CURRICULUM VITAE
PERSONALName: / Prof. Fawzi AL Sheyab
Present Rank : / Full Professor
Place of Birth : / Irbid, Jordan.
Nationality : / Jordanian
Marital Status : / Married
Dr. Fawzi AL Sheyab
PRESENT ADDRESS
NCARE: P.O.BOX 639-Baq'a19381-Amman- Jordan
E-mail: fawzish@ ncare.gov.jo
Tel: (+962 6)4726680
Mobile: (00962) 795289581
Fax: (+962 2)4726099 / JUST: Department of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering
Faculty of Science
Jordan University of Science and Technology
P.O. Box 3030
Irbid- 22110- Jordan
E-mail:
Mobile: (00962) 795289581
Fax: (962)2-7201071
EDUCATION
Ph D / Biotechnology, University of Arkansas, USA, 1999.Title of Thesis: Analysis Of Estrogen Receptor Genotype Affects On Egg Production In Broiler Breeder Line (Chicken).
MSc / Microbiology, Georgia State University, USA, 1993
Title of Thesis: Effects Of Combinations Of Polyhexamethylen Biguanide (PHMB) & Phosphate Amine Quaternarys (INT, SF) On Growth Of Aspergillus Fumigateus.
BSc / Biology, Baghdad University, Iraq, 1980.
Area of Specialization:
Biotechnology
AREAS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST:
- Characterization of species-specific DNA modification system in Listeria monocytogenes
- Genes Controlling Dimorphic Growth of Candida albicans.
- Gene Analysis of Male Infertility in the Chicken, Effect of Estrogen Receptor on Meat Production in Poultry.
- Molecular Genetics Analysis of Populations for Species at Risk in Jordan analysis of W-Chromosome Evolution in Ostrich & Emus and other.
LANGUGES:
-Arabic: Mother tongue
-English§ Speaking: excellent
§ Reading : excellent
§ Writing: excellent / - French
Speaking: excellent
Reading : excellent
Writing: excellent
COMPUTER:
Good working knowledge of Windows, MS-Office applications, Internet.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1. BASIC BIOTECHNOLOGY
2. BASICS IN BIOLOGY
3. BIO-COMPUTING
4. BIOCHEMISTRY
5. FIELD TRAINING
6. GENERAL BIOLOGY
7. GENERAL BIOLOGY (1)
8. GENERAL BIOLOGY (2)
9. GENETICS
10. IMMUNOLOGY & SEROLOGY
11. LABORATORY MANAGEMENT
12. MICROBIAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
13. MOLECULAR GENETICS
14. PRACTICAL TRAINING IN BIOLOGY
15. SELECTED TOPICS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (C)
16. SPECIAL TOPICS
17. SPECIAL TOPICS (C)
18. SPECIAL TOPICS IN HUMAN GENETICS
UNIVERSITY EXTRAMURAL POSITIONS:
At the university level:
The university year book committee
Student complain committee
University tender committee.
At the faculty level:
· Scientific research committee
· Evaluation form for faculty members committee
· Graduate studies committee
At the department level
· Scientific research committee
· Comprehensive exam committee for medical technology students
· Tender committee
· Graduate student committee
· Field training committee for students of Medical Technology and Applied Biology
· Member of Social committee
· Member of internet committee
· Member of course schedule committee
Outside The University
· Member of the Association of Arab Geologists
· Member of the Association of faculty members in Jordanian universities
· Head of the society of Jordan university of science and technology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2011-2016:2012- present : / Full Professor-JUST
General Director of National Center For Agricultural Research And Extension (NCARE)
2012 : / President of Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA)
2011 : / Head, Department of Biology, and Biotechnology-JUST
2007-2011 : / Associate Professor-JUST
2005-2007 : / Head, Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering-JUST
2000-2007 : / Assistant Professor-JUST
1999-2000 : / Full-time lecturer at JUST
1996-1999 : / Teaching & research Assistant (TA) at Department of Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. USA. Responsibility: Teaching Microbiology Labs, Physiology Lab and Biochemical Genetics, USA.
1994-1995 : / TA at Applied Biological Sciences-JUST
1993-1994 : / Supervisor of Medical Lab. At Health center-JUST
1991-1993 : / TA &technician at Georgia State university-Atlanta, Georgia, USA
1986-1987 : / Oral Pathology, Dental School technician, Glassgow, Scotland, UK.
