Education: 1992      Ph. D. degree / Microbiology, Dept. of Biology / University of Essex, England, UK.   1986      Postgraduate Diploma degree / Microbiology, Dept. of Biology, University of Essex, England, UK.   1975        B. Sc. Microbiology, Dept. of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad.   1971          Baccalaureate, Scientific Division, Erbil Secondary School, Erbil, Iraq.   Training Courses:   1-    Serum Protein and Hemoglobin Electrophoresis, Central Public Health Lab. Baghdad, 1st-14th of June, 1979. 2-    Isolation and Identification of Vibrio cholera, Central Public Health Lab. Baghdad, 1-14/ 1977. 3-    Isolation and Identification of Enteric bacteria, Central Public Health lab. Baghdad, 1-30/6/ 1976.      Conferences and Workshops:   1-    First Higher Education Conference, University of Salahaddin, Erbil, 21st-24th April, 2001. 2-    Examiner Workshop Program, Organized by Kurdish Scientific and Medical Association (KSMA, London) in collaboration with Salahaddin University, College of Medicine, held on 14/11/ 2003 3-    New Trends in Medical Education, Organized by WHO, held at College of Medicine, University of Salahaddin, Erbil, 13-16/9/ 2003.       Ph.D Thesis Title: Immunological Approaches to the ecology of Arthrobacter in                                Soil.   Experience:  2013 – to date: Head of Department of Microbiology/ College of Health Sciences/ Hawler Medical University 2006-2013: Head of Department of Microbiology/ College of Medicine/ Hawler Medical University   2000-2006: Assistant Dean, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University/ Erbil, Iraq. 2002-2003: Consultant Bacteriologist at Food and Agricultural organization (FAO) (Part time Job) Erbil Sector.   1998 to date: Senior lecturer, Dept. of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine / University of Salahaddin. 1998 to date: Supervised eleven M.Sc. Students and two Ph.D students  in the field of Diagnostic Microbiology.  1994-1998: Head of Department of Microbiology, Central Public Health Lab. Baghdad / Iraq. 1986- 1992: Postgraduate Scholarship, Ministry of Higher Education / Iraq. 1978-1981: Head of department of Microbiology, Central Public Health Lab. Erbil, Iraq.

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