Education Background

Graduate Education in the USA:

Oklahoma State University. M. S. 1992 (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics). Stillwater, Oklahoma

Oklahoma State University. Ph.D. 1998 (Microbiology, Cell and Molecular Biology). Stillwater, Oklahoma

Postdoctoral Training:          

1- April 1998-March 2000; Postdoctoral Associate, Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

2- April 1, 2000 until Sep. 30, 2000; Postdoctoral Fellow and Manager of DNA Microarray Laboratory, Yerkes Primate Center, Neuroscience Division, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

2. Additional Training:                      

Oct. 24-29, 1987 Techniques of Parasitological Laboratory Investigation.  Kuwait Institute for Medical Specialization, College of Public Health, Ministry of Public Health, Kuwait

Oct. 1987 to April 1988

Medical Laboratory Studies in Microbiology.  Six-month training course for Clinical Microbiologists offered by Ministry of Public Health, Kuwait

July 20-28, 1999        

Using Seqlab to analyze sequences.  Creating and deleting sequences, aligning sequences, searching databases for similar sequences, searching for consensus sequence motifs. Training workshop, Training and Development Department, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

Aug - Dec. 1999        

Animal Nutrition and Metabolism. Basic animal nutrition and feeding. Taught by Dr. Michael Azain. Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

April 21-24, 2000       

Preparation and Analysis of DNA Biochips: Preparation of total RNA from cultured cell pellet. In vitro transcription and fluorescent labeling of RNA. Robotic printing and hybridization of DNA microarrays. Imaging and quantitative analysis of DNA Microarray. Genomic Solutions, Inc.  Ann Arbor, Michigan

July 6-8, 2001

21^st Annual mini-symposium of the “Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology Workshop” Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

June  8, 2001 

New technologies and application in toxicology. FDA/CFSAN. Mod-1 FDA Campus, Laurel, Maryland

August 3-14, 2002    

Training in building bacterial infrared databases to identify different species and different strains. The training included cluster analysis algorithm and Neural Network as well as hands-on use of the new technology in detecting microcolonies and the possibility of using Microarray bacterial printing to build a database. Robert Koch Institute. Dr. Dieter Naumann’s lab. Berlin, Germany           

Feb. 8-10, 2006          

TRAC32: Nanotechnology in Medicine. The Foundation for Advanced Education in Sciences, Inc. at the National Institutes of Health. Bethesda MD