Academic Staff

May 31, 2026, 10:06 a.m.
Wajed Issam Hussein (Master)
Assistant Lecturer
Assistant Lecturer in Ethnobotany

Forestry
College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences
University of Duhok

MSc. in Ethnobotany Conservation 2020, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
BSc. in Forest Sciences 2011, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Teaching experience in the following subjects:

  • Ethnobotany
  • Plant Taxonomy
  • Biodiversity
  • Meteorology
  • Dendrology

Participated in NGBB Herbarium Management and Digitization Training, organized by NGBB Herbarium in Istanbul/ Turkey, from 16/01/2023 to 19/01/2023.

Worked as a trainer in the production of small fruits and cut flowers. Funded and implemented by AVSI organization in Duhok City- Essian camp (IDP’s community) -Greenhouse, 15 August-15 September 2021.

Pedagogical training course certificate, duration 6 months, at Pedagogical Training and Academic Development Center, University of Duhok, Iraq, 2020.

Participation in the First International Conference of Agriculture Sciences 2019 (1st ICAS 2019) as a researcher, Sallahadin University-Erbil, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, 6th-7th November, 2019.

Research

  1. Hussein, W. I., Faizy, H. S., & Youssef, S. M.. A. Nutritional values and phytochemical analysis of Allium calocephalum Wendelbo, a valuable endemic wild garlic to Zagros mountains. Revis Bionatura 2022; 7 (4) 17. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=6zkofnUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=6zkofnUAAAAJ:UeHWp8X0CEIC
  2. Hussein, W. I., 2020. ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF WILD EDIBLE PLANTS, AND DETERMINATION OF SOME ACTIVE CONSTITUENTS OF (Allium calocephalum Wendelbo) IN DUHOK PROVINCE/ DERELUK (M. Sc. Thesis, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, Duhok University, Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq)
  3. Hussein, W. I., Youssef, S. M. A. A., 2019. A comparative study of seed germination and seedling emergence of two wild edible allium species endemic to the Zagros areas. Journal of Duhok University, 22(2), 160-176. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=6zkofnUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=6zkofnUAAAAJ:qjMakFHDy7sC
  4. Youssef, S., Mahmood, A., Hussein, W. & Véla, E. 2019. Allium noeanum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T135303925A135303932 https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=6zkofnUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=6zkofnUAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC
  5. Mahdi, H. S., Hussein, W. I., Salih, H. M., & Youssef, S. M. A. A. (2018). Effect of presowing treatments on seed germination of P. eurycarpa and P. khinjuk–Kurdistan Region. Journal of Duhok University, 20(1), 105-113. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=6zkofnUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=6zkofnUAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C
  6. Mahdi, H. S., Yaseen, D. F., Hassan, H. N., Hussein, W. I., Selah-alden, M. T., Mahmood, M. J., Hameed, N. A., ... & Youssef, S. M. A. A. (2018). Seed germination ecology and seedling emergence of sixteen tree species autumn-sown. Journal of Duhok University, 20(1), 50-63. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=6zkofnUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=6zkofnUAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC
  7. Youssef, S., Mahmood, A., Hussein, W. &Véla, E. (2017). Montagnes du Zagros, un paradis terrestre aux pratiques ethnobotaniques vivantes. La Garance voyageuse, 120: 41-45. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=6zkofnUAAAAJ&citation_for_view=6zkofnUAAAAJ:d1gkVwhDpl0C

Supervising undergraduate students, seminars, summer training, and students project