Roles

1. Head of the Soil and Water Department, University of Tripoli, Faculty of Agriculture (September, 2019 to October, 2021).

2. Head of the Postgraduate Studies and Training Committee, Department of Soil and Water, University of Tripoli, Faculty of Agriculture (April, 2017 to April, 2019).

3. Head of the committee for evaluating the technical and formal specifications of master's theses at the Faculty of Agriculture (February, 2017 to February, 2019).

4. Member of the Research and Consulting Department at the Faculty of Agriculture (December, 2016 to December, 2017).

5. Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for First Conference on Digital Agriculture in Libya (University of Tripoli - Faculty of Agriculture - Department of Soil and Water).

6. Member of the Committee for Reviewing and Updating the Cont ent of Websites, Faculty of Agriculture (12/2022 - up to date).

7. Director of the Faculty Affairs Office at the faculty of agricultural (May 2023- May 2024).

Careers

1. Demonstrator: Department of Soil and Water, College of Agriculture, University of Tripoli (1996).

2. Assistant Lecturer: Department of Soil and Water, College of Agriculture, University of Tripoli (2000).

3. Lecturer: Department of Soil and Water, College of Agriculture, University of Tripoli (2004).

4. Assistant Professor: Department of Soil and Water, College of Agriculture, University of Tripoli (2013).

5. Associate Professor: Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli (2017).

6. Professor: Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli (2020).

Research Interests

Prof. Mukhtar Mahmoud Mukhtar Elaalem has experience for more than 20 years in the field of land assessment and optimal planning for agriculture use, using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing.

 Prof. Mukhtar Mahmoud Mukhtar Elaalem, currently works in postgraduate programs in the Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tripoli, for a period of more than 9 years.

Prof. Mukhtar Mahmoud Mukhtar Elaalem, contributed to the number of Master’ Thesis as a first supervisor, Co-Advisor, internal and external examiner in Faculty Agriculture - University of Tripoli, the Libyan Academy - Tripoli, and the Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University.

External Activities

Prof. Mukhtar Mahmoud Mukhtar Elaalem has contributed to many works outside the university, where he contributed to the following:

1. Digitization of Soil Maps and Topographical Maps in Libya with the Agricultural Research Center (Agricultural Mapping Project, 2000 to 2005).

 2. Updating the National Plan to Combat Desertification in Libya in Cooperation with the National Committee for Combating Desertification and the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands (ACSAD), (2014 Up to date).

3. A Study of the Negative Environmental Impacts of Stone Crushers in the Central Region, of Libya, National Committee For Combating Desertification And Stopping Desert Encroachment (2013 to 2015).

4. Studying, Monitoring and Evaluating the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Irrigated Agriculture in Northwestern Region of Libya, Funded by the Natural Science and Technology Authority, (2016 to 2019).

 5. Scientific Review and Evaluation of A Number of Scientific Research Papers in Al-Mukhtar Journal of Agricultural Sciences and The Libyan Journal of Agriculture.

6. Scientific Review of Some Scientific Books in the Field of Land Resources and Climate Change.