992

Experience

• Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, UAE, since September 2021
• Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, UAE, since February 2014
• Part-Time-Lecturer, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, UAE, 13 years
• Part-Time-Lecturer, Chemistry Department, Sharjah University, UAE, 4 years
• Scientific employee, Process- and Quality control, Akzo Nobel Chemicals, Germany, 2 years
• Scientific employee, Inorganic Chemistry Department, Cologne University, Germany, 1 year
• German Teacher Trainee, Goethe Institute, UAE, 2 months
• Goethe Institute Dubai, 10 months, Certificate received as German Teacher 2008
• Trainee "Conductivity studies on Baytron P", Research Department, Bayer AG, Germany, 2 months

Teaching Area

• Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry I
• Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry II
• General Chemistry for Engineers
• General Chemistry for Dentistry
• General Chemistry for Health Sciences

Research

• Antimicrobial Plant-Polyphenol-Iodine Biohybrids
• Antimicrobial activity of Copper iodide Nanoparticles with Polyiodides and Polymers
• Antimicrobial activity of 12-crown-4 Polyiodides with metal iodides MI (MI=Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Cu)
• Antibacterial activity of Polyiodides of Cupric iodide and Alkalimetaliodides MI (M=Li, Na, K) on E-Coli mediated by DNA and membrane damage.
• Vitamin D deficiency
• Cancer research
• COVID-19

Publications (for UPDATES see Faculty research profile and ORCID or SCOPUS records)

• Al-Ani, M. A., Hassan, N., Edis, Z., Bloukh, S. H., Shahwan, M. Common Health Complaint Reported by Students according to Specialization and Gender Regarding Self-Medication at Ajman University. European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research, 2017, 4(3), p. 137-140.
• Al-Ani, M. A., Hassan, N., Edis, Z., Bloukh, S. H., Shahwan, M. Prevalence of Self-Medication among Medical and Non-Medical Students at Ajman University. European Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research, 2017, 4(3), p. 141-144.
• Al-Ani, M. A., Hassan, N., Edis, Z., Bloukh, S. H., Shahwan, M. Common Adverse Effects Due to Self-Medication. International Journal of Research, 2016 [S.l.], v. 3, n. 04, p. 380-385.
• EDIS, Zehra; BLOUKH, Samir Haj. Vitamin D Deficiency- Main Factors Affecting The Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D ([25(Oh)D]) Status And Treatment Options. International Journal of Research, 2016 [S.l.], v. 3, n. 01, p. 197-211, jan. 2016. ISSN 2348-6848. Available at:
• Edis, Z., Bloukh, S., Preparation, Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of Triiodides [M(12-Crown-4)2]I3 with M=Na and Rb; Z. Naturforsch. 2014, 69b, 995-1002.
• Edis, Z., Bloukh, S., Preparation, Structural and Spectroscopical Characterization of a Pentaiodide [Rb(12-Crown-4)2]I5; Z. Naturforsch. 2013, 68b,1340-1346.
• Z. Edis, K.-F. Tebbe, T. Gilles „On Polyiodides of complex cations with 12-crown-4 as ligand“, ECM-18, European Crystallographic Meeting, IUCr, Prag 15.-20. August, 1998, Bulletin of the Czech and Slovak Crystallographic Association, Vol. 5, special issue B, ECM-18 posters - abstracts, C5-P12, 345, 1998.

Conference Presentation

• Z. Edis, K.-F. Tebbe, T. Gilles „On Polyiodides of complex cations with 12-crown-4 as ligand“, ECM-18, European Crystallographic Meeting, IUCr, Prag 15.-20. August, 1998, Bulletin of the Czech and Slovak Crystallographic Association, Vol. 5, special issue B, ECM-18 posters - abstracts, C5-P12, 345, 1998.

Memberships, Awards and Honors (updates on faculty research profile)

• American Chemical Society member since 2017
• Award Scholarship of the Graduiertenkolleg „Classification of phase transitions in crystalline compounds on account of structural and physical anomalies“ Cologne University, Germany
• Accreditation and Assessment Committee COPHS, Ajman University, UAE, 1 year
• Curriculum Committee, COPHS, Ajman University, UAE, 2017-2019
• Nutrition Committee COPHS, Ajman University, UAE, 2017-2018
• Head of Library Committee COPHS, Ajman University, UAE, since 2015
• Head of organizing Committee "Vitamin D Deficiency" Day, COPHS, Ajman University, UAE, 1 year (2016)
• Speaker and Organizing Committee Member, Asthma-International Conference on Asthma-Improving Lung Health in UAE, 09-10 May 2016