Academic Staff

May 31, 2026, 9:58 a.m.
Nasren Noraldeen Mohammad (PhD) Head of Quality Assurance Unit
Lecturer
Lecturer in Agroforestry

Forestry
College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences
University of Duhok

2015 PhD in Agroforestry, Reading University, UK

2008 MSc in Agroforestry, Bangor University, UK

2003 BSc in Forest Sciences, CAES, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

I have been teaching the following subjects:

Agroforestry

Forest policy

Urban forestry

Forest Conservation

Recreation and Ecotourism

Introduction to Natural Resources

Meetings:

Attended UoD meeting for preparation of the final examination of the education semester, 7 Dec 2025

Attended meeting regarding KAAE-Kurdistan Accreditation Association for Education, UoD Conference Hall, 23 Nov 2025

Attending monthly meetings of the CAES College Board and the Department of Forestry Board

Positions:

-Head of Quality Assurance Unit of the CAES college, 2023-Present

Member of the following Committees:

-Board of the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences

-Board of the Department of Forestry

-Agricultural Extension Unit

-British Microbiology Society

-Lecturers Syndicate of Kurdistan Universities and Institutions

-Farm woodland forum, Europe agroforestry union

-British Ecological Society

Participation in Workshops:

-GIS usage in Agroforestry, Department of Forestry, May 2025

-Healthy soils for healthy cities, Soil and Water Department 7 Dec 2025

- Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future, Department of Food Science and Technology, Oct 2025

-Innovations in Plant Tissue Culture: Techniques, Applications, and Opportunities for Sustainable Agriculture, Department of Forestry, Oct 2025

Activities:

-Participated in the election process of Iraq, Birmingham Center, UK, 2005

-Worked in the Examination Committee of the CAES, UoD, 2009-2010

-Worked in the Humanitarian Assistant Board (Refugees) of the Duhok governorate, 2016-2019

-Worked with the Siwan Organization for supporting Women, 2021-2022

-Worked with the Dutch Organization CABI for promoting Women in Agriculture, 2023-2024

-Manager of Quality Assurance Unit of the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, UoD, 2023-Present

Research

Patterns in the Spatial Distribution of Invertebrates Providing Ecosystem Services in Organic Agroforestry Systems N Rekany
University of Reading, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development 2 2016

FOREST POST FIRE IMPACT ON EARTHWORM BIOMASS AND ABUNDANCE IN ZAWITA (DUHOK PROVINCE) FORESTS KURDISTAN REGIONNY MIHO, NNM REKANY
Journal of Duhok University 26 (2), 61-71 2023

Agroforestry, Urban Forestry, Forest Conservation, Forest Policy, and Ecotourism

Supervising undergraduate students' graduation projects