Dr. Mohammed S. Ali-Shtayeh is affiliated to Biodiversity & Biotechnology Research Unit, Biodiversity & Environm. Res. Center (BERC), Til Village, Nablus, Palestine. He has done Ph.D. in Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Botany, University of Reading, U.K. Positions held:2001- till now- Professor of Biology and Biotechnology, Biodiversity and Biotechnology Research Unit, Biodiversity & Environmental Research Center (BERC), Til, Nablus, Palestine; 1996 to 2013- Professor of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biology and Biotechnology, An-Najah National University (ANU), Nablus, Palestine; 1988 to 1996- Assoc. Prof. of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biological Sciences, ANU, Nablus, Palestine; 1982 to 1988 Assistant Prof. of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biological Sciences, ANU, Nablus, Palestine; and 1989 to 1990- Fullbright Fellowship, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.Main Research Interests:Bioexploration of indigenous Palestinian plants – as a source of therapeutics (identification of commercially valuable natural compounds derived from the flora of Palestine); Genotypes and susceptibility to antibiotics; Medical mycology- dermatophytes- epidemiology and genetic diversity; Epigenetics- RNAi, Gene silencing; Genomics-Geminiviruses – Begomoviruses;Plant Genetic Engineering – genetic diversity of indigenous plants and conservation biology. He has published more than 100 research articles in reputed journals.
