Dr Ammar TIGHEZZA

Physical Chemistry Professor . Graduated from USTL (Lille, France) and worked 10 years in Biskra and Oum_El_Bouaghi universities in Algeria and 2 years in 7th April university in Libya. I joined the chemistry department in King Saud University in September 2000.

I have taught and continue to teach many courses in the foundation year, the Bachelor of Chemistry program, and postgraduate programs (Master's and PhD). These courses cover general chemistry, chemical kinetics, chemical thermodynamics, and various topics in physical chemistry.

I'm Very familiar with modern techniques of teaching. Very experienced in Blackboard learning management system and very familiar with other platforms from publishers (Connect from McGraw-Hill , WileyPlus from Wiley and MyLab & Mastering from Pearson). Good experience in the integration of these platforms into Blackboard LMS. Mastering smart boards, data projection with internet access and video conferencing facilities. Advisor for Elsevier on the use of the reference management software (Mendeley) for more than 14 years.

Extensive computer training, including use of MS Office package, Visual Basic and knowledge of many chemistry software packages. 

My main area of research is modeling and simulation of chemical reactions, and my favorite tool to do this is MS Excel. My other areas of interest are catalysis, energy storage and green hydrogen production and storage. I published more than 100 papers in International journals with high impact factor and translated to Arabic one book about stochastic chemistry.