Awards
Ø Loughborough University Chemistry Department Award for Distinction in the M.Sc. Program (1994).
Ø A two-month DAAD-sponsered research award at the Institute of Pharmacy/Hamburg University (
Ø The Jordan University Prize for Distinguished Research Projects in 2004-2005 for the paper entitled: “Ligand-Based Assessment of Factor Xa Binding Site Flexibility via Elaborate Pharmacophore Exploration and Genetic Algorithm-Based QSAR Modeling.” Published in the European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2005, 40(7), 701-727.
Ø The Prize of The Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education for Distinguished Research Projects in 2008 for the paper entitled: "Effects of variable docking conditions and scoring functions on the qualities of protein aligned CoMFA models constructed from diverse h-PTP 1B inhibitors. Mutasem O. Taha*, Murad AlDhamin. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2005, 48, 8016-8034."