Academic Staff

May 31, 2026, 12:40 p.m.
Feyroz Ramadan Hassan (PhD) Head of the Department
Professor
Professor in Biological Control

Plant Protection
College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences
University of Duhok

PhD in Insect Biological Control 2019, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

MSc in Forest Entomology 2003, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

BSc in Plant Protection 1999, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

1- Undergraduate courses in general botany, Forest entomology, Economic insects, Honey bee breeding, Biological Control, Medical and Veterinary entomology, Insect physiology, Insect taxonomy, Principles of entomology, Principles of plant protection, Field crop insects.

2- Postgraduate courses in Insect biological control, Medical and Veterinary entomology and integrated pest management.

-Workshop for Developing the Education Curriculum in Agricultural Colleges in Iraq in

Cooperation with Hawaii Univ. /Amman-Jordan 14-20 August 2004.

-Kurdistan 1st Conference of Biological Sciences (2-4 May 2006 )

- 9th conference of the Arab journal of plant protection, Damascus, Syria 2006

- The 10th Conference of the Arab journal of plant protection, Beirut, Lebanon, 26-30 /10 /2009.

- Conference Tropentag 2011, Bonn univ. ,Germany, 2011

- Fulbright visiting scholarship program, Michigan State University, from 5/7-15/9 - 2012.

- The 3rd International Agricultural Conference held at the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok, in cooperation with the College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul, on October 2nd and 3rd, 2019.

- The 3rd International Conference of Agricultural Sciences “Sustainable Agriculture and global challenges” held at the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Iraq, on June 15-16, 2022.

Research

1- Studies in poplar leaf beetle Melasoma populi L. (Chrsomelidae: Coleoptera) in Dohuk region 2003. M.Sc thesis. 81pp. 2- Study the determination of host plant together with the effect of Salicaceae on the development periods of all stages of poplar leaf beetle Melasoma populi L (Chrsomelidae: Coleoptera). J. Dohuk Univ. Vol. 8, No. 1, PP. 1-5, 2005.

3- Field observation on the poplar leaf beetle Melasoma populi L. with special concern to the biological study , J. Dohuk univ. special volum of Kurdistan 1st Conference of biological sciences (2-4 May 2006 )

4- Population density of poplar gall aphid Pemphigus lichtensteini Tullg. In association with trees high and direction in Dohuk county. J. Dohuk univ. Vol. 9,No. 2 . pp 19-23 . 2006.

5- Aphidophagous insects from Kurdistan , Iraq . Egyptian Journal of Agricultural research . Vol. 86 , No. 2 ( special issue the fourth international conference ) .

6- Evaluation of the Entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. and Paecilomyces farinosus ( Dicks ex Fr.) against the Poplar Leaf Beetle Melasoma populi L

J. Duhok Univ. Vol.14, No.2, (Agri. And Vet. Sciences) 2011

7- Effect of the Entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. on the reproductive potential of Poplar Leaf Beetle Melasoma populi L. J. Duhok Univ. Vol.14,

No.2, (Agri. And Vet. Sciences) 2011

8- Effect of the Entomopathogenic fungus, Paecilomyces farinosus ( Dicks ex Fr.) on the reproductive potential of Melasoma populi L. Journal of Agricultural Science and

Technology A & Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B. Vol. 2, No. 4A, 2012

9- First record of Eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa Fisher and La Salle

( Hymenoptera ,Eulophidae) in Iraq, Acta Agrobotanica journal, Vol. 65 (3): 93-98, 2012.

10- Pathogenicity Evaluation of Some Local Isolates of Entomopathogenic Fungi against the

Nut Scale Insect Eulecanium Tiliae L. Int. J. Pure Appl. Sci. Technol., 18(2) (2013).

11- Population Density of Tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera:Gelechiidae) under plastic houses conditions (b). IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS) Volume, Issue PP 7-10(2013)

12- Occurrence of tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Duhok region (A). Journal of University of Zakho, Vol. 3(A), No.1, Pp 79-87, 2015.

13- First record of Beauveria varroae from Iraq. Nova Hedwigia, Vol. 108: 427- 433. (2019).

14- Pathogenicity of the entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. endophytic and a soil isolate against the squash beetle, Epilachna chrysomelina (F.) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae). Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control volume 29, Article number: 74 (2019).

15- Molecular identification and biomass production of an endophytic Beauveria bassiana isolated from cucumber leaves in Iraq. J of Duhok University, Vol. 22, No. 2 (2019).

16- Selective Isolation and Biomass Production of Beauveria bassiana and its Virulence to Squash Beetle Epilachna chrysomelina F. 2019. Ph.D dissertation, 165pp.

17- Preservative media for Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill storage. Journal of Duhok University, Vol. 23 No.

18- Beauveria Pseudobassiana Rehner And Humber, 2011 A new entomopathogenic fungus from Gara mountain, Iraq. The J. Anim. Plant Sci. 30(6):2020.

19- Survey of true bugs (Hemiptera) in Duhok province-Kurdistan region of Iraq (2020). Journal of Duhok University, Vol. 23 No. 2, 114-117.

20- Pathogenicity of Endogenous Isolate of Paramyrothecium (=Myrothecium) roridum (Tode) L. Lombard &Crous against the Squash beetle Epilachna chrysomelina (F.). Journal of Plant protection research 61 (1) 2020. 21- Testing Beauveria bassiana (bals.-criv.) vuill. (1912) capacity of colonizing pumpkin plants as an endophyte, using a variety of inoculation methods. ProEnvironment 15/50 (2022) 287 – 292

22- Isolation and Characterization of Isaria farinosa from Iraqi Gara Mountain Soil using Morphological and Molecular Approaches

Entomology, Biological control

One PhD dgree student in biological control