University of Duhok (UoD)

Academic Staff

May 31, 2026, 10:44 a.m.

Degrees Awarded

-PhD. in Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition (2008), UoM, Iraq.

-MSc. in Soil Science (1997), UoS, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq.

-BSc. in Soil Science (1984), UoS, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq.

Teaching Experience

Professional Experience

1- Teaching undergraduate courses Fundamentals of Soil Science. Since, 1993-1996 as demonstrator, 1998-2006, 2012-2013 and 2015-2016 as lecture.

2- Teaching undergraduate courses in irrigation and drainage. Since, 1993-1996 as demonstrator and 1998-2006 as lecturer.

3- Teaching undergraduate courses in Soil Fertility and fertilization. Since, 1993-1996 as demonstrator and 1998- Until now as lecturer.

4- Teaching undergraduate courses in Plant Nutrition. Since, 1996-2006 as demonstrator and as lecturer 1998- until now as lecture.

5- Teaching undergraduate courses in Aquatic Chemistry, 2006-2012.

6- Teaching undergraduate courses in Soil, Plant, Water relationships. 2007- 2008, and 2011- until now as Lecturer.

7- Teaching undergraduate courses in Agric. Experimental Design and analysis.1998-2004.

8- Teaching undergraduate courses in Hydrology, 2008-2010.

9- Teaching advanced courses for M.Sc. students in Soil, Plant, and Water relationships 2008- 2012, 2013-2014.and 2014-2015.

10- Teaching advanced courses for M.Sc. students in Soil Fertility and fertilization 2008- 2013, 2014-2015, 2016-217, 2020-2021, 2022-2023

11- Teaching advanced courses for M.Sc. students in Plant Nutrition, 2008-2012. 2013-2014, 2016-2017, 2021-2022.

12- Teaching advanced courses for M.Sc. students in Soil Fertility and fertilization 2010-2011. College of Agric. University of Salahaddin/ Erbil Kurdistan region/Iraq.

13-Teaching advanced courses for M.Sc. students in Fertility fertilizer technology and Use, 2008-2010.

14- Teaching advanced courses for Ph. D. students in Plant nutrients physiology 2015-2016.

15-Teaching advanced courses for M.Sc. students in Soil, Plant, and Water relationships 2008- 2012, 2013-2014.and 2014-2015.

16- Teaching advanced courses for Ph. D. students in Plant Nutrition, 2021-2022.

17- Teaching advanced courses for Ph.D. students in Soil, Plant, and Water relationships 2021-2022.

18- Teaching advanced courses for Ph.D. students in topics in soil fertility 2021-2022.

19- Teaching advanced courses for Ph.D. students wastewater treatment 2021-2022.

Employment

1991-1993 Agricultural engineer in Kurdistan reconstruction organization.

1993-1994 Demonstrator in Plant Production Dept., College of Agric. University of Duhok/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.

1998- 2000 Assistant Lecturer at Dept. of Soil and Water, College of Agric. University of Duhok/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.

2000-2001 Vis Head in Plant Production Dept. College of Agric. University of Duhok/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.

2001- 2005 Lecturer at Dept. of Soil and Water, College of Agric. University of Duhok/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.

2002-2003 Representative of Lecturer Staff of college in college committee. College of Agric. University of Duhok/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.

2006-2008 Lecturer, at Dept. of Soil and Water, College of Agric. University of Duhok/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.

2008-2012 Head of Soil and Water Dept. College of Agric. at University of Duhok/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.

2008-2016 Member and Director of Agricultural Consultant Bureau at Faculty of Agric. And forestry at University of Duhok/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.

2019-2024 Head of Soil and Water Dept. College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.

QA and Activities

Attended Conferences

1- The 4th. Conference For Challenges of Agricultural Modernization College of Agriculture of Chiro- Egypt from 3-5 November- 2009. (Presentation).

2- International conference on Revitalizing Research in Kurdistan- ministry of Higher Education and Scientific research- Erbil – Kurdistan Region Iraq.14-16 December 2010. (Guest, Participant).

3- The1st.Scientific Agricultural Conference. 10-12/ April/ 2012. Faculty of Agric. and Forestry. Univ. of Duhok.

4- The 4Th. Kurdistan conference on biological sciences under the theme of " for a

better life", 8-10/ May /2012. College of Science / Univ. of Duhok. (Guest, Participant)

5- The 1st. International Scientific Agricultural Conference. Faculty of Agric. Scie. and Association of Kurdistan Academicians, November 20th. -21st.2013. Sulaymaniyah- Kurdistan Region- IRAQ. (Presentation).

6- The 2nd. Scientific Agricultural Conference 26-27/ April/ 2016. College of Agriculture, University of Duhok. Iraqi Kurdistan Region. (Presentation).

Training and Workshops

1- Training programmer on Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry. UNESCO- University of Duhok. 25/6/2001 to 30/6/2001.

2- Course in the Completing Intensive English Class. College of Arts., University of Duhok. Sponsored by AHEAD project-USAID, University of Hawaii, September 18, to October 17, 2004.

3- Course in Methods of Teaching and Developing of Academic Education. College of Basic Education, University of Duhok. November 2, 2004.

4- Workshop on Soil and Water. (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria. Sponsored by AHEAD project, University of Hawaii. February 12-18/ 2005.

5- Workshop on quality assurance under the title: curriculum development. Univ. of Duhok, Directorate of quality assurance, September/17/2011.

6- Workshop on quality assurance about Delphi project. Univ. of Duhok, Directorate of quality assurance. October/27/2011.

7- Workshop on quality assurance under the title: The University Staff Development Program. Univ. Univ., of Duhok, Directorate of quality assurance, November /16/2011.

8- Workshop on quality assurance under the title: Leading University Institution as Learning Organization. University of Duhok, Directorate of quality assurance, November /17/2011

9- Training programmer on Atomic Absorption Spectrophotomer. Shimadzu- type

Model 6700 AC University of Duhok. College of Agriculture 2013

10-Training course on Thermo Fisher Scientific, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrophotometry (ICP OES7000), Held by MESLO Egypt & North Africa SCIENTIFIC Companies, at New Standard Company, from 7-10/August /2018.

11-Training course on Thermo Fisher Scientific Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (IS50 FT-IR), Omnic Software and Troubleshooting, Held by MESLO Egypt & NORTH AFRICA SCIENTIFIC Companies, at New Standard company, from 7-10/August /2018

12- Training course on Near Infrared Diode Array 7250(DA7250) held by Perten instruments a PerkinElmer company/ Perten Middle East Support office at New Standard Company, from 22-31 Oct. and 31 Nov. /2018.

13- Training course on Thermo Fisher Scientific, High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC U-3000), and Chromeleon 7, Held by MESLO Egypt & NORTH AFRICA SCIENTIFIC Companies, at New Standard company, from 22-24/December /2018

14- Workshop Course about Details of Standard Requirements, Documentation, and Risk Based View based on ISO/IEC17025, held by Intertek Turkey Company for Total Quality Assured, at New Standard Company for Testing and Quality Control. 2-3 November/2018

15- Workshop Course about ISO/ 19011:2011, bases on ISO 17025, held by Intertek Turkey Company for Total Quality Assured. / Istanboul Turkey from 27-28/ December/2018.

16- Workshop on Water testing depending on enzymatic methods, held by Bureau AL-Taqadum Al- Elmi, representative of USA- IDEXX company. Baghdad/ 8/April/2019.

17- Training course on Thermo Fisher Scientific, NIR-OMNIC basic user, Held by MESLO Egypt & NORTH AFRICA SCIENTIFIC Companies, at New Standard company, from 224-25/June/2019.

Other Activities

- Monitor-with FAO-Dohuk sub office (Soil survey project) 2001-2002

- Supervisor with FAO-Duhok sub. Office (Soil test calibration and Conservation projects)

- Program of development apples of Barwari Bala- Ministry of Agriculture and water resources (Lecture in Irrigation system), June 2008.

- Program of Irrigation Management-USAID in collaboration with ENMAA Company, (Director and Lecture in Irrigation management), 31Jabuary- 4 February 2010.

- Member of the drought committee at Duhok Governorate.

- JICA/Sabat expert team project of (Capacity development project for the Researcher. Staff in Agricultural research station and Agricultural Extension Departments in KRI 2024-2026.

Reviewer of many Scientific International Journals.

Participating in many scientific committees to discuss MSc and PhD theses.

Editorial board member of the Scientific Journal at Duhok University (2012- 2014).

Head of Scientific Committee in Soil and Water Science Department, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok for several years.

Evaluate the Produced Compost and Vermicompost Locally, According to Some
Physical, Chemical, and Biological Standards of the Compost. Euphrates Journal
of Agricultural Sciences. Vol. 17(3), 2025, ISSN 2072-3857.
Evaluating the vermicast produced from organic municipal waste of Duhok city with bulking agents using Eisenia foetida earthworms. Annals of forest Research. 67(1): 25-40, 2024.
Assessment of filter efficiency in recycling wastewater for irrigation purposes using physicochemical process in Semel District/Duhok-KR, Iraq. Annals of Forest Research. Vol. 67(1):41-45, 2024.
Effect of irrigation water salinity and temperature on ammonia volatilization from calcareous soil. Journal of University of Duhok., Vol. 24, No.1 (Agri. and Vet. Sciences), 120-133, 2021.
Effect of phosphate Fertilizer on growth and yield components of five bread
wheat varieties. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences. Vol. (6) 48: 2017–1796-1804.
- Response of some bread Wheat (Triticum aeastivum L.) Cultivars to Nitrogen Levels. Kufa Journal for Agriculture Sciences. Vol. (4) 9. 2017.
Bread wheat varieties influenced by different levels of Nitrogen and Phosphorous
Grown In Calcareous Soil. ISAC (US) 036.
Phosphorous Behavior from Different Fertilizer Resources in Some Calcareous Soils- Kurdistan Region-Iraq. The 2nd, Scientific Agricultural Conference 26-27/ April/ 2016. College of Agriculture, University of Duhok. Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Influence of Different Levels of Phosphorous on Some Sunflower Genotypes Grown In Calcareous Soil. SYLWAN, Journal. Vol. 159: issue 10 (ISSN: 0039- 7660), 2015.
Effect Of Heavy Metal Ions On The Growth, Sporulation and Pathogenicty of Isaria Javanica = (Paecilomyces Javanicus). International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences and Technology. 20 (2) 2014. ISSN 2229- 6107. Available online at www.ijopaasat.in.
Combined effect of Iron and wheat genotypes on seedling tissue concentration of Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn. Journal of Agric- Food and Applied Sciences (JAAS).Vol.2 NO. 3, PP. 60-66, 31 March, 2014.
Bread wheat varieties influenced by different levels of Nitrogen and phosphorous grown in calcareous soil. The 1st. International Scientific Agricultural Cnference. Faculty of Agric. Scie. And Association of Kurdistan Academicians, November 20th. -21st.2013. Sulaymaniyah- Kurdistan Region- IRAQ.
- Effect of water quality on growth and yield of (Zea mays L.) in calcareous soil from Erbil provenance in Kurdistan Region- Iraq. J. of university of Kirkuk for Agric. Scie. Vol.4 No. 2- 2013. (in Arabic).
Comparison between Calcimetric and Titrimetric Methods for Calcium Carbonate Determination. Open J. of Soil Science. Vol. 2 No.3. 2012.
Potassium effect on the efficiency of zinc utilization by barley varieties. Al-Anbar J. of Agric. Sci., Vol.: 8 No. (4), Special issue for conference, 2010 ISSN: 1992-7479.
Seed size and seed quality effects on seedling growth of barley varieties grown in Fe and Zn deficient calcareous soil. Mesopotamia J. of Agric. 2010. Vol. (38) No. (4). ISSN: 1815-316X.
Screening for iron- efficient and iron- inefficient barley varieties grown in iron deficient calcareous soil. The 4th. Conference for challenges of agricultural modernization College of agriculture of chiro- Egypt from 3-5 November- 2009.
Screening for barley varieties and its efficiency to uptake some micronutrients and its adaptation under calcareous soil conditions. Ph. D. Thesis, College of Agriculture and Forestry, Dept. of soil and water. University of Mousil.2008.
Influence of drought on some underground water in Duhok –Kurdistan region /Iraq. Journal of Dohuk University, Vol.8 No. 2 (2005).
Effect of soil type and irrigation water on tomato seedling intensity infection with Pythium aphanidedermatum (Eds.) Fitzp. Zanco J. Vol.16 No.4 (2004). University of Salahaddin- Erbil-Iraq
Classification of some underground water in Duhok Governorate for Irrigation and drinking Purpose. Journal of Duhok University, Vol.3 No. 2 (2000).
M.Sc. Thesis title “Evaluation of some wells and springs water in Duhok Governorate for drinking and irrigation purposes” M. Sc. Thesis, College of Science Dept. of Biology. University of Salahaddin/ Erbil/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.1997.

Supervision of postgraduate students (5 M.Sc. students and 2 PhD students), and now he has 1 (MSc and PhD) student in progress.

Evaluate the Produced Compost and Vermicompost Locally, According to Some
Physical, Chemical, and Biological Standards of the Compost. Euphrates Journal
of Agricultural Sciences. Vol. 17(3), 2025, ISSN 2072-3857.
Evaluating the vermicast produced from organic municipal waste of Duhok city with bulking agents using Eisenia foetida earthworms. Annals of forest Research. 67(1): 25-40, 2024.
Assessment of filter efficiency in recycling wastewater for irrigation purposes using physicochemical process in Semel District/Duhok-KR, Iraq. Annals of Forest Research. Vol. 67(1):41-45, 2024.
Effect of irrigation water salinity and temperature on ammonia volatilization from calcareous soil. Journal of University of Duhok., Vol. 24, No.1 (Agri. and Vet. Sciences), 120-133, 2021.
Effect of phosphate Fertilizer on growth and yield components of five bread
wheat varieties. The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences. Vol. (6) 48: 2017–1796-1804.
- Response of some bread Wheat (Triticum aeastivum L.) Cultivars to Nitrogen Levels. Kufa Journal for Agriculture Sciences. Vol. (4) 9. 2017.
Bread wheat varieties influenced by different levels of Nitrogen and Phosphorous
Grown In Calcareous Soil. ISAC (US) 036.
Phosphorous Behavior from Different Fertilizer Resources in Some Calcareous Soils- Kurdistan Region-Iraq. The 2nd, Scientific Agricultural Conference 26-27/ April/ 2016. College of Agriculture, University of Duhok. Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Influence of Different Levels of Phosphorous on Some Sunflower Genotypes Grown In Calcareous Soil. SYLWAN, Journal. Vol. 159: issue 10 (ISSN: 0039- 7660), 2015.
Effect Of Heavy Metal Ions On The Growth, Sporulation and Pathogenicty of Isaria Javanica = (Paecilomyces Javanicus). International Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences and Technology. 20 (2) 2014. ISSN 2229- 6107. Available online at www.ijopaasat.in.
Combined effect of Iron and wheat genotypes on seedling tissue concentration of Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn. Journal of Agric- Food and Applied Sciences (JAAS).Vol.2 NO. 3, PP. 60-66, 31 March, 2014.
Bread wheat varieties influenced by different levels of Nitrogen and phosphorous grown in calcareous soil. The 1st. International Scientific Agricultural Cnference. Faculty of Agric. Scie. And Association of Kurdistan Academicians, November 20th. -21st.2013. Sulaymaniyah- Kurdistan Region- IRAQ.
- Effect of water quality on growth and yield of (Zea mays L.) in calcareous soil from Erbil provenance in Kurdistan Region- Iraq. J. of university of Kirkuk for Agric. Scie. Vol.4 No. 2- 2013. (in Arabic).
Comparison between Calcimetric and Titrimetric Methods for Calcium Carbonate Determination. Open J. of Soil Science. Vol. 2 No.3. 2012.
Potassium effect on the efficiency of zinc utilization by barley varieties. Al-Anbar J. of Agric. Sci., Vol.: 8 No. (4), Special issue for conference, 2010 ISSN: 1992-7479.
Seed size and seed quality effects on seedling growth of barley varieties grown in Fe and Zn deficient calcareous soil. Mesopotamia J. of Agric. 2010. Vol. (38) No. (4). ISSN: 1815-316X.
Screening for iron- efficient and iron- inefficient barley varieties grown in iron deficient calcareous soil. The 4th. Conference for challenges of agricultural modernization College of agriculture of chiro- Egypt from 3-5 November- 2009.
Screening for barley varieties and its efficiency to uptake some micronutrients and its adaptation under calcareous soil conditions. Ph. D. Thesis, College of Agriculture and Forestry, Dept. of soil and water. University of Mousil.2008.
Influence of drought on some underground water in Duhok –Kurdistan region /Iraq. Journal of Dohuk University, Vol.8 No. 2 (2005).
Effect of soil type and irrigation water on tomato seedling intensity infection with Pythium aphanidedermatum (Eds.) Fitzp. Zanco J. Vol.16 No.4 (2004). University of Salahaddin- Erbil-Iraq
Classification of some underground water in Duhok Governorate for Irrigation and drinking Purpose. Journal of Duhok University, Vol.3 No. 2 (2000).
M.Sc. Thesis title “Evaluation of some wells and springs water in Duhok Governorate for drinking and irrigation purposes” M. Sc. Thesis, College of Science Dept. of Biology. University of Salahaddin/ Erbil/ Kurdistan region/ Iraq.1997.