Biography:

• Ph D, Plant Genetics, University of Wisconsin, USA, 1991.
  
• Director of research, Head, Plant Biotechnology Division, department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The Syrian Atomic Energy Commission.
  
• Coordinator of the Syrian National Biosafety Committee.
  
• Consultant to FAO on Bio safety.
  
• Member, Syrian Bioethics Committee.
  
• Member, Steering Committee on Cartagena Protocol on Bio safety.
  
• Contributed to establishing the Syrian National Biosafety Committed, writing Biosafety guidelines, National Bio safty Framework and drafting Biosafety law.
  
• Current Research activities: a Bio diversity studies of some wild plant species (Daucus, Capparis, Eryngium) using DNA fingerprinting. Improvement of crop tolerance to salinity and drought using genetic engineering and mutation breeding.
  

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