Stars of the Faculty of science | biography of a scientist Assistant Professor Elham Mahmoud Shihab In Mosul, where many tales of Science and giving began, the career of assistant professor Ilham Mahmoud Shihab began, who devoted many years of her academic life to serving Plant Sciences and educating generations of students of the Department of life sciences at the Faculty of science. She started her scientific journey from the University of Mosul, where she received a bachelor‘s degree in Plant Sciences in 1969, and then continued her graduate studies to obtain a master’s degree in Plant Taxonomy and physiology in 1979, specializing in a field that combines understanding the diversity of plants and studying their vital functions. In the Department of life sciences, her teaching extended to include various academic stages, she studied a wide number of theoretical and practical subjects, including plant anatomy, plant classification, plant aggregates, algae, fungi, Plant Physiology, Biochemistry, growth and development, photosynthesis, and antibiotics, as well as microscopic preparations. Her presence was not limited to classrooms, but extended to laboratories and the practical side, where she contributed to the preparation and updating of a number of scientific papers, including practical Botany, algae, archaecology, and plant classification, to be helpful to the students of the department in their practical studies. She also participated in a number of conferences and seminars, published scientific researches in specialized journals, including four individual researches, as well as her participation in the evaluation of a number of researches and master’s theses. During her academic career, she participated in many scientific and administrative committees, including examination committees, absence committees, glass slides, lawn, library, as well as discussion committees for fourth grade students ‘ projects, and other committees through which she contributed to the service of the department and the college. She also had a presence in a number of scientific and professional associations and unions, including the Arab society for plant protection and the Association of university teachers, in addition to participating in prominent scientific events, including the golden jubilee of the Faculty of science. After many years of teaching, scientific giving and serving the university, she was retired on September 1, 2012, after a career full of teaching, scientific activity and academic participation. This is how the biography of assistant professor Ilham Mahmoud Shihab proceeds… A scientist who made Plant Science a field for giving, and from the classroom and laboratory a space for building knowledge, so that her imprint remains present in the memory of the Faculty of Science and its students.

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