Abdel-Jalil, R. J. is Associate Professor in organic chemistry at the Department of Chemistry at Sultan Qaboos University. He was a postdoctoral research fellow in Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging at UCLA. Abdel-Jalil, R.J. earned his doctoral degree in Organic Chemistry at Tuebingen University, Germany under the auspices of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship. He obtained a Master of Science degree and a Bachelor of Chemistry degree from the University of Jordan, Jordan. Abdel-Jalil is the authored/co-authored of over 40-refereed scientific articles as of May 2016. His research interests include development of new methods in organic synthesis, synthesis of biological active compounds and chemical modification of stationary phases. Abdel-Jalil has developed several new methods in chiral and achiral synthesis of heterocyclic systems.