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Research output per year
International postgraduate student recruitment from Iraq including Kurdistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Libya and other Arab States.
Consultation in biostatistics, population and quantitative genetics; counselling Iraqi students at the School of Biological Sciences, School of Biomedical and Helth care sciences.
Working with the Graduate School and The International Office in establishing cooperation with countries/universities abroad.
- The Iraqi Society of Veterinary Medicine
- The Iraqi Association of poultry breeders
-The Iraqi Association of Translators.
Previously:
Consultancy with:
World Food Organisation (FAO)
International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)
Technical Adviser for the Arab Organisation for Agricultural Development (League of Arab States)
Included in:
Who is Who in the World
Cambridge Biography
Diploma,
MSc
PhD
Postgraduate teaching in quantitative, population genetics and biomedical statistics.
Some teaching in transgenesis (animal).
Please refer to www.profmurrani.net
Short CV
Professor Waleed Al-Murrani
BVM & S, Research Dip (Bradford University), PhD (Edinburgh University)
Born in Maysan/Iraq
Graduated from the University of Baghdad (BVM & S) in 1961 and obtained Research Diploma in Wool Science from Bradford University in UK, 1967; and, Pre-PhD Diploma in Genetics and Biostatistics and PhD (Quantitative and Population Genetics) from Edinburgh University, UK in 1973. Currently and from 2006/07, he is a Professor at the School of Biomedical and Biological Sciences, and working with the Graduate School and Academic Partnership and International Office of Plymouth University to recruit and support postgraduate students from all Arab states, particularly, Iraq and Kurdistan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria and other Arab states and to establish academic relations with Ministries of Higher Education and Universities in the region.
His dynamic scientific career spans over more than 45 years, during which he has held various lead positions within academic, technical, regional and international developmental institutions. He was a Head of Department for over 20 years and the professor of Genetics and Biostatistics at the College of Veterinary Medicine and the Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology for Higher Studies/ Baghdad University. He supervised many graduate students at the diploma, MSc and PhD levels. He retired from Baghdad University, in 2006.
As an administrator, Professor Murrani served as Director of Higher Studies and Scientific Affairs and a member of the University of Baghdad Scientific Committee and on many occasions he was Deputy President of Baghdad University (1986-1990); also he was a permanent member of Agricultural development programmes at the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Industry in Iraq.
Regionally, Professor Murrani served as the Technical Advisor to the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD from 1982-1986), part of the Arab League, at its headquarters in Sudan. He worked as a consultant for International Organizations including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) in Holland.
Professor Murrani has published extensively (more than 100 publications) in International, regional and local scientific reviewed journals and has authored and translated books and book chapters on genetics and biostatistics; he is still actively involved in publication in international journals. He is an editor of many scientific journals in Iraq and the International Science and Technology Journal which is published from Jordan. He is an accredited member of the Iraqi Translators’ Association (ITA).
Professor Murrani is also the honorary Executive Director of the International Operations of Babylon BioConsulting/USA. He was listed in “Who’s Who in the World” since 2007 and in the “Biographic Dictionary/Cambridge, since 2008; and was nominated in 2010 for the United Cultural Convention International Peace Prize. He was a holder of the 1st Class Iraqi Scientists Awards for the years 2001-2002.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review