1981-1991 : / Senior Technician at Health Center-JUST
1980-1981 : / Supervisor of Medical Lab. At Karak hospital-Ministry of Health-Jordan
AWARDS:
2000 / The American Academy of continuing Medical Education/ First UAE international Conference on Biological and Medical Physics1993: / Microbiology Teaching award- American Society for Microbiology-USA-JUST
1991-1993: / Fulbright Scholarship-JUST
INTERNATIONAL CONFERANCES & WORKSHOPS:
1. 2017, 16-18 May. "Regional Travelling Workshop- Project on Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries". Tunisia.
2. 2017, 9-11 May. Workshop in the Near East and North Africa Region "Strengthening national capacities on plant genetic resources in the context of the Global Information System of the International Treaty". Egypt.
3. 2017, 3-4 May. "Consultation Workshop on ICARDA New Strategy for 2017-2026". Morocco.
4. 2017, 20-21 March. "Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture (GFIA)". UAE.
5. 2016, 7-8 December. "3rd Steering Committee meeting of the Project: Enhancing Food Security in Arab Countries- Phase II". Egypt.
6. 2016, 4-8 December. "Workshop on Precision Agriculture in the Middle East". Jordan.
7. 2016, 9-11 November. "7th Steering Committee meeting of the MENA-DELP Regional Project: MENA Desert Ecosystems and Livelihoods knowledge sharing and coordination Project". Morocco.
8. 2016, 24-25 October. "National Workshop on Water Resources Management in A Changing Climate". Jordan.
9. 2016, 3-6 October. "Regional Operational Workshop organized by the Near East, North Africa and Europe Division (NEN) of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)". UAE.
10. 2016, 5 September. "Food Security Information System- Capacity Assessment Workshop". Jordan.
11. 2016, 1-2 August. "7th Annual International Arab Workshop on Biotechnology, Plant Biotechnology & Biodiversity". Jordan.
12. 2016, 26-28 July. "Middle East Regional Gap Analysis Workshop (Emerging Animal Diseases in the Middle East Region: Potential Threats to Agriculture and Public Health)". Jordan.
13. 2016, 26 May- 3 June. "6th Steering Committee Meeting of the MENA-DELP Regional Project: MENA Desert Ecosystems and Livelihoods knowledge sharing and coordination Project". Morocco.
14. 2016, 18-19 May. "Ecosystem Services Guideline Workshop". Jordan.
15. 2016, 10-11 May. Biotechnology and Bio safety in Jordan: Current Status and Future Pathways". Jordan.
16. 2016, 21 March. "Workshop of Sustainable Use of Ecosystem Services in Jordan". Jordan.
17. 2016, 17 February. "Project Launch and Information Session for the (Climate Change and Protected Areas) - Project in the MENA Region 2016-2018)". Jordan.
18. 2015, 21-23 December. "Scientific Symposium of the Regional Project: Adaptation to Climate Change in WANA Marginal Environments through Sustainable Crop and Livestock Diversification". Jordan.
19. 2015, 9-11 December. "Adaptation to Climate Change through improved water demand management in irrigated agriculture by introduction of new technologies and best agricultural practices". Lebanon.
20. 2015, 9-11 November. "MENA NWC's First Biennial Congress- Optimizing Water Management in a Changing World". Oman.
21. 2015, 27-29 October. "NENA STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP: Operationlizing the regional collaborative platform to address: water consumption, water production, and drought management in Agriculture", Egypt.
22. 2015, 5-9 October. "Sixth Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture". Italy.
23. 2015, 2-5 June. "Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing", Brazil.
24. 2015, 23 March. "ACCBAT Project Second International Conference". Italy.
25. 2015, 13-16 March. "USAID MENA Research Partnerships Forum". Jordan.
26. 2015, 2-4 February. "Regional Project: Adaptation to Climate Change in WANA Marginal Environments through Sustainable Crop and Livestock Diversification". Jordan.
27. 2015, 4-8 January. "Steering Committee Meeting no. 25- Middle East Regional Agricultural Program". Denmark.
28. 2014, 8-11 December. "Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group to enhance the Functioning of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit-Sharing", Participation of observers. Switzerland.
29. 2014, 29-30 October. "ACCBAT Project International Conference- ENPI CBCMED Program". Tunisia.
