Biography:

During his MSc study at the University of Jordan, Amman, Dr. Abu-Dieyeh did his research project about ecology of desert rodents in Wadi Araba, an area which has been considered important from an evolutionary perspective as the three zoogeographic regions Paleoarctic, Afrotropical and Oriental meet. After graduating in 1988, he got different teaching positions at several universities (Mutah University, Karak, Jordan; Intermediate University College, Amman, Jordan; Applied Science University, Amman and University of Qatar, Doha-Qatar) After that he got a scholarship to pursue his PhD study in plant ecology and started his study at McGill University (Montreal CANADA) in 2002 where he worked on a project entitled Population Dynamics of Dandelion in turfgrass as influenced by Sclerotinia minor Jagger. He published all of his thesis work (6 original articles) in well known refereed journals. In 2006, he returned to Jordan to work as assistant professor in the biology and biotechnology dept. (The Hashemite University) and in 2008 he became the Chairperson of the department. Currently, he is working on three research projects related to plant ecology and its application. This is in addition to his career in teaching as he taught several biological courses including: General Biology, Ecology, Ecosystem management, Plant ecology, Evolution, Phycology and Agricultural Botany.

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