Muna Zabarmawi

Knowledgeable and passionate researcher with 6 years of experience and a good track record or research. Solutions-oriented and self-motivated with ability to leverage laboratory research experience to develop methods to identify and quantify environmental contaminants. Enthusiastic scientist eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.

• Uv-vis Spectrophotometer
• FTIR Spectrometer
• Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
• Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) Mass Spectrometry

• GIS
• Matlab
• Microsoft
• Unix
• Origin

• Arabic 
• English

• Astrobiology: Exploring Other Worlds, University of Arizona, 2022
• Natural Attenuation of Groundwater: New Paradigms, Technologies and Applications, Rice University, 2022
• Compound Specific Isotope Analysis for Environmental Forensics, informative webinar, 2021
• Chicago Mass Spec Day Annual Conference, Virtual, 2020
• Enviro Workshops: The Remediation Workshop, Chicago IL, 2019
• Chicago Mass Spec Day Annual Conference, Chicago IL, 2019
• Environmental Science and Development Summit, Chicago IL, 2018
• Environmental Solutions, SIFT- MS Workshop Online, 2018
• Gut Check: Exploring Your Microbiome, The University of Colorado Boulder's Online, 2014
• Water Management for Mining, Denver CO, 2013
• Remediation Technology Summit, Westminster CO, 2012

• Key principles of toxicology, NIH National Library of Medicine, USA, 2020
• Volunteer- Magazine recycle, USA, 2014
• Environmental Awareness Coordinator, Saudi Arabia, 2007

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) distribution in leaked crankcase oil of covered parking structure 

Earth and Environmental Science Departmental Seminar at University of Illinois at Chicago, 2019

Parking Dust Influence on the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Distribution in
Crankcase Oil Stains of a Concrete, Covered Parking Structure

American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, 2023

• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Europe
• Current member
• Sierra Club Colorado, USA
• Past member: 2013 - 2016
• National Wildlife Federation Colorado, USA
• Past member: 2013 - 2015

Asphalt dust influence on the distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in crankcase oil stains of a concrete, covered parking st

Under review 

Journal: Heliyon

Assessment of used base oil degradation based on BEADS algorithm

In progress

Bioremediation of emerging organic contaminants: Applicability and challenges 

In progress 

Insight into the use of genetically engineered microorganisms for organic contaminants clean up

In progress