Academic Activities

Academic Activities:

07/91- 07/94: Head of the Directorate of Chemical and Glassware Stores at Salahaddin University.

09/00 - 12/04: Working as a Chemist in Merck KGaA Company of Chemical Production /Darmstadt - Germany.

05/05-08/10: Head of Soil and Water Science Dept. /College of Agriculture/University of Sulaimani / Iraq

It has been a priority for me since taking the Head of Soil Science Department at Faculty of Agricultural Sciences in May 2005 to update the programs in Soil Science. I was engaged to initiate in environmental science and have worked to integrate environmental issues into the curriculum as part of my efforts. This effort had many goals in my mind such as: firstly, to develop a corresponding program with the program of the same department at the Universities that have achieved significant progress within the index rankings of universities. Second, to improve the opportunities for the alumni for getting jobs by covering subjects that will help alumni to get more work. Third, to improve the overall status of environmental in Kurdistan by conducting excellent researches, providing stronger managing plane and better co-ordination to protect the natural resources.

The new program was also supported and appreciated by presidency of Sulaimani University, the faculty's Dean Dr. May Ibrahim Al-Jaff and most of the department's teaching staff. The program was launched in the academic year 2005-2006 and also has been addressed or applied by other similar departments across the Kurdistan region with a few changes. (Please note the following paragraphs of the department's profile;

http://agr.univsul.edu.iq/AGR-Depts/soil-and-water-science)

"The Department of Soil Science as with the other academic establishments of University of Sulaimani has paid significant attention to further education and scientific research and advancements. It has tried to guarantee scholarships internally and abroad for its alumni. Hence, the department announced the opening of three M.Sc. degrees in the academic year of 2001-2002 and three Soils based Ph.D. Degrees in the academic year of 2003-2004. The first Ph.D. degree in soils was awarded in 2007 (since then, 12 doctorate degrees have been awarded).

One of the department's fundamental aims has been to constantly update its programs to ensure they meet international standards. This has been done through partnership programs with similar departments in different international universities. This aim has been spurred by the constant struggle to service the Kurdistan region and also for Kurdistan to play its role in the international effort to protect the environment. Our hope is that this effort will reward our students with great future careers in their fields.

Head of the Department, Mr. Salih N. Majid, has made significant efforts to change the specialization field of the department Department of Soil Science into the Department of Soil Science and Water, his idea and thought was supported and appreciated by the college's Dean Dr. May Ibrahim Al-Jaff and all the department's teaching staff and he succeeded in the academic year of 2005-2006. The Head was able to achieve this change by working with different international universities with similar departments to transfer and learn from their programs. Latest figures put the department's subject changes at 17 out of 50. All of these subjects have been changed or replaced with new and up-to-date course all designed to maximize its service to the Kurdistan Region.

These changes have also been employed by other similar departments across the Kurdistan region with a few changes"

Seminar Titles:

1. Residual Risks of Water Chlorination on Human Health.
2. An Overview of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process.
3. Ozone and your Environment.
4. Environmental Managements.
5. Causes and effect of air pollution.
6. Environmental status of Sulaimani city.
7. The Environmental Impact of Dust Storm.
8. Analysis of Volatile and Semivolatile Hydrocarbons Recovered from Steam-Classified Municipal Solid Waste.
9. Protected area needs your support.
10. Cancer and the Environment: What causes cancer?
11. Environmental impact of Agriculture.
12. Environmental Science and ecological principles.
13. Mobile (cell) phone radiation and health risks.
14. Types of fertilizers and their application in Hawarishar project.
15. The impacts of Industrial Activity in Bazian Region/ Sulaimani Governorate upon the Air pollution.
16. Selenium deficiency and toxicity in the environment.

Members or Chairman of Board, Committees and Consultation Panel:

• Member of Scientific Consultation Office at Faculty of Agricultural Science
• Chairs of the committee for developing the curriculum program at Faculty of Agricultural Science.
• Supervisor of the Central Labs at Faculty of Agricultural Science
• Member of Scientific Consultation Board of CHARMO journal at Faculty of Agricultural Science.
• Administrator of the Department web page at the University of Sulaimani.
• Member of Environmental Consultation committee at Hawarishar Project in Sulaimani City.
• Member of Consultation Committee for establishment a Botanical Gardens in Sulaimani City.
• Member of Environmental Advisory Board by Ecocem, a Lafarge and Faruk Group affiliate for Bazian cement plants and Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) or Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF).
• Chairman or members of a bout 75 seventy five standing and special committees.
• Member of a number of examining committee for M. Sc. student thesis.
• Scientific evaluation of a number of M. Sc. student thesis.
• Scientific evaluation of a number of research papers.
• Member of Chemists Union of Kurdistan-Iraq.
• Member of the Agricultural Engineers of Kurdistan-Iraq.
• Member of higher committee at Earth Net - Sulaimani city.
• Member of higher committee at Green Kurdistan Association- Sulaimani city.

Attendance in Training Courses, Conferences, Seminars, Workshops and Other Activity:

1. Instrumental training course by WTW GmbH Company / Weilheim-Germany.
2. Instrumental training course by Foss Company/ Sweden and Denmark.
3. Instrumental training course by Al-al-Bayt University/Amman-Jordan
4. Scientific progress training course by Egyptian International Center for Agriculture
5. (EICA).
6. Attending in the conference of Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government).
7. Attending in the Environmental conference of Environment Friends Network (EFN) on 28^th July, 2012 in Sulaimani city.
8. Attending in the Environmental conference of Bazian District-Sulaimani Governorate on 28^th November, 2012.
9. Attending in the conference of General Directorate of Agriculture-Sulaimani on 4^th , June 2013 in Sulaimani city.
10. Attendingin the Environmental conference of Board of Protecting & Improving Environment –Kurdistan Regional Government during 5^th - 6^th June, 2013 in Hawler city.
11. Attending in the Environmental conference of Board of Protecting & Improving Environment –Kurdistan Regional Government during 11^th - 12^th June, 2013 in Raparin District (University of Raparin).
12. Attending in the first International Scientific Agricultural Conference during 20^th-21^th, November 2013/ Faculty of Agricultural Sciences/University of Sulaimani.
13. Participating in more than 140 different mass Medias, such as a TV and Radios and different Nets.
14. Attending of more than 25 workshop about the environmental issues and other scientific activities.
15. Holding of 16 seminars about the environmental issues and other scientific activities.
16. Witting and publishing of more than 20 scientific articles in different local journals.
17. Attending as a panel chair in the first scientific conference of Raparin University on the anniversary of the 5th March's Silver Jubilee Uprising of 1991's, entitled as " The progression Raprin and new inerpretationfor its entities" during 6^th- 7^th, March 2016.

I was a member for participation in an important research project about NASA's educational. The survey project was carried out by George Mason University Research Team under the supervision of Professor Ed Maibach at George Mason University, who was conducting this research.