Background
Kiwan, Abdul Mageed Metwally was born on April 19, 1934 in Shibin El-Kom, Menofiya, Egypt. Son of Metwally and Fatima (Al Khateeb) Kiwan.
Kiwan, Abdul Mageed Metwally was born on April 19, 1934 in Shibin El-Kom, Menofiya, Egypt. Son of Metwally and Fatima (Al Khateeb) Kiwan.
Bachelor of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1956. Master of Science, Ain Shams University, Egypt, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Leeds University, United Kingdom, 1965.
Researcher National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, 1965-1969. Research associate Leeds University, United Kingdom, 1969-1971. Associate professor Kuwait University, 1971-1978, professor chemistry, 1978-1990.
Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1983. Professor chemistry United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirate, since 1991. Chairman chemical department, 1994.
Reviewer, translator Arabic Version Journal of Scientific American, Kuwait, since 1985. Referee Journal Kuwait University Faculty of Science, 1978-1990, Gulf Science Journal, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, since 1980.
Fellow Royal Society Chemistry (chartered chemist, chairman organization committee 1st UAEU symposium on materials science 1993, chairman organization committee regional symposium on chemical education 1995). Member American Chemical Society.
Married Angela Mina Griffiths, September 11, 1965. Children: Dina, Sarah, Nadia.