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