Dr. Ghaleb Mohammad Adwan

Dr. Ghaleb Adwan, a distinguished professor in the Department of Biology and Biotechnology at An-Najah National University. He obtained a BSc degree in Medical Technology/1987; MSc degree in Immunology and Parasitology/Biology Department/1990, from Yarmouk University-Jordan; PhD in Molecular Microbiology/Virology/Faculty of Medicine/Aristotle University/Thessaloniki-Greece/1999. Prof. Adwan taught as a part-time lecturer in different universities in Jordan and Palestine. He started working at An-Najah National University since 2001. Prof. Adwan works in a various research fields in bacteria, viruses, parasites, medicinal plants and bioinformatics. Published approximately 90 research papers in various international journals. He has broad practical experience in molecular biology, immunology and serology, biochemistry, animal cell culture and virus isolation and microbial techniques. He represents An-Najah University in the European project MediLabSecure. In addition, he has deposited a large number of DNA sequences in the GenBank. Furthermore, Prof. Adwan supervised a large number of graduate students, and served as an internal and external examiner for many graduate students’ theses. He is responsible for establishing the PhD program in Biotechnology and Molecular Genetics in coordination with the College of Graduate Studies. He is also Editorial Board Member of An-Najah University Journal for Research – A (Natural Sciences). [email protected]