Dr Emad Jaber Head of Plant Pathology
Dr. Jaber has a multi-national academic life; he worked for over 18 years in research and development with several universities, developmental NGO’s and governmental bodies in the Middle East, Greece, Germany and Finland. During Emad’s most recent tenure at The University of Helsinki – Finland, he was actively mentoring young researchers and conducting research in the field of molecular genetics of plant pathogen interactions at the Forest Pathology Research Lab.
He holds Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Agriculture Engineering from the department of Horticulture and date palm from the university of Basrah – Iraq, a Postgraduate Diploma in Horticultural Genetics & Biotechnology from the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh) – Greece and a Master of Science degree in Plant Molecular Pathology and Breeding at the National Agricultural Research Foundation of Greece. Dr. Emad joined the Department of Botany at the Technical University of Munich, Germany as a Postgraduate Research Assistant and later conducted his Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral research at the university of Helsinki in the field of Forest Pathology and Fungal Biology.