30. 2014, 3-6 September. "AARINENA 13th General Conference, and the International Conference on Water Management and Use Efficiency in the NEANA Region". Turkey.
31. 2014, 28-31 January. "Work Visit to Wageningen University". The Netherlands.
32. 2013, 26-27 July. "North Africa &West Asia Target Region Implementation and Partnerships Workshops". Tunisia.
33. 2013, 20-22 June. "Bot-ERA Boyal Botanic Garden Consortium Meeting". Luxembourg
34. 2013, 19-22 May. "JICA discussion meeting" .Erbil, Iraq
35. 2013, 29-30 April. "The 28th GFAR Steering Committee Meeting" .Istanbul, Turkey.
36. 2013. "Coordination Steering and Technical Committee Meeting of Project Entitled (Adaptation to Climatic Change in West Asia and North Africa) ". Oman
37. 2013, 18-21 March. "ICDD – 11 Meeting". China.
38. 2013, 4-5 March. "Bot-ERA Boyal Botanic Garden (Reinforcing Cooperation between the Royal Botanic Garden Of Jordan and the European Research Area) ". United Kingdom.
39. 2013, 27-28 February. "The Third Conference Entitled (Development of Livestock in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas) ". Tunisia
40. 2013, 20-24 February. " Conference of Project (WASSER Med) ". Italy
41. 2012, 21-22 December. "Coordination And Steering Committee Meetings Of The Project Entitled: Improved Water Management For Sustainable Mountain Agriculture In Jordan Lebanon And Morocco". Lebanon
42. 2012, 25-26 November. "ICBA Strategic Planning / Foresight Symposium". Dubai, UAE
43. 2012, 17-18 November. "Regional Coordination and Steering Committee Meetings of the Project Entitled: Community – based Optimization of the Management of Scarce Water Resources in Agriculture in west Asia and North Africa". Egypt.
44. 2012, Novembr. "Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research For Development (GCARD 2) ". Uruguay.
45. 2012, 22-29 September. "Study Visit To The Institutions Involved In The Activities Of Project Entitled ( Capacity Building For The Ministry Of Agricultural In The Field Of Eu Third Country Listing Criteria For Plants And Their Fresh Products". Italy.
46. 2012, 15-20 September. "Study Scientific Visit to Discuss Cooperation between Palestinian Authority and Jordan in Agricultural Fields". Palestinian authority territories.
47. 2012, 15-18 October. "Meeting to discuses Planning and experiments of Project M30- 055". Cyprus.
48. 2012, 22-27 September. "Workshop (Cereal Cyst Nematode) ". Turkey
49. 2012, 2-4 July. "Workshop (Dryland Systems: Integrated and Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems for Improved Food Security and Livelihoods in Dry Areas". Morocco.
50. 2009, 4-6 January. "1st International Joint Conference on Material Science, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology: Future Challenges. ICBA-IFAD-AFESED Project". Cairo, Egypt.
51. 2006, December. " Egyptian-Jordanian Conference on Biotechnology and Sustainable Development: Current Status and Future Science". Cairo, Egypt
52. 2006, November. " Bioinformatics workshop at Cornell University". USA.
53. 2006, May. "Member Of The Organizing Committee Of The 8th Scientific Day Of The Faculty Of Science And Arts". JUST, Jordan.
54. 2005, December. "Mutation detection using molecular technique at atomic energy commission". Damascus, Syria
55. 2005, May. " Member of the 7th scientific day of the Faculty of Science and Arts". JUST, Jordan.
56. 2005, March. "First UAE international conference on biological and medical physics. Al-Ein University". United Arab Emirates
57. 2002-2005. " Member Of The Synchrotron (SESAME) Users Meeting: Representative Of Molecular Biology Group"
58. 2004, September. "10th Jordan scientific week". Amman, Jordan.
59. 2004, May. " Member of the organizing committee of the 6th Scientific day of the Faculty of Science and Arts". JUST, Jordan.
60. 2003, September. "2nd SESAME User Meeting". Asfahan-Iran
61. 2001, October. "1rst SESAME user meeting". Salt-Jordan.
اللجان التوجيهية المشارك بها :
1. اللجنة التوجيهية لمشروع زيادة قدرة المجتمعات الفقيرة والأكثر حاجة للتكيف مع التغير المناخي في الأردن.
2. اللجنة التوجيهية لمشروع التنمية الاقتصادية الريفية والتشغيل.
3. اللجنة التوجيهية لمشروع التقنيات الحديثة في الري (التسميد بالري).
4. اللجنة التوجيهية لمشروع النظم الإيكولوجية وسبل كسب العيش في البادية الأردنية (BELP).
5. اللجنة التوجيهية للمشروع الوطني لمكافحة دودة الزرع.
6. اللجنة التوجيهية لمشروع تقنيات الري الحديثة لمواجهة التغير المناخي في الأردن.
7. اللجنة التوجيهية للبرامج والمشاريع الزراعية/ وزارة الزراعة.
8. اللجنة التوجيهية لمشروع إكثار البذار.
9. اللجنة التوجيهية لمشروع تعزيز الأمن الغذائي في الدول العربية.
10. اللجنة التوجيهية لمشروع التمويل الإقليمي لمبادرة المياه وسبل العيش (WLI).
11. اللجنة التوجيهية لمشروع الاستشعار عن بعد.
Graduate Students Supervised
Shatha Balat : / Relative frequencies of three cystic fibrosis mutations in North Jordan∆F503, W1282X, and N1303K.
Moroug Ziada : / Combined evaluation of P21,Cyclin E, p53 and P27 markers in gallbladder cancer..
Barakat Funjan ; / Detection of certain markers in colon cancer by immunohistochemitry
Mohammed Abbas : / Immunohistochemistry prognosis indicators (EBV, CyclinD, and P53) of lymphoma tumors.
Imran Kamaeseh : / Characterization of Glucokinase Mutations Associated With Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young Type 2 (MODY- 2) in Jordanian Population.
Abdellah Alkateeb : / Studies of Association between the gene for Calpain-10 and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Jordanian population.
Maen Al daabsih : / Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing metallo-B-lactamases in the Jordanian population.
Rihan Banihani : / Screening for the presence of Q4010X, E4020X, and 4041X mutations and P4209P polymorphism in PKD1 gene in Jordanian polycystic patients
Munib Qablaan : / Coccidian Parasites in Dogs In Jordan, with Special Emphasis To Neospora.cninum
Lina Sallom : / The effect of Rosmarinus on the immune response & lipid profile in mice.
Rahf Al-Zobi : / Immunotherapy of Breast cancer using cancer specific TNF –α secreting immune cells.
Anas Danoon : / Estrogen receptor alpha polymorphisms and Breast cancer risk in Jordanian women.
Ghania Taeboreh : / The link between salt sensitivity determined by polymorphisms in G protein-coupled receptor Kinase 4 gene, and myocardial infarction.
Majdi Alawneh : / Detection of chlamydia pneumonia in patients with coronary artery disease using PCR and serological techniques.
Mohamed Omari : / Prevalence of helicobacter pylori among water pipe and cigarette smokers in north Jordan.
MASTER THESES EXAMINING COMMITTEES:
Name / Thesis TitleSammer Kasawneh / CYP1A1, GSTT! And GSTMI polymorphisms and susceptibility to prostate and bladder cancers in Jordan. JUST.
Shahed Al-Zenati / Polymorphisms of the CYP!A! and glutathione s-transferase, genes in Jordan colon cancer patients. JUST
Hana Manah / Distribution of combined CY1A (MspI) CYP2E1 (RsaI)1 genotype among lung cancer patients. JUST
Mohamed Abubaker / Karyotypic morphomeries studies on Jordanian Rodents of the genus Gerbillus with special reference on the ecology of G. Cheesmani. JUST
Susan Momani / Jordanian population data on the PCR short tandem repeat loci CSFIPO, TPOX, THO1, F13AO1, FESFPS, vWA, D16S539, D7S820 &D13S317. JUST
Jacob Jacob: / Cytogentic activity of Cyclopentadienyldicarbonyl iron selenoterephthalic acid &its sulfur analogue rat bone marrow cells. Yarmouk University.
Abdallah Al-Asal: / Determining cellular fate: Molecular control of cancer cell death by regulating alternative splicing of IG20 pre-mRNA variants. JUST
Etizaz Al-Kofahi: / In vivo and in vitro studies on mutagencity of two structurally related Schiff bases. Yarmouk University.
Inas Essmadi / Yarmouk University.
Shadi Tarazi / Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activity of Mauriporin, a Multifunctional Scorpion Venom Peptide.
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