Associate Professor of Plant Tissue Culture

·   Cell Suspension Culture of Hypericum  Perforatum L. as an attractive alternative for Production of Medical Compounds;

·   Comparative study of growth and production of active compounds and biosynthesis of Nano-silver by callus and cell suspensions of Balanites Aegyptiaca (Heglig) plant;

·   Micro-propagation of Aglaonema Sp.by plant tissue culture as alternative technique for commercial production of economic ornamental plants.

·   Some research activities are being implemented in coordination with Faculty of science of Azhar University e.g. (The comparative study of growth and production of active compounds and biosynthesis of Nano-silver by callus and cell suspensions of Balanites  Aegyptiaca (Heglig) plant);

·   Participating in supervising graduation projects of BSc students of agronomy department of faculty of agriculture – Ain Shams University.

Associate Professor and Head of Tissue Culture Unit

2-      Teaching the following theoretical and practical courses for BSc. Students of different levels:

·         Hormones and Plant Tissue Culture (level four)

·         Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (level four)

·         Plant Biotechnology ( level four)

·         Basic Plants Classification (level two)

·         Plant and environmental pollution (level four)

·         Plant Physiology (level three)

3-      Thesis and researches projects supervision for MSc and PhD students on different subjects matters.

4-      Design and establishment of Plant Tissue Culture and Plant Biotechnology Laboratory within the Department of Biology including institutional structure.

5-      Design and implementation of different researches in the field of: Medicinal herbs that domain in Yemen environment using different techniques for extraction and measuring antioxidant activities, antimicrobial activities as effective elements for treating diabetes and high blood pressure.

6-      Coordinating and supervising the scientific field visits and activities of the students

7-      Participation in the committee for developing different curriculums for different levels.

8-      Overall and day to day management of the tissue culture unit.

Volunteer Expert on  Natural treatment of Nematode through using local natural herbs from Yemeni Origin as alternatives to chemicals

1. Design, planning, implementation of different related activities,
2. identification and classification of plants selected for the experiment for treatment of nematode
3. Preparation of different and progress reports.
4. Carrying out different periodical tests and inspections on examined soil
5. Application of the gained results on some economical crops and analyzing of different data and results.
6. Monitoring and follow up of the different activities
7. Providing feedback and recommendations to EPA based on lessons learned for improving the process.

• Lecturer in Horticulture and Forestry Department,
• Researcher in Genetic Resources Center.
• Head of Unconventional Crops – Protected Agriculture Center

• Worked in developing the curriculum of Science for 4,5 and 6 Classes of basic education.
• Foundation of the tissue culture unit within the faculty of science of Sana’a University with the main objective of production of rare and endangered  wild plants, as well as plants difficult to propagate.
• Founder and member of female academic forum of Sana’a University and head of training and qualification committee of the forum (Dec. 2014 – to date).
• Student activities supervision (March 2012 to March 2014).
• Deputy head of academia of Sana’a university (2015 to date)
• Member in Together To Live Initiative for war affected people- voluntary activities (May 2015 to date)
• Volunteer in natural treatment of nematode using local natural herbs as alternatives for chemical treatments. – Environment Protection Authority  (EPA). (Jan. 2012 to Jan. 2013)

• Head of plant section of biology department of faculty of science (2013- 2016.
• Member of the control committee for the exams of different departments of faculty of science (2013 and 2014).
• Member of a committee on setting standards for admission of students in different department (2015 and 2016).
• Member  of committee on acceptance of Post-graduation students (MSc and PhD Students) (2012 and 2013)

• Participated with a country paper on Yemen’s Science. Technology and Innovation Profile, in Malaysia Technical cooperation program – science, technology and innovation management training course for researches in OIC countries , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – 4-13/10/2015.
• Participation the conference on women in science for sustainable development –investigation of antioxidants and antibacterial effects of Dodonea viscose Fragria x ananas duch and Vernonia amygdalina leaves. Taiz 2014.
• Participation the conference on women in science for sustainable development – Phytochemical screening, total phenolics and antioxidant and antibacterial activities of callus from Brassica nigra l., hypocotyls explant. Ibb- 2013.
• Participated in the International Conference on Women in Science and Technology in the Arab Countries, Kuwait (April 21-23, 2013).
• Participated in a training course on plant tissue culture Malaysia- 14/8 to 28/8/2006.
• Participated in Middle East and Northern African Business Women’s Summit –Tunisia (2005).
• Participated in the workshop on Responsible Science and Safe Laboratory Practices at Sana’a University, Sana’a – 29-30 December 2014.
• Participated, as a representative of the Centre for Environment protected agricultural, in the Festival of the Faculty of Agriculture for ornamental plants and flowers for the period 2014.
• Participation in several exhibitions on medicinal plants and drugs manufactured locally at the College of Pharmacology during the period 2012 – 2014.
• Participated in and coordinated all workshops carried out by the Genetic resource Centre in Sana’a, Taiz and Aden.
• Participated in the annual scientific conference organized by the scientific annual Journal of the Faculty of Science.

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