University of Duhok (UoD)

Academic Staff

May 31, 2026, 10:01 a.m.

Degrees Awarded

PhD in Plant Taxonomy 2014, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

MSc in Dendrology 2002, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

BSc in Plant Production 1996, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Teaching Experience

23 years of teaching undergraduate courses in the following subjects:
Forestry science (Dendrology), Horticulture, Plant Protection, and Plant Taxonomy

QA and Activities

Member of the following committees:

1- Member of Kurdistan Agronomist Syndicate from 1996 to 2025

2- Member of Kurdistan Teachers Union since 1996-2025

3- Member of the Department of Forestry committee 2015-2025

4- Member of the scientific committee of the forestry department, 2020-2023

Positions:

1-Director of the Registration of the College of Agriculture 2006-2008

2- Head of the Examination Committee for the Faculty of Agriculture, 2003-2004.

3- Head of the Examination Committee for the Faculty of Agriculture 2017-2018.

Conferences:

1- Presented at the 4th International Agricultural Conference (IAC-2023), Mosul, Iraq

Attending Workshop:

1-GIS application in Agroforestry 2025

Research

1- Taxonomic study on Paeonia L.,1753 (Paeoniaceae) from Iraq (2025). Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, Vol. 18 No. 3 (2025)

2- Rosa L. species identification using the Rbcl gene in Kurdistan Region, Iraq (2025). SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics,57(2):618-627.

3- Taxonomic Value of Leaf Epidermal Characters of the Genera Rosa L. and Rubus L. (Rosaceae) in Iraq. (2023), IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science: Volume 1213.Issue1.

4- Numerical taxonomy of the genus Rosa L. (Rosaceae) grown in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.(2023), SABRAO Journal of Breeding and Genetics 55 (2) 442-452.

5- A comparative systematic Study of the Genera Rosa L. and Rubus L. (Rosaceae) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (2014). Ph. D thesis Forestry Dep. University of Dohuk.

6- Numerical Taxonomy for Genus Crataegus L. (Rosaceae) in Northern Iraq (2007) Rafidain Journal of Science, Volume 18, Number 1, 15 – 1.

7- Crataegus azarolus var. sharania (Rosaceae), a new variety for the Flora of Iraq (2006), Nordic Journal of Botany, 23:713 717 Copenhagen. ISSN107-055X.

8- A systematic study of the genus Crataegus L. (Rosaceae) in the northern region of Iraq.(2002) - M.Sc. thesis submitted to the College of Agric. University of Dohuk (in Arabic).

Plant Taxonomy, Botany, Plant Anatomy, Numerical Taxonomy, Cytology, Dendrology, Chemical Taxonomy

Supervision of undergraduate student projects and seminars