Suhair Sunoqrot

Areas of Expertise:
Nanomedicine; Pharmaceutical nanotechnology; Drug delivery; Materials science

Membership:
2019 - 2024

Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan

Department of Pharmacy
Queen Alia Airport Road
P.O. Box 130
Amman 11733
Jordan

I joined AGYA to become more involved in interdisciplinary projects and to network with
like-minded Arab and German researchers.

2023 - today	Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
2019 - 2023	Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan
2019 - 2014	Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan
2018	Daniel Turnberg Fellow, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, UK
2016 - 2017	Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
2015	Visiting Researcher, Department of Drug Science and Technology, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
2014	Visiting Researcher, Department of Chemistry, École Normale Supèrieure, France
2013	Research Specialist, Institute for Tuberculosis Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
2013	PhD, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
2013 - 2008	Teaching and Research Assistant, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
2007	BS, Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Jordan

AGYA Publications: Green Tea Polyphenol Nanoparticles Reduce Anxiety Caused by Tobacco Smoking Withdrawal in Rats by Suppressing Neuroinflammation; Exhausted Grape Seed Residues as a Valuable Source of Antioxidant Molecules for the Formulation of Biocompatible Cosmetic Scrubs; Grape seed phenolic extracts encapsulation in polymeric nanoparticles: Characterization and in vitro evaluation against skin melanoma; Salma's Adventures: Salma Rides the Ultrasound Waves (in Arabic); Nanoassemblies from the aqueous extract of roasted coffee beans modulate the behavioral and molecular effects of smoking withdrawal–induced anxiety in female rats; Rhoifolin loaded in PLGA nanoparticles alleviates oxidative stress and inflammation in vitro and in vivo

My Commitment to AGYA: AGYA Alumni Ambassador for Jordan, Palestine and Iraq 2025; Former Member in Charge of the Working Group Arab and German Education; Selection Committee 'New AGYA Members' 2020, 2022, 2023; Former Member of the AGYA Steering Committee (2021-2022)