Teaching Experience

• 2014-present Assistant professor, Division of Anatomy, Molecular Biochemistry and Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine. Major courses: Molecular biology for medical and health sciences students, laboratory of molecular biology for medical and health sciences students, Biochemistry for medical and health sciences students, General Biology for medical and health sciences students. Clinical Biochemistry for nursing students. Supervisor for several undergraduate students research projects. Research projects.
• 2003-2004 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Arab American University, Jenin, Palestine. Major lab-courses: molecular biology, cell and tissue culturing, genetics and general biology courses.
• 2007-2012 Supervisor for undergraduate and graduate students and laboratory technicians.

 Current running research projects

 1. Pancreatic cancer methylation as a potential biomarker.

2. Influence of curcumin on human adipose tissue and consequently on obesity and diabetes.

3. Influence of ephedra alata on human adipose tissue and consequently on obesity and diabetes.

4. Influence of ephedra alata on cancer.

Significant Achievements

•   An oral presentation was selected as one of the top talks presented at the American Society of Nephrology conference, kidney week 2012, San Diego, California, USA. Hypertonicity Maintains a Differentiated Renal Epithelial Monolayer: a Promising Approach for Bioartificial Kidney.
•  Invited speaker for the Conference of Biotechnology - Research and applications, Jerusalem, Israel, 2012. Hypertonicity Maintains a Differentiated Renal Epithelial Monolayer: a Promising Approach for Bioartificial Kidney.
•  Postdoctoral fellowship, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands.
•  Ubbo Emmius Fellowship, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands.
• GUIDE Beleidsruimte 2006 grant, Graduate School for Drug Exploration, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands.

Memberships:

1. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS).

2. International Society of Nephrology (ISN).

3. Dutch Society of Nephrology (NFN).

4. Dutch Society for Matrix Biology (NVMB).