Education - Shiraz University Ph.D. in cellular and molecular biology - Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, United States. Master’s degree in biotechnology - College of science/ university of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq. Bachelor’s degree in biology Certifications: - Certificate of appreciation / HCED, Prime Minister Office of Iraq - Teaching assistant / University of Basrah - Participation in the workshop on reading DNA sequences using NCBI secular web site / University of Basrah, college of science Fields of interest: - Biotechnology - Molecular biology - Cellular and molecular nutrition - Bioinformatics - Biochemistry Scientific skills and training: - DNA Recombinant Technology - Bacterial Transformation - SDS PAGE Technology - Fast protein liquid chromatography FPLC - Mass spectrometry MS - Western Blot - Protein Purification - PCR - ELISA - Ion exchange chromatography Fluorescence Spectroscopy Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy Dynamic Light Scattering UV-Visible Spectroscopy Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Raman Spectroscopy SDS-PAGE Chromatographic Techniques Protein-Protein Interaction Gene Expression ELISA - Gel filtration chromatograp