Academic Staff

May 31, 2026, 10:36 a.m.
Mustafa Ismail Umer (PhD)
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Professor in Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry

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

-PhD. in Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry (2013), Russian Agrarian University, Moscow

-MSc. in Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry ( 2004 ), UoD, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

-BSc. in Soil Sciences (1995), UoM- Iraq

My specialist is Soil microbiology and biochemistry، I have a Professional Experience in these subjects .Teaching Postgraduate and undergraduate courses in Soil Science, General Microbiology, Soil microbiology, Environmental microbiology, Environmental Pollution, Soil and Water Contamination .

  1. ACSAD- ICARDA Meeting, Aleppo Un. Agr.College Syria. March 2005.
  2. International scientific conference for young scientist and specialist. Russian Agrarian Un. Moscow,June 2011.
  3. 8th International soil congress (Land degradation and challenges in sustainable soilmanagement).Cesma, Izmir. Turkey. April 2012
  4. 9th International soil congress (The soul of soil and civilization).Manvgat, Antalya. Turkey. October 2014.
  5. 1st International Conference on Materials Engineering & Science (IConMEAS . IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering.Isanbul .Turkey2018
  6. 2nd International Conference on Materials Engineering & Science (IConMEAS . IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering..Baghda. Iraq 2019.
  7. 3rd International Conference on Materials Engineering & Science (IConMEAS . IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering..Kuala Lumpur.Malaysia 2020.
  8. 4th International Conference on Materials Engineering & Science (IConMEAS . IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering..Duhok. Kurdistan Region. Iraq 2021.

Research

  1. Correlation between aggregate stability and microbiological activity in two Russian soil types
  2. Микробиологическая активность на поверхности и внутри почвенных агрегатов
  3. ПОСТУПЛЕНИЕ В РАСТЕНИЯ 137Cs И 90Sr С ПОВЕРХНОСТИ ПОЧВЕННЫХ АГРЕГАТОВ И ИЗ ВНУТРИПЕДНОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА
  4. Microbiological activity on a surface and within soil aggregates
  5. GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PERMEABILITY COEFFICIENT IN DIFFERENT SOIL TEXTURES
  6. Input of 137 Cs and 90 Sr into plants from the surface of soil aggregates and the intraped space
  7. Assessment of Ground Water Pollution by Heavy Metals and Anions in Kwashe Industrial Area, Duhok City, Kurdistan Region. Iraq
  8. Effect of CaCO3 Form on Soil Inherent Quality Properties of Calcareous Soils
  9. ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННАЯ ДИФФЕРЕНЦИАЦИЯ МИКРОБИОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ ПОКАЗАТЕЛЕЙ И ПРОЦЕССОВ КОРНЕВОГО ПОГЛОЩЕНИЯ НА АГРЕГАТНОМ УРОВНЕ ПОЧВ
  10. Seasonal variation of some chemical quality indicators of drinking water from selected villages around Zakho district Kurdistan region Iraq
  11. Деструкция почвенных агрегатов и ее влияние на поглощение радионуклидов растениями
  12. Seasonal dynamics of soil aggregate microbial respiration
  13. Eurasian Journal of Soil Science
  14. P-SOLUBILIZING MICROORGANISMS PERFORMANCE ON MANURE AND ROCK PHOSPHATE AND THEIR INFLUENCES ON SOIL AND PLANT PHOSPHOROUS IN CALCAREOUS SOILS
  15. Spatial distribution of heavy metals for environmental and agricultural assessment in Badinan province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
  16. BIOREMEDIATION OF HEAVILY CONTAMINATED SOIL IN KWASHE INDUSTRIAL AREA USING BIO-COMPOSTING TECHNIQUE WITH SHEEP AND CHICKEN MANURE IN KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ
  17. Effects of Chemical and Physical Properties of Pond Bottom Sediments on Fish Rearing in Iraqi Kurdistan Region
  18. Effect of the temperature and soil moisture on the biodegradation of sheep manure in calcareous soils.1- Measurement of carbon dioxide evolution.
  19. EURASIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE
  20. Environmental and Agricultural aspects of heavy metals spatial distribution in Badinan province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.Materials Today: Proceedings 2021.

Soil Science, Soil microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Pollution, Soil and Water Contamination .

Graduated PhD students

Two PhD students in 2023 in the environment science in the college of science in the university of Zakho about soil and water pollution by oil derivatives and the bioremediation of landfill leachate treatment.

One PhD student in 2025 in the environment science in the college of science in the university of Zakho about bacteriological and ecological study of Khabur river.

Graduated Master students

Two student in the 2019and 2023 in soil and water department in agricultural Engineering college about bioremediation of oil contaminated soil and hot composting of local organic waste.

Three MSc student 2022 in the environment science in the college of science in the university of Zakho about removal of nitrogen from waste by nitrification and denitrification process , biogas formation from sewage sludge, and spatial variation in Khabur river pollution due to urabnization.

Now I supervise two other PhD student and 2 master students in soil and water department in agricultural Engineering college about bioremediation and phytoremediation of oil contaminated soil, and biological management of urea fertilizer in calcareous soil

Supervise two master students about P=bioremediation of contaminated soils by glyphosate herbicide, and phosphate solublizing bacterial performance on organic and inorganic P forms.