Vrije Universiteit Brussel


Research Page of Ahmed Younes

Last update: 03/10/2011

General Information

CIVIL STATUS :

  • Born February 7th 1981
  • Egyptian

EDUCATION :

  • May 2002:
    Bachelor in science- Faculty of science-Helwan University-Helwan-Egypt

  • July 2007:
    Master in analytical chemistry-Faculty of science-Helwan University-Helwan-Egypt

  • Since April 2009:
    Ph.D. Student in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Department of Analytical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology

RESEARCH TOPICS :

  • Analytical Chemistry:

    Enantioseparation of chiral pharmaceutical drugs using HPLC techniques

    Separation and preconcentration of heavy metal ions from aqueous media using polymers

Publications

  • Removal of Trace Contaminants from Water Using New Chelating Resins
    Mohamed A. Sharaf, Hassan A. Arida, Said A. Sayed, Ahmed A. Younes, A. B. Farag
    Published in Analytical Letters, 40 (2007) 3443 – 3456.

  • Separation and Preconcentration of Some Heavy Metal Ions Using New Chelating Hydrogels
    Mohamed A. Sharaf, Hassan A. Arida, Said A. Sayed, Ahmed A. Younes, A. B. Farag
    Published in Journal of Applied Polymer Science 113 (2009) 1335-1344.

  • Chiral Separations in Normal-Phase Liquid Chromatography: Enantioselectivity of Recently Commercialized Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Part I: Enantioselectivity Under Generic Screening Conditions
    Ahmed A. Younes, Debby Mangelings, Yvan Vander Heyden
    Published in Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 55 (2011) 414-423.

  • Chiral Separations in Normal-Phase Liquid Chromatography: Enantioselectivity of Recently Commercialized Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Selectors Part II. Optimization of Enantioselectivity
    Ahmed A. Younes, Debby Mangelings, Yvan Vander Heyden
    Published in Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 56 (2011) 521– 537.

Oral Presentations

  • Update of Generic Chiral Separation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Compounds using Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Techniques
    D. Mangelings, H. Ates, K. De Klerck, A. Hendrickx, A. A. Younes, Y. Vander Heyden
    The XXXIVth Symposium: Chromatographic methods of investigating the organic compounds, 8-10 June 2011, Szczyrk-Poland.

  • Update of Generic Chiral Separation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Compounds using Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Techniques
    D. Mangelings, H. Ates, K. De Klerck, A. Hendrickx, A. A. Younes, Y. Vander Heyden
    The XXXIIIth International Symposium on Chiral Discrimination (ISCD 23), 10-13th July 2011, University of Liverpool, Liverpool (UK).

  • Generic Chiral Separation Strategies for Pharmaceutical Compounds using Chromatographic and Electrophoretic Techniques
    D. Mangelings, H. Ates, K. De Klerck, A. Hendrickx, A. A. Younes, Y. Vander Heyden
    The 18th International Symposium on Electro- and Liquid Phase-separation Techniques, 28-31 August 2011,Tbilisi, Georgia

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Poster Presentations

  • Removal of Trace Contaminants from Water Using New Chelating Resins
    Mohamed A. Sharaf, Hassan A. Arida, Said A. Sayed, Ahmed A. Younes, A. B. Farag
    International Conference on Chemistry and its role in Development (ICCRD 9)- April 16th-19th 2007- Mansoura & Sharm El-Sheikh - Egypt

  • Chiral Separations in Normal-Phase Liquid Chromatography: Enantioselectivity of Recently Commercialized Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Selectors Part I: Enantioselectivity at Screening Conditions
    Ahmed A. Younes, Debby Mangelings, Yvan Vander Heyden
    PhD Research Day - May 28th 2010 - Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Brussels - Belgium

  • Chiral Separations in Normal-Phase Liquid Chromatography: Enantioselectivity of Recently Commercialized Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Selectors Part I: Enantioselectivity at Screening Conditions
    Ahmed A. Younes, Debby Mangelings, Yvan Vander Heyden
    DA-2010, Drug Analysis 2010, 21-24 September 2010, Antwerp, Belgium

  • Chiral Separations in Normal-Phase Liquid Chromatography: Enantioselectivity of Recently Commercialized Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Selectors Part I: Enantioselectivity at Optimization Conditions
    Ahmed A. Younes, Debby Mangelings, Yvan Vander Heyden
    PhD Research Day- April 5th 2011 - Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Brussels - Belgium

  • Chiral Separations in Normal-Phase Liquid Chromatography: Enantioselectivity of Recently Commercialized Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Selectors Part II: Enantioselectivity at Optimization Conditions
    Ahmed A. Younes, Debby Mangelings, Yvan Vander Heyden
    The XXXIVth Symposium: Chromatographic methods of investigating the organic compounds, 8-10 June 2011, Szczyrk-Poland

  • Chiral Separations in Reversed-Phase Liquid Chromatography: Enantioselectivity of Recently Commercialized Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Selectors Part I: Enantioselectivity Under Generic Screening Conditions
    Ahmed A. Younes , Debby Mangelings, Yvan Vander Heyden
    RDPA 2011 - Recent Development in Pharmaceutical Analysis 2011, the 14th international meeting, 21-24 September 2011, Pavia, Italy

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Coordinates

Ahmed Younes
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Farmaceutisch Instituut
Vakgroep Analytische Scheikunde en Farmaceutische Technologie
Laarbeeklaan 103
B-1090 Brussels Belgium
Tel: (+32) 2 477 47 26
Fax: (+32) 2 477 47 35
Email: ahyounes@vub.ac.be


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