Horticulture and its Technologies
Faculty of Agriculture
Sanaa University

Summary:
I had B.S.,(June, 1986) with first honor, Tishreen University, Syria, then M.S. (1990-1993), Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, then Ph.D. (1993-1996, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.. I was Assistant Teacher 1986-1990, then Assistant professor, 1996 – 2000, then Associate professor, 2001 – 2007, then Professor (2008 – date), in Horticulture and its Technologies, Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University. I was the Head of Horticulture and its Technologies, Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University (2000 – 2016). I was the advisor of many students in graduate level, and I published many scientific papers and attended many conferences.

Education:
Ph.D., Horticulture (Fruits) and plant physiology (May, 1996, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Ph.D. Dissertation: Water use and physiological responses of apple trees and grapevines to water stress and cultural practices.

M.S., Horticulture (Fruits) and plant physiology (May, 1993, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
M.S. Thesis: The effect of trellis form on radiation interception and water use in grapevines.
B.S., General agricultural science (June, 1986) with first honor, Tishreen University, Syria.

Experience:
*Head of Horticulture and its Technologies, Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University (2000 – 2016).
*Professor (2008 – date), Horticulture and its Technologies, Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University.
*Associate professor (2001 – 2007), Horticulture and its Technologies, Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University.
*Assistant professor (1996 – 2000), Horticulture and its Technologies, Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University.
*Teaching the following courses:
A) Under graduate level
1) Fruit tree physiology
2) General fruit production
3) Horticulture crop production
4) Principles of horticulture
5) Deciduous fruit trees
6) Viticulture
7) Field training
8) Summer training
B) Graduate level
1) Fruits of arid areas
2) Research and thesis writing methods
3) Problems of fruit production

4) Fruit tree physiology-advance
5) Research methods and thesis writing
6) Fertilization and irrigation of fruit trees
6) Special studies
7) Discussions
*Graduate study
Advisor for eleven graduate students (MS degree). Five of them received the MS degree.
*Research work in:
1) Water relations of fruit trees
2) Environmental physiology of fruit trees
3) Introducing olive to Yemen
*Part time teaching (May, 1998 – January, 1999) at the Graduate school, the University of Science and Technology, Yemen.
Teaching the following courses:
1) Arid region plants
2) Plants and microclimate
3) Water relations of plants
4) Plant water requirements
5) English for agricultural sciences
*Participating in courses preparation for the technical education at the Ministry of Technical Education.
*Advisor for the Environment Protection Council/ Yemen: Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity Project
*A member of the Scientific Group at the Faculty of Agriculture, Sana’a University.
*Computer Experiences
Operating system: IBM and Macintosh
Software: Word (English and Arabic), excel, Minitab, Power point, End note, Cricket graph, and others.

Conferences and Workshops:

Conferences
Paper Title Name of Conference Year Location
Olive Introduction to Yemen and Propagation of Introduced Olive Cultivars and Wild Olive “Autom” Locally 2nd Conference for the continuous agriculture development, El-Fum 2002 Egypt
Whole Canopy Versus Single Leaf Gas Exchange Response to Water Stress in Cabernet Grapevines 5th Arabic Conference for Horticulture Sciences 2001 Egypt
The Sensitivity of Shoot, Fruit, Root Growth, and Photosynthesis of Apple Tree to Water Stress Early in the Season 6th International Conference for Dry Land Development, Cairo 1999 Egypt
Integrated Rainfall Management in the Republic of Yemen 12th annual conference of the Iraqi Agricultural Engineers Syndicates 1997 Iraq
The Effect of Trellis Form on Radiation Interception and Water Use in Grapevines 90th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Horticultural Science, Nashville, Tennessee 1993 USA

Research and scientific papers:

Published Papers
Paper Title Name of Journal Volume/Pages Year Location
Grading of Yemeni Raisin (Razigi cv.) Using Non-Contact Machine Vision Techniques Fayoum J. Agric. Res. &Dev. 23 (1): 86-93 2009 Egypt
Effect of Fruit Waxing on Local Pomegranate Fruit Storage Ability Under Long Cold Storage Condition Egyptian Journal of Applied Sciences 22(12A) 2007 Egypt
Effect of Drought on Yong Trees of Some introduced Olive Cultivars to Yemen Yemeni Journal of Biological Sciences 3:149-155 2007 Yemen
Morphological Discribtion and Fruit Analysis for Yemeni Local Peach (Hemiari and Kulasi) Yemeni Journal of Biological Sciences 3:143-148 2007 Yemen
Effect of Early and Late Thinging on Productivity and Fruit Quality of Peach Trees Sana’a Universtiy Journal for Science and Technology 3 2007 Yemen
Apreliminary Study on Fruiting and Propagation of Olive Cultivars (Olea europea) in Yemen Journal of Science and Technology 12(2) 2007 Yemen
Effect of Dusting Grapevines with Dust on Grapevine Photosynthesis Productivity 5(1):44-48. Journal of Science and Technology 5(1):44-48 2000 Yemen
Effect of SomeTraditional Treatments on Grapevine Fruits (Rasqi) Prepared for Raisin Production Egyptian Journal of Applied Sciences 15(10):165-177 2000 Egypt
Studying the Effect of Removing Fruit Stems and Treating its Place with Waxes on the Storage Period and Fruit Quality of Navel Orange Fruits Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences 31 2000 Iraq
Reasons for Avoiding Nitrogen Fertilizer Use in Yemeni Vineyards Journal of Science and Technology 4:35-39 1999 Yemen