Personal information of the department head

Dr. Ali ALShaaban
Assistant Professor
RESUME
Department of Fuel and Energy Technology Engineering
Basra, Iraq
E-mail: Ali.ahmed.ghani@sa-uc.edu.iq
Highlights of Experience:
- Planning and management of different types of scientific projects concerning water quality, water treatment and industrial pollution monitoring.
-Water quality, Toxicology and Ecological survey on different aquatic ecosystems including rivers, artificial and natural lakes, marshland and marine environment.
- An experience more than twenty years in laboratory experimental works concerning water quality, water treatment and aquatic pollution, measuring most physical and chemical parameters using different types of instruments such as Gas chromatography, Atomic Absorption,HPLC,ICP(Inductive couple plasma),IC(Ion Chromatography for Anion and Cations measurements), LIMS data entry(Laboratory Management System) and the other field work instruments.
- SGS Member of the CSU laboratory, OPTI Canada Inc. Long Lake project (April 2007-September 2009).
- Internal audit certificate from BM TRADA Company etherized by SGS Company.
- Participant in many international scientific researches in long-term projects on the
- Supervision of many postgraduate students on the aspects of water quality and industrial pollution.
- Participant in many scientific workshops and conferences inside and outside the country Iraq.
- Presenter, ASLO (American Society of Limnology and Oceanography –2006 International Conference, Victoria, British Columbia.
- Member of the Fifth Regional Steering Committee Meeting on The Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention 24th – 25th September 2013, Doha – State of Qatar
DEGREES AWARDED:
- B. Sc in Biology, Sulimaniya University, Iraq (1977).
- M.Sc in Aquatic Biology / Sulimaniya University, Iraq, 1980.
- PhD in Aquatic biology, Basra University, Basrah, Iraq 1996.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
- Researcher in Marine Science Center, Marine chemistry department / Basrah University, Basra, Iraq.
(1983-1991).
- Lecturer at Biology Department, Basrah University. (1991-1999).
- Assistant Professor at Marine college, Hudaida University, Hudaida, Yaman (1999-2001).
4. Assistant Professor at Chemistry Department, Basrah University Basrah, Iraq
(2001-2006).
5. SGS employee, CSU OPTI Canada Inc. Long Lake Project. (Oil and Gas,
April 2007-September2009).
6. Assistant Professor in Marine chemistry department and a member of Delta research group at Marine Science Center, Basrah University,Basra,Iraq (October 2009-December 2016, Retired).
7. Head of department of Medical laboratory techniques
, Al Kenooz Al Jameaa College (September 2017- present time).
8. Lecturer in Medical Laboratory Techniques since October 2017
9- Lecturer and head of department of department of fuel and energy technology engineering.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
- Under Graduate Studies: Medical lab instrument, medical laboratory management , medical lab.safety
Fundamentals of Ecology, Limnology, Oceanography, Pollution, Industrial Pollution.
- Graduate Studies:
Advanced Ecology, Aquatic pollution, Industrial Pollution and Ecotoxcology.
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES MEMBERSHIP:
Member of Iraqi Biological Society, since 1977.
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND TRAINING COURSES:
- International Scientific Conference; (Fat and flux of Oil Hydrocarbons At
The Arabian Gulf). Basra, Iraq, 1984.
- The First, Second and the Third Workshop on the Evaluation of the
Marine Environment of Khor Al Zubair, North West of Arabian Gulf
Iraq, 1986-1988. Basra, Iraq.
- Training Course in Using Advanced Chromatography Instruments, Dec. 1983.
- Joint Project with Kuwait Institute Scientific Research (KISR), July 1985.
- Participation in the International Consultation Workshop on Mesopotamian Marshland Management, June 2004, Amman, Jordon. Organized by Waterloo University / Canada.
- Had the position of Coordinator of the First Iraqi National Marshland Management Training Course, held in June/July, 2005 in Basra University, Iraq. Supported by Waterloo University / Canada.
- Active Participant/Presenter in ASLO – 2006, The Summer Meeting of The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, held in Victoria, British
Colombia, Canada, 4-9 June 2006.
GRADUATED STUDENTS SUPERVISION :
1. Effect of Acute Toxicity of Crude Oil on Some Species of Invertebrates, (M. Sc. 2005).
2. Distribution of Phenolic Compounds on Shatt Al Arab River, Basra, Iraq.
(M. Sc. 2005)
3. Roll of Biodegradation on the Waste Treatment Plant located near Shatt
Al Arab River. (M. Sc. 2005).
PUBLICATIONS:
1. An Ecological Survey of Some Aquatic Ecosystem in Southern Iraq. Tropical Ecology, V.20, No.1, 1979.
2. The 18 Months Marine Pollution Monitoring and Research Program in Iraq. (ROPME Project), 1986.
- Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) In Fish from the Arabian Gulf. Bull. Environ.Contam.Toxicol. 38 (1987).
4. Determination of the Levels of Toxic Organic and Heavy Metals Pollutants in Some Commercial Species of Fish from Iraq and
Kuwait. Joint project with Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research 1987.
5. Seasonal Variation of Nutrients and Other Related Parameters of Khor Al Zubair and Shatt Al Basra, J. of Marina Mesopotamica, 3(1) 1988.
6. Brachionid Rotifers from Shatt Al Arab River, Iraq. J. of Marina Mesopotamica, 4(1)1989.
7. Non-Diatoms Algae from Shatt Al Arab River Iraq. J. of Marina Mesopotamica 4(2) 1989.
8. Phytoplankton of Khor Al Zubair Lagoon, North West Arabian Gulf, (1990). Journal of Marina Mesopotamica (1): 7- 33.
9. Concentration of Hydrocarbons in the Blue Swimming Crab Portunus Pelagicas (L) at the Northwest Arabian Gulf.
10. Assessment of Hydrocarbons and Normal Alkenes in Different Crab Species from North West Arabian Gulf, Basra. Science. Basrah J. Science, B, Vol.17, No.1, 95-104, 1999.
11- n-Alkenes in surfacial soils of Basrah city, Southern Iraq. International Journal of Marine Science 2015,Vol.5,No.52: 1-8
12- Acute toxicity of Basra regular crude oil to two species of Garmat Ai River invertebrates : Viviparus bengalensis & Parahyla basrensis.
قياس الصفات الفيزياوية والكيمياوية والمركبات الفينولية في مياه الصرف الصحي والصناعي ومحطات من شط العرب . منشور في وقائع المؤتمر العلمي لعلوم البحار 93-102 لسنة 2008 .
14- Influence of Oil Spill Eater II (OSE II) in bacterial degradation of hydrocarbon pollutants

