Dr. Amjad Shraim is a Professor of Analytical Environmental Chemistry at Kuwait University, Kuwait. He is an accomplished analytical and environmental chemist with extensive expertise in investigating chemical pollutants in air, soil, and water, and evaluating their effects on human health and the environment. Dr. Shraim earned his PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia, in 1999; his MSc from Yarmouk University, Jordan, in 1989; and his BSc from An-Najah National University, Palestine, in 1985. From 2000 to 2002, he conducted postdoctoral research at the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan, funded by Japan’s Science and Technology Agency. Following his postdoctoral work, he was appointed as a Research Fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), University of Queensland, where he investigated arsenic species in the blood and urine of Bangladeshi individuals chronically exposed to arsenic through contaminated water and food. He later continued his affiliation with QAEHS as an Honorary Senior Research Fellow. From 2013 to 2025, Dr. Shraim was a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences at Qatar University, where he contributed to teaching, research, and academic development in the field of environmental chemistry. Over the course of his career, he has authored more than 70 publications in international journals and conferences.
Kuwait University
Kuwait City, Al ‘Āşimah, Kuwait
Department of Chemistry