Horticulture

Academic Staff

May 31, 2026, 9:24 a.m.
Ramadhan Omer Hussain
Ramadhan Omer Hussain (PhD)
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor in Ecology and Pollution

Horticulture
College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences
University of Duhok
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  • PhD. in Ecology and Pollution (2014), UoD, Kurdistan Region - Iraq.
  • MSc. in Ecology and Pollution (2005), UoD, Kurdistan Region - Iraq.
  • BSc. in Horticulture (1997), UoD, Kurdistan Region - Iraq.

  • Plant ecology, Ecology, environmental restoration for ecotourism, and plant nutrition

  • Participated in more than 12 local workshops during 2023 and 2024.
  • Improving the access to education, vocational education and training and income generation for refugees, internally displaced persons and persons from host communities in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
  • Participated in Earthquakes: Geological point of view and effect on life an environment 2023.
  • Participated in Impact of climate changes on crops production 2023.
  • Agricultural Extension Status in Kurdistan Region, Dohuk 2023.
  • Participated in Principles of tissue culture (theory) and plant tissue of Safferon plant (lab/practicle) 2024.
  • Participated in program of CABI study visit to Switzerland for potato value chain project partners from Kurdistan region of Iraq 2024.
  • Participated in field crops are the fundamental of food security 2025.
  • Participated in The role of artificial intelligence in agricultural extension services 2025.
  • Membership in more than 10 Committees in horticulture department as well as in the College.

Research

  • Heavy metals concentration in selected vegetables grown in Dohuk city, Kurdistan region, Iraq. University of Duhok, College of Agriculture,J Safety and Security Engineering ΙΙ, WIT Transaction on the Built Environment, Vol 94: 255 – 265. 2007.
  • Heavy metals concentration in soil and wastewater used for irrigation in Dohuk city, (Kurdistan 1st Conference on Biology Sciences). University of Duhok, College of Agriculture. (Kurdistan 1st Conference on Biology Sciences). J. Duhok Univ., Vol. 11, (1): 1 – 12. 2008.
  • Heavy metals concentration in some stone fruit plants grown in duhok city, kurdistan region, iraq. University of Duhok, College of Agriculture, J. Duhok Univ., Vol. 12, (2). 2009.
  • EDTA-assisted phytoextraction of lead from artificially polluted soil by sunflower plants , University of Duhok, College of Agriculture, International conference on chemical, civil and environmental engineering (CCEE-2015) June- 5-6, 2015.
  • LEAD CONCENTRATION IN WHEAT AND SOIL ADJACENT TO ZAKHO-SEMEL ROADWAY IN DUHOK CITY-KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ.
  • HEAVY METALS STATUS IN VEGETABLES AND SOIL IRRIGATED WITH WASTEWATER IN DOMIZ1 CAMP, DUHOK, KURDISTAN REGION-IRAQ
  • GROWTH RESPONSE OF Eucalyptus Camaldulensis DHENH. AND Melia Azedarach L. SEEDLINGS TO PRIMARY TREATED WASTEWATER OF AVROCITY IN DUHOK GOVERNORATE
  • PHYTOEXTRACTION OF LEAD FROM POLLUTED SOIL BY Silybum marianum L.
  • PHYTOEXTRACTION OF LEAD FROM POLLUTED SOIL BY OLEANDER (Nerium oleander)

  • Environmental pollution phytoremediation, heavy Metals pollution, crude oil pollution.

  • Supervising two Master's students and one PhD student in the field of plant environment and its impact on plants.