About Rectorship

Prof. Dr. Nawras Mohamed Shahid Al Dahan

The Chief Administrative Officer of the University, who also serves as the rector of the university council, is responsible for managing the university and exercising the powers granted by the owner (the Holy Abbasid Threshold), the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the university council, in accordance with laws, regulations, and guidelines. His aim is to achieve the university's objectives and implement its strategies, fulfilling the responsibilities stipulated in Article (14) of the Law of Universities and Private Colleges No. (13) of 1996, as amended by Law No. (57) of 2002, as well as those outlined in the instructions and controls issued by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

His tasks include:

Presiding over the university council, inviting members to meetings, implementing its decisions, representing the university before official and unofficial bodies, and delegating others for representation.
Managing the university's academic, administrative, and financial affairs in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Issuing orders for the appointment of the university president's assistants and college deans.
Approving the appointment of deputy deans and heads of departments and scientific branches.
Signing contracts, agreements, and correspondences ratified by the university council.

The responsibilities include exercising the powers delegated by the owning entity (the Holy Abbasid Threshold), the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the University Council, in accordance with laws, regulations, and instructions; aiming to achieve the university's goals and implement its strategies. He carries out the tasks specified in Article (14) of the Law of Universities and Private Colleges No. (13) of 1996, as amended by Law No. (57) of 2002, and those stipulated in the instructions and regulations issued by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. His responsibilities include:

His responsibilities include

Presiding over the university council, calling for its meetings, implementing its decisions, representing the university before official and unofficial entities, and delegating others for representation.
Managing the university's academic, administrative, and financial affairs in accordance with the effective laws, regulations, and instructions.
Issuing orders to appoint the president's assistants and the deans of colleges.
Approving the appointment of deputy deans and heads of departments and scientific branches.
Signing contracts, agreements, and correspondences approved by the university council.
Appointing academic, administrative, and technical staff, determining their salaries and bonuses, accepting their resignations, and terminating their services.
Forming academic, administrative, and financial committees, and defining their functions and powers.
Ratifying decisions of the cancellation, appraisal, and leasing committees, or making decisions regarding them directly without resorting to forming committees.

committees

Issuing spending orders as outlined by the university council and in line with the university's interests.
Assigning university staff for internal and external missions.
Recommending the donation of movable funds to universities, colleges, and scientific and educational institutions within Iraq.
Approving the chapters of the annual budget, supervising the spending process, and overseeing the financial and procurement committees.
The university president has the authority to delegate some of his powers to his assistants, deans of colleges, or heads of academic departments.
Approving the disbursement of bonuses to those who provide services to the university or contribute to its development.

Graduate from - University of Surrey, United Kingdom

Place of work - University Presidency

Office phone number - 1003

Research interests -

Radiation Protection
Spectrometry
Spectroscopy
Probability
Radiation
Radiation Detection
Radioactivity
Radiation Physics
Radiation Dosimetry
Monte Carlo Simulation

Published research -

Year	Title	Source title
1990	Comparison of questionnaires and biochemical methods in the verification of smoking habits in children	Cesko-Slovenska Pediatrie
1992	Effect of passive smoking on pulmonary function in children	Studia Pneumologica et Phtiseologica Cechoslovaca
2008	First results with the rising active stopper	International Journal of Modern Physics E
2009	Nuclear structure "southeast" of Pb208: Isomeric states in Hg208 and Tl209	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
2009	Structure of nâ‰¥126 nuclei produced in fragmentation of 238u	AIP Conference Proceedings
2009	Isomeric states in 208Hg and 209Tl populated in fragmentation of 238U	Acta Physica Polonica B
2009	New insights into the structure of exotic nuclei using the rising active stopper	AIP Conference Proceedings
2009	Angular momentum population in fragmentation reactions	Acta Physica Polonica B
2010	Structures of Po201 and Rn205 from EC/Î²+-decay studies	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
2011	Determination of the natural radioactivity in Qatarian building materials using high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
2011	Isomers in neutron-rich lead isotopes populated via the fragmentation of 238U at 1 GeV A	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2011	Cross-coincidences in the 136Xe+208Pb deep-inelastic reaction	Acta Physica Polonica B
2012	First measurement of beta decay half-lives in neutron-rich Tl and Bi isotopes	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
2012	Half-life measurements of isomeric states populated in projectile fragmentation	AIP Conference Proceedings
2012	New isomers in the full seniority scheme of neutron-rich lead isotopes: The role of effective three-body forces	Physical Review Letters
2012	Multiple Î²- Decaying states in 194Re: Shape evolution in neutron-rich osmium isotopes	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
2012	Determination of the natural radioactivity levels in north west of Dukhan, Qatar using high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry	Applied Radiation and Isotopes
2012	Shape transition and collective excitations in neutron-rich 170-178Yb nuclei	Romanian Reports of Physics
2012	Î² decay of 102Y produced in projectile fission of 238U	Journal of Physics: Conference Series
2012	Publisher's Note: Multiple Î²- Decaying states in 194Re: Shape evolution in neutron-rich osmium isotopes	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
2012	Superallowed Gamow-Teller decay of the doubly magic nucleus 100Sn	Nature
2013	Low-lying states of 184W and 184Os nuclei	Chinese Physics C
2013	Population of high-spin isomeric states following fragmentation of 238U	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
2013	The population of metastable states as a probe of relativistic-energy fragmentation reactions	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
2013	New Î¼s isomers in the neutron-rich 210Hg nucleus	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
2014	Î² -decay studies of neutron-rich Tl, Pb, and Bi isotopes	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
2014	Isomeric decay spectroscopy of the Bi 217 isotope	Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics
2014	Effect of the grain size of the soil on the measured activity and variation in activity in surface and subsurface soil samples	Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research Series A: Physical Sciences
2014	Calculation of inelastic electron-nucleus scattering form factors of 29Si	International Journal of Modern Physics E
2014	New isomers in the neutron-rich region beyond 208Pb	EPJ Web of Conferences
2014	Half-life systematics across the N=126 shell closure: Role of first-forbidden transitions in the Î² decay of heavy neutron-rich nuclei	Physical Review Letters
2015	First measurement of the Î²-decay half-life of 206Au	EPL
2015	Yrast states and B(E2) values of even 100-102Ru isotopes using interacting boson model (IBM-1)	Chiang Mai Journal of Science
2016	Determination of 137Cs activity in soil from Qatar using high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry	Radiation Physics and Chemistry
2016	Decay of the N=126, Fr 213 nucleus DECAY of the N=126, Fr 213 NUCLEUS PRAGATI et al.	Physical Review C
2017	Descriptive study of the even-even actinide nuclei 230 - 234Th isotopes using IBM-1	Chinese Physics C
2017	An assessment of the natural radioactivity distribution and radiation hazard in soil samples from Qatar using high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry	Radiation Physics and Chemistry
2019	New spectroscopic information on Tl 211,213: A changing structure beyond the N=126 shell closure	Physical Review C
2020	Novel method to synthesis ZnO nanostructures via irradiation zinc acetate with a nanosecond laser for photocatalytic applications	Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
2020	Ethanol sensor based on 1D and 2D ZnO nanostructures	AIP Conference Proceedings
2021	Functionalization of multi-walled carbon Nanotubes using microwave method	Materials Science Forum
2021	The (6+) isomer in 102Sn revisited: Neutron and proton effective charges close to the double shell closure	Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Assistant Professor Dr. Nawal Ayed Al-Mayali

Dr. Nawal is a competent expert who is a member of the University Council. The tasks and duties of the assitant rector are defined as follows:

• She is the advisor in scientific affairs to the University Council and its rector in accordance with the laws and instructions issued by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

• Planning and supervising all cultural activities of the university, including conferences, seminars and workshops.

• Follow up the evaluation of the scientific journal's research and supervise its issuance.

• Preparing the education plan and following up its implementation in coordination with the presidency of the university, colleges and scientific departments.

• Proposing the conclusion of agreements and memoranda of understanding, and participating in their organization, provided that the universities or colleges and other institutions are academic and research institutions recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.

• Supervising the implementation of educational curricula in coordination with the deans of colleges and heads of departments and scientific committees.

• Coordination with the university college presidency on the subject of the annual performance appraisal process in accordance with the forms and instructions prepared for this purpose.

• Supervising the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Unit.

• Participating in the examination committee, supervising the conduct of the examinations, and ensuring that the examinations are conducted in accordance with the legal instructions and rules.

• Giving advice to the university presidency in order to achieve the implementation of duties and instructions and lead to raising the academic rank of the university.

• Contribute to the development of the university's website as it represents the identity of the university and effectively contributes to raising its scientific rank.