PERSONAL DETAILS

Name                 Sehand Kamaluldeen Arif (Assistant Professor)

Date of Birth    26 September 1974

Nationality       Iraqi

Gender             Male

Languages        Kurdish, Arabic and English.

Marital status    Married

Home address   (St.416; Dist.6; House No.2) Rizgari- Sulaymaniyah -Iraq

Work Address:  Faculty of Science and Science Education at University of Sulaimani in Kurdistan Region,

E-Mail            Sahandphd@yahoo.com  / Sehand.arif@univsul.edu.iq

Mob. No.         00 964 770 220 6600

 

EDUCATION:

 1996    B.Sc., Biology Department, College of Science, Al-Mustansriah Universi

 1999   M.Sc., (Zoology) College of Science, Al-Mustansriah University

Ph.D., Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, Al-Mustansriah University 2006

EMPLOYMENT

 Lecturer of Medical Microbiology in biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani University

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2000       General biology laboratory, 1^st class, Biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani University

2001        Parasitology laboratory, 2^nd  class, Biology Department, College of Science,   Sulaimani University

2002          Invertebrate laboratory, 2^nd class, Biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani University.

2003              Immunology laboratory,3^rd class, Biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani   University

2006-10    General biology, 1^st class, College of Pharmacy, Sulaimani University.

2008-14   General Microbiology, 2^nd class, Biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani     University.

2006-15  Medical Microbiology, 4^th class, Biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani University.

2007-14    Advanced Medical Microbiology (MSc. and  Diploma - Microbiology) student, Biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani University

2007-13  Advanced Bacteriology (diploma- Molecular Microbiology), College of Veterinary Medicine

2008        Advanced Immunology (Diploma - Microbiology), Biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani University

2008        Advanced Virology (Diploma - Microbiology), Biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani University

2010       Advanced Antibiotics  (MSc - Microbiology), Biology Department, College of Science, Sulaimani University

2014      Advanced molecular diagnosis of infectious disease ( M.Sc-Microbiology).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 

1-Biofilm, formation, detection and inhibition,

2-Molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases (TB, HBC,HBV,...)

3-Pulsed Field Gel  Electrophoresis.

Supervision (2009-2015):-

PhD-Medical Microbiology (approved proposal)

1- GENETIC VARIATION IN CLINICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATES OF                V. CHOLERA ISOLATED DURING THE PAST OUTBREAKS IN KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ

MSc-Medical Microbiology:-

1-THE INCIDENCE OF DIARRHEAGENIC E. COLI AMONG CHILDREN IN KALAR DISTRICTS.

2-GENOTYPE ANALYSIS OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE S TYPHI ISOLATED FROM KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ.

3-COMPARISON OF PCR WITH THE ROUTINE PROCEDURE FOR DIAGNOSIS OF            M. TUBERCULOSIS (INCLUDING MDR-TB) IN SULAIMANIA GOVERNORATE.

4-EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES USED IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF M. TUBERCULOSIS

5- DETERMINATION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPES BY DIFFERENT MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES AMONG HCV POSITIVE PATIENTS IN SULAIMANIA PROVINCE. (UNDER SUPERVISION).

Diploma-Microbiology:-

1-RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS BY PCR ASSAY IN SULAIMANI CITY.

2-DETECTION OF DIARRHEAGENIC E. COLI BY MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION.

 3-MUTATION IN THE RPOB GENE OF RIFAMPIN RESISTANT MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS ISOLATED IN SULAIMANIA, IRAQ.

4-THE INCIDENCE OF INFECTION IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS OF SULAYMANIYAH PEDIATRIC TEACHING HOSPITAL.

 5-PREVALENCE OF MULTI DRUG RESISTANCE S. TYPHI IN PEDIATRIC AND GENERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL IN SULAIMANI CITY.

6- POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION METHOD FOR DETECTION OF TOXIGENIC VIBRIO CHOLERAE. .

PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND PUBLICATIONS

2008    5th Congress of Scientific Research Outlook in the Arab World: Scientific Innovation and Sustained Development during 26 - 30 October, 2008. Fez – Morocco. Organized by Arab Science & Technology Foundation (ASTF), Sharjah – UAE and the Moroccan National Ministry of Higher Education

2009   34th FEBS (European Federations of Biochemical Societies) Congress, Prague – Czech     Republic

2009     First European Congress on Microbial Biofilms – Rome, Italy September 2 – 5, 2009

 2015    40TH FEBS CONGRESS. The Biochemical Basis of Life. July 4–9, 2015 • Berlin, Germany