Plant Agriculture

Curriculum Vitae

Qussai Zuriegat (Ph.D.)

*.State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, and Key Laboratory of Bio- pesticides and Chemical Biology Ministry of Education, College of Plant protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China

2.College of life science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, China.

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Academic Qualification

Degree/Experience

University/Organization

Duration

Ph.D.

(Microbiology)

Fujian Agricultural & Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

2017-2021

Lecturer

(preparatory year)

University of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia

2015-2017

Teacher of Biology

(American diploma)

Teacher of Biology

(American diploma)

Teacher of Biology

(General science)

M.Sc.

(Biological sciences)

Alrowad International Schools (AIS), Saudi Arabia

Asrary International Schools (Ambassadors), Saudi Arabia

Ministry of Education- Jordan

University of Al- alBayt- Mafraq - Jordan

2013-2015

2010-2013

2002-2010

2004-2008

B.Sc. (Biology)

University of Private Jarash, Jarash, Jordan

1997-2002

List of publications as first author

1.Zuriegat, Q., Zheng, Y., Wang, Z., Yun, Y., 2020. “Current Progress on Pathogenicity-related Transcription Factors in Fusarium oxysporum”. MPP, pp.1-15. (Under publishing)

2.Zuriegat Q., Yang, S., Haixia, Y., Wang, Z., Yun, Y., 2020. “The functional analysis of flippases in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense” (Unsubmitted)

List of publications as Corresponding author

3.Mahasneh IA, Zuriegat QH (2019) “Genetic Profiling of the Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) of Y-Chromosome of Populations of South Jordan”. J Forensic Med 4: 127. (Published on April, 2019)

List of publications as co-author

Yang, S., Zhou, X., Guo,P., Fan, Q., Jia, C., Zuriegat, Q., Lu, S., Yang, J., Peng, M., Yu, W., Lu, G., Shim, W., Wang, Z., and Yun, Y., "The exocyst subunit FoExo70 regulates hydrolytic enzyme secretion at hyphal tips and septa impacting virulence in banana Fusarium wilt fungus, Fusarium odoratissimum" Applied and Environmental Microbiology Journal (Under publishing)

Research Interests

Molecular Plant Pathology

Fungal genetics

Diseases of field crops

Biological control of plant diseases

Skills

Have good experience working with fungal pathogens (Laboratory culture and greenhouse inoculation methods).

Well versed with computer applications and Bioinformatics tools

Gene knock down, genetic transformations in fungal protoplast, and plasmid vector construction and bacterial transformation

Observation of subcellular proteins using confocal microscope

DNA, RNA and protein extraction

PCR and qRT-PCR

Southern Blot analysis

HPLC/GC-MS

Enzyme Activity Detection

Excellent in communication and writing skills

Experience in molecular biology (gene expression, gene silencing)

Bioinformatics knowledge for RNA Seq data analysis with programming languages

Experience with fungal phytopathogen and its interaction with plants, preferably powdery mildew and gray mold

Microscopy

Ability to design and execute experiments with statistical data analysis

Ability to work independently with strong analytical, organizational, writing, and communication skills

Dissertation Titles

“Functional analysis of virulence-related genes of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense” (Ph.D.).

“STR's Analysis of Y-Chromosome among Southern Districts of Jordan” (M. Sc.)

National and International Trainings

Schools improvement Training workshop, British Council.

Using English in Class Room workshop, Saudi-British Centre.

Scientific Writing skills, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (2018)

Conferences attended

1.The Plant Genomics International Conference in China organized by Genetics Society of China, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (College of Crop Science, center for Genomics and Biotechnology) and Genetics Society of Fujian Province, China. 2018.

2.5th International Conference on Biotic Plant Interaction (ICBPI) Xiamen, China. Organized by State key laboratory of ecological pest control for Fujian and Taiwan crops Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Institute of plant physiology and ecology (SIPPE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Chinese Society of Plant Biology (CSPB), and Chinese Society for Plant Pathology (CSPP), Minjiang University. 2017.

3.International Conference on Plant Pathology 2018 (Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Chinese Society for Plant Pathology 2018) organized by China Agriculture University, Beijing, China. 2018.

4.Many Symposiums held by Universities in Fuzhou city, Fujian, China.

5.Have attended tens of academic seminars held at Fujian agriculture and Forestry University.

Academic Awards

China Scholarship Council (CSC # 2017DFH010660) from the Ministry of Education of P.R. China, during PhD studies (2017-2021) at Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University

Personal Attributes

Date of Birth: 1987.11.08

Gender: Male

Marital status: Married

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