Roles

After obtaining my PhD from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom in 2012, I started working in the Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, starting in December 2012 as a lecturer. I was directly assigned to work in the Examination Management and Control Committee at the college until 2015. I was also assigned the task of the department’s meeting rapporteur starting from 2013 until 2022. I was assigned to head the Research, Consulting and Training Department at the college from 2015 until 2022. I worked as the head of the Graduate Studies Committee in the Department of Crop Sciences during the period from 2019 until October 2021, then as a member of the same committee starting from 2021 until today. I was promoted to Assistant Professor starting in January 2020 and assigned to head the Department of Crop Sciences starting from October 2022 until now. I was assigned to chair the committee to prepare the 2020 College of Agriculture Guide, and I was also assigned to be a member of the committee to prepare the self-study for the college’s institutional accreditation application, then I was assigned to be a member of the editorial board of the Libyan Journal of Agricultural Sciences starting in 2024, and I was promoted to the rank of associate professor starting in January 2024.

Careers

After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Sciences in 1993, I was appointed as a research assistant at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Western Mountains in 1996 until the end of May 2002. During this period, I obtained a Master's degree from the Department of Crop Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli in 2000. I then moved from the University of the Western Mountains to the University of Tripoli in May 2002 to work as an assistant lecturer in the Department of Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, and was then promoted to the rank of lecturer in 2006. I obtained an external scholarship to study for a doctorate starting in January 2007 and obtained a doctorate from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom in 2012. I started working in the Department of Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli starting in December 2012 with the rank of lecturer, and I was assigned to head the Department of Research, Consulting and Training at the college from 2015 until 2022. I was promoted to Assistant Professor starting in January 2020 and was assigned to head the Department of Crop Sciences starting in October 2022 until now. I have been promoted to Associate Professor starting January 2024.

Research Interests

My career objective is to enter research in the field of crop breeding and physiology and my research interests are to: • Quantify the genetic gains in yield potential progress in field crops, quantify the changes in physiological traits associated with this genetic progress and identify the physiological basis of these changes. • Identification of yield limiting factors in field crops and their improvement through physiological enhancements. • Identification of physiological basis for improved tolerance to abiotic stresses (drought and heat) in field crop plants.

External Activities

I was assigned to chair the Academic Program Preparation Committee for the Faculty of Agriculture at Al-Jafara University. I also worked as a member of the Cereals, Legumes and Their Products Committee at the National Center for Standards and Metrology, and then as a member of the specialized committee for plant-based products at the same center. I was assigned as a cereal crop expert in the emergency project submitted by the Food and Agriculture Organization during the period from June 2020 to May 2021. I also worked as a national consultant in the FAO policy dialogue on the new development model for desert areas and oases in Libya during 2021. I also worked as a national consultant in the field of the impact of climate change (drought and seawater interference with groundwater) on agricultural crops in northwestern Libya in preparing the proposal for the International Fund for Agricultural Development project "Increasing resilience to climate-induced water scarcity in the agricultural sector in Libya."