Academic Staff

May 31, 2026, 10:35 a.m.
Mohammed Ali Fayyadh (PhD)
Professor
Professor in Soil Survey and Management

Soil and Water Sciences
College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences
University of Duhok

-PhD. in Soil Survey and Management( 2008), Mosul University- Iraq

-MSc. in Mineralogy (2001), Mosul University- Iraq

-BSc. in Soil Science (1992), Mosul University- Iraq

18 years as a Lecturer and studied the lectures of different subjects for undergraduate and postgraduate students for many years in Duhok, Zakho, and Salahaddin universities, supervised M.Sc. and Ph.D. students.
Professional Experience:
1. Good experience in the field of mineralogical analysis and interpretation of XRD charts for specifying minerals and preparation of slides for mineralogical analysis.
2. Teaching Undergraduates Courses in Mineralogy, Soil Management, Forest Soil, Principles of Soil Science, Cartography, Soil Genesis and Classification, Soil Survey & Morphology
3. Working in the laboratories of Soil and Water Sciences.
4. Teaching Postgraduates Courses in advance Soil Genesis and Classification, advanced Clay Mineralogy, and advanced Soil Morphology.

Scientific Activities:
1. Head of Scientific Committee in Soil and Water Science Department, College of Agriculture, University of Duhok (2012- 2015).
2. Member of scientific subjects development committee, College of Agriculture, University of Duhok (2011- 2015).
3. Editorial board member of Scientific Journal in Duhok University (2012- 2014).
4. Consultant in Agricultural Consultancy bureau, College of Agriculture, University of Duhok (2016- 2018).
5. Scientific reviewer for Journal of agricultural sciences and technology- USA since 2014 and continue.
6. Scientific reviewer for Soil Science Journal an Interdisciplinary Approach to Soil Research - (USA), 2018.
7. Participating in many scientific committees for discussions M. Sc. and Ph. D. theses.
8. Supervisory for Students of post graduate studies (Graduated five M.Sc. students and two under my supervision one of them Ph.D. student).
Conferences Participating in:
1. International Scientific Conference in Egypt (Second conference of the modern techniques in Agriculture 28-30 Oct.2002). Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
2. Fourth International Scientific Conference of Salah- addin university, Erbil, (18- 20, October, 2011), Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq.
3. The 1st Scientific Agricultural Conference, (10-12th April, 2012), Duhok University, Kurdistan region, Iraq.
4. The 5th EUROSOIL International Congress, which hold in Istanbul, Turkey between July 17 - 22, 2016.
5. The 70 International Geological Congress (10-14th April, 2017), Ankara, Turkey.
6. The 8th Geochemistry Symposium (Antalya, Turkey) (May 2nd to May 6th, 2018) (International Scientific Conference).
7. The first International conference on materials engineering and sciences (IconMEAS), Istanbul, Aydin University- Turkey (8- 9/August/ 2018).
8. Participating in the International Multidisciplinary Congress of EUASIA (IMCOFE), (24- 26, April, 2019), Antalya, Turkey (International Conference).
9. International Conference on Food and Agricultural Engineering (ICFAE) Rome, Italy, 2019.
10. The 3rd International Conference on Materials Engineering and Science (IConMEAS 2020). December 28-30, 2020, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia (On line)
Careers:
1. Head of Soil and Water Sciences Dept., College of Agriculture, University of Duhok (2015- 2018).
2. Member of Agricultural Consultancy Bureau, College of Agriculture, University of Duhok (2011- 2012).
3. Library director in College of Agriculture – University of Duhok Since (2009- 2012)
4. Head of examination committee in College of Agriculture – University of Duhok (2010-2011) and member in this committee 6 years.
Trainings:
1. Training course in Methods of Teaching and Developing of Academic Education (2-14) Oct. 2004. University of Duhok; College of Basic Education; Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
2. Training course of soil and water science (1 - 29) June 2007. The Egyptian International Center for Agricultural (EICA) Cairo, Egypt.
3. Training about XRD and Chart analysis, Geology Dept., College of Science, Jordan University, Jordan, 2007.
4. Training course in English language for the period from (12/02/2012 to 23/5/ 2012)
Training and development center in university of Duhok.
5. Course in English language for the period (20/08/2012 to 28/09/2012) in the center
of English studies-Wording- Brighton City- Britain.

